The Essential Health & Safety Manager: An Open Learning Resource for Employers and Managers

By Neil Maycock

Are you responsible for Health & Safety in a business? Is there an accident waiting to happen in your workplace? Do you have an effective Health & Safety policy? This open learning resource will provide you with concise information and guidance on how to improve the management of Health & Safety in your business. It is specifically aimed at helping employers and managers (and the self-employed) to become more self-reliant in understanding how workplace Health & Safety can impact on a business, and the steps that should be taken to identify, control and manage workplace risks. This book will guide the reader through various Health & Safety issues by giving clear and practical advice on: - defining a Health & Safety policy; - organising and managing workplace Health & Safety; - engaging with employees; - conducting suitable and sufficient risk assessments; - identifying the actions needed in certain situations; - investigating workplace accidents and incidents. This book will provide an invaluable reference source for any size or type of business.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1434385574
• ISBN13: 9781434385574
• Release Date: October 2008
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 1.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.3" x 11.0"