Are you in charge of a training centre?
In search of a health and safety risk assessment tailored to your activity?
Do you need a pre-filled assessment to save you hours of work?
Want to be in compliance with safety regulations?
 
Our Health and Safety Risk Assessment is designed to meet your needs with:
→ A professional risk assessment totally specific to the training sector.
→ Risk prevention proposals for the training profession.
→ The integration of risks linked to the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.
 
All this in an easily editable Excel format, allowing you to make personalized updates on your own.
 
FEATURES OF THE HEALTH AND SAFETY RISK ASSESSMENT 
 
This 5-page Excel file includes:
A Cover Page
A Company Information page
A presentation of the Risk Assessment Methodology used.
An occupational risks assessment tailored to your sector of activity.
A risk prevention schedule with all the different safety measures.

It contains 14 occupational risk situations classified into 2 work units:
Trainee training
Working environment
 
☑ Complies with the employer's obligation to assess risks
(Regulation 3 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulation 1999)
☑ Adheres to the General Principles of Prevention
(Schedule 1 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulation 1999)
☑ Takes into account good practice and pitfalls in risk assessment
(Report RR151 from the Health and Safety Executive)
 
EXCERPTS FROM THE HEALTH AND SAFETY RISK ASSESSMENT 
 
Danger of prolonged computer work: Trainers are required to use computers on a regular basis, in particular to prepare training materials. Working on a computer screen places heavy demands on vision. For people already suffering from eye defects (myopia, hyperopia, astigmatism, convergence problems, presbyopia), the strain is even greater. The risk is increased by the cumulative time spent working on the computer, and by the work environment (screen brightness, brightness of the workroom, distance from the screen, etc.). The main possible damage is eye fatigue generated by the strain on the eye muscles. This is reflected in increasingly blurred vision, tingling and redness of the eyes, watery eyes, inopportune blinking of the eyelids and headaches.
 
Danger from postural constraints (prolonged static standing position): Trainers spend most of their time in a standing position to deliver training to their trainees. This prolonged standing position is akin to trampling, which can have physical repercussions. Trainers are at risk all year round. The risk will vary according to the amount of time spent standing, and whether or not they remain static. Possible damage includes venous pathologies in the lower limbs (varicose veins, heavy legs) and back pain, mainly of a muscular nature.
 
Danger of prolonged speaking: Trainers have to speak in front of their trainees for most of the training day. Prolonged speaking can have physical repercussions, particularly on the vocal organs. This risk applies all year round. The risk is heightened when working in a noisy environment, which requires an extra effort to raise the voice. Possible damage includes various voice disorders of mild to moderate severity: fatigue, laryngeal pain, changes in voice timbre, temporary aphonia.
 
Danger of emotional tension: During certain training courses, trainers can be subjected to heavy psychological stress, particularly when they have to remain neutral despite the presence of unruly, incivilized trainees. In the long term, this can lead to a feeling of incomprehension, even powerlessness and resignation among some trainers if these conflict situations are repeated too regularly. There's no particular time of year when the risk is greatest. It mainly depends on the temperament of particular trainees, which cannot be predicted in advance.
 
 
A GUARANTEE OF THE QUALITY OF OUR HEALTH AND SAFETY RISK ASSESSMENT 
_ We're registered as Professional Risk Prevention Consultants.
_ Our team comprises graduate safety engineers.
_ Our documents are routinely checked by safety inspectors.
_ We frequently update our Occupational Risk Assessments.
 
RESOURCES 
_ "Occupations and Workplaces: Teachers" by Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety.