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Workshops

Free one day events are being held across the UK between March 2007 and March 2008. Primarily intended for further and higher education, these events will also be suitable for local authority health and safety advisers for schools.

The aim of the day is to equip you with the skills you need to assess the risks of slipping and tripping and to take action to control them. (see sample agenda below for more information)

If you are a facilities or estates manager, a health and safety manager, a local authority school health and safety advisor, in charge of cleaning and catering, or a union health and safety representative, this event will be of use to you.

Can you host an event?

We need easy to reach venues around the UK to hold the events.

Sample Agenda

Programme
9.00 Arrival, registration and coffee
9.25 Introduction and overview, including statistics and legal requirements
9.50 Exercise - subjective assessment of flooring
10.05 Slip potential and risk assessments
10.45 Coffee
11.00 Syndicate demonstrations:
  • reliable testing for floor slipperiness
  • roughness and the Slips Assessment Tool
  • the importance of floor cleaning
  • trip hazards
13.00 Lunch
14.00 Recap on test methods
14.10 Exercise: Re-assessment of floor coverings
Feedback - Key issues about flooring
14.45 Slip resistant footwear
15.15 Coffee
15.30 Design of buildings
16.15 Question & answers and action planning
16.30 Depart

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2011-08-22