The life-saving rules have been developed to keep people safe while executing high risk activities. The life-saving rules they cover operations with confined space, driving, electricity, equipment and plant, excavations, hazardous release, lifting and rigging, manual handling, safe systems of work, and working at height.
Why are the life-saving rules important?
The life-saving rules have been created to keep people safe and create a common safety culture. They are an indicator of high-risk activity that you are involved in and provide a framework and guidance for safe operations.
What are the life-saving rules based on?
The life-saving rules are based on an analysis of safety incidents within the industry over recent years. The have analyzed the activities which causes the most incidents and developed the life-saving rules to help prevent injuries in the future.
Some of the life-saving rules, like excavation, don’t apply to the work I do. Do I still have to follow the rules?
All life-savings rules must be complied with when related activity is being carried out. While some may not apply to your work activity at this moment in time, it might in the future.
What will happen if I don’t follow the life-saving rules?
The life-saving rules were developed to keep you and your colleagues’ safe, if you choose to ignore them or break them, you might not have another chance to this again in the future.
Safety rules, policies and procedure are there to keep you safe at work, so you go home safe to your family.
Who Benefits From This Course
Everyone! The world is changing quickly and businesses need employees with training, knowledge and skills in order to be competitive.
People who continually develop their professional skills or pursue higher education and training, are placing themselves at the forefront for career advancement opportunities in their future.
By giving yourself or your employees, the knowledge to perform your role safely at work, you will stay safe at work and go home safe, which makes the rest and play time in life, far more rewarding, whatever it is you love to do.
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