To make selected staff more aware of the need for Health and Safety in all
aspects of Catering Services and their personal responsibilities for safety at
work. To enable them to apply the Organisations Code of Practice so that so far
as is reasonably practicable they reduce risks to themselves and others.
Aims
Understand the division of responsibility for safety between Management
and Staff and accept their personal responsibility for the safety of
themselves and others.
Recognise and give effective and appropriate first aid treatment for the
most common injuries sustained in catering services. These will include
various forms of bleeding, burns and scalds and unconsciousness.
Recognise the day to day hazards, understand the difference between hazard
and risk, and take appropriate action to reduce the risks.
Understand the need for care in the use of substances and apply the
correct procedures for their storage and use.
Recognise hazardous manual handling situations, state the actions which
increase the risk of injury and implement basic principles to reduce the risk
of injury.
State the elements necessary for fire to happen, implement the precautions to
reduce the risk of fire in everyday work situations.
Be able to select and use the correct fire fighting equipment for various
types of fire and state the correct procedure to be followed in the event of a
fire occuring.