P5 – Unit 2 Safe system of work A safe system of work should always be documented where possible. This can then be a useful basis for training new employees. The document should be based around a company’s health and safety policy as this is how the company’s arrangements for health and safety are implemented .Any safe system of work – and the document that explains it - should be revised regularly. Safety instructions Safety notices and instructions are safe procedures, as are site inductions, but you must make sure they are clear and easy to understand, for all workers. Method statements Method statements offer another way of recording a safe system of work.
Implications of health, safety and security legislation and regulations for a business role The purpose of this document is to outline and assess the standard of working conditions and the workplace policies for my work experience job role. Different implementations in the workplace consist of legal requirements, workplace policies, practices, procedures and regulations ensuring the working environment is healthy, safe, secure and suitable for the working personnel. My work experience job role consisted of a number of activities, among others dealing with stock arrangement, stock movement and stock handling. In a business where individuals have to lift objects, the Manual Handling Operations Regulations (1992) applies. The purpose of this regulation is to minimize the risks of injuries and accidents caused by manual handling.
What are the specific regulations and safe working practices and procedures that apply to your work activities? Specific regulations and safe working practices are laid out in company manual along with procedures for work activities. It is important to identify all hazards and risks before work begins to avoid danger. Risk assessment identifies hazards and their risks. Method statements establish safe working systems such as permits to work etc to control the risks.
Vulcan International, Inc. Vulcan International is a chemicals (40%) and construction materials (60%) company. Due to the high ratio of transportation costs relative to product value the construction materials industry is highly fragmented, consisting largely of local firms. At the time of the occurrences narrated in this case, Vulcan was the largest construction materials company in the US, controlling about 20% of the market. As of 2007, it had sales of $3.0 billion with approximately 11,000 employees. According to company information, Vulcan • Owns 334 aggregate production and related facilities serving 22 states, the District of Columbia, the Bahamas and Mexico.
Forklift Written Plan Completed by: Oliver Rawls Completed Date: 09/29/2011 Forklift Operation Plan It's hard to imagine any tool more important to materials handling than the powered industrial truck-the forklift. Like many companies, Chromatic Technologies Inc relies on these versatile vehicles to load, unload, and move stock and other materials. This written Forklift Operation Program establishes guidelines to be followed whenever any of our employees work with powered industrial trucks at this company. The rules established are to be followed to: · Provide a safe working environment, · Govern operator use of powered industrial trucks, and · Ensure proper care and maintenance of powered industrial trucks. The procedures here establish uniform requirements designed to ensure that powered industrial truck safety training, operation, and maintenance practices are communicated to and understood by the affected employees.
Individual Professional Development Plan P.g.1 Individual Professional Development Plan Individual Professional Development Plan P.g.2 Personal Development Plan is an accurate plan for my future in a term of six to twelve months. It is essential that I have objectives set up for myself, and strategy and procedures to be taken in order to attain those objectives. Following personal development plan is a good way to improve myself, and to acquire skills and knowledge. Therefore, it is prudent to continue doing personal development plan one after another to remain focused in the career directions I have set for myself. Each person is just that: a person.
Should an employee not gain knowledge of any new information on practices, they are liable for any future errors, which could lead to a potential safeguarding issue bought upon them. An employee that continually improves on their knowledge of the sector, policies, procedures, the organisation in which they work for and their job role, is showing a great work ethic and an ideal role model for other colleagues and team members. An employee working within the health and social care sector should also be aware of their personal abilities and where professional development is needed. An employee should ensure that they are fully trained in their particular job role and should there be any changes to their role or the organisation, an employee should include themselves in the re-training process. For example, my role as a Care Supervisor has currently undergone a split in the role, bringing on a support supervisor to take on half of the role's daily tasks.
Personal Protective Equipment Guidelines Introduction Personal protective equipment (PPE) is used by workers in various work settings. Gloves, hard hats, safety glasses, ear plugs, aprons, laboratory coats, safety shoes, and respirators are all examples of PPE. When a hazard cannot be removed from the workplace, or when engineering controls are insufficient to control the hazard, PPE must be considered. PPE does not eliminate hazards from the workplace but places a barrier between the worker and the hazard. If the PPE fails or is not used properly, the worker will be exposed.
Assignment part I Question 1 (18 points) United Aluminum Company produces three grades (high, medium, and low) of alumnimum at two mills. Each mill has a different production capacity (in tons per day) for each grade, as follows: |Aluminum grade |Mill 1 |Mill 2 | |High |6 |2 | |Medium |2 |2 | |Low |4 |10 | The company has contracted with a manufacturing firm to supply at least 12 tons of high-grade aluminum, 8 tons of medium-grade aluminum, and 5 tons of low-grade aluminum. It costs United $6,000 per day to operate mill 1 and $7,000 per day to operate mill 2. The company wants to know the number of days to operate each mill in order to meet the contract at the minimum cost. a. Formulate the linear programming model for this problem and solve graphically.
How can employees’ skills and knowledge be optimised by management to improve health and safety practices in the organisation? The manager and superviser in each department has to update the policy to employee in daily basis. Then they can get the knowledge and improve about the health and safty practice in there work 5. Assume you are an employee in a production department. One day you notice that the wiring on a piece of machinery has become frayed.