Nvq Level 5 Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety

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3 - Develop and implement effective communication systems for health and safety... 1 - be able to evaluate health and safety information View Scope 1.1 - research proposed and new health and safety legislation, codes of practice, standards, health and safety risk assessment and control procedures and practices, technical developments and best practice in order to:� develop as appropriate to the organisation� implement as appropriate in the organisation 0/1 1.1 (A) – I research and keep up to date with new and relevant health and safety legislation, by accessing the, www.hse.gov.uk/index.htm web site. Other informative sources I would use are the various 3rd party World Wide Web sites such as www.healthandsafetytips.co.uk/forums, www.hsepeople.com together, with other sources such HSE specific publications, i.e. Health and Safety at Work (HSW) monthly magazine, Health Safety International (HIS) magazine & the Safety & Health Practitioner (SHP) magazine However, most recently I accessed the UK Health and Safety Executive site to research the new proposed changes within the RIDDOR codes of practice and found the following information… News - RIDDOR reporting change As of 6 April 2012, RIDDOR’s over-three-day injury reporting requirement has changed. The trigger point has increased from over three days’ to over seven days’ incapacitation (not counting the day on which the accident happened). Incapacitation means that the worker is absent or is unable to do work that they would reasonably be expected to do as part of their normal work. Having research this new legislation change with regard to RIDDOR - Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995, I would then develop this information for use by my company, by making enquiries to the company’s internal HSE dept, as to whether or not they were firstly… a) Aware of

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