National Occupational Standards in
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AJ9 Reduce risks to health and safety in the workplace

Elements

AJ9.1 Develop procedures for maintaining a healthy and safe workplace

AJ9.2 Identify the hazards and evaluate the risks in your workplace

AJ9.3 Reduce the risks to health and safety in your workplace

AJ9.4 Review the effectiveness of health and safety procedures in your workplace

Unit Commentary

This unit applies to everyone at work, whether paid, unpaid, full or part-time. It covers the competencies required in the identification of hazards and reduction of risk, and the knowledge required of workplace practices and policies relating to health and safety matters.

This unit applies to people who are not specialists in health and safety but who are nevertheless required to prepare health and safety procedures for the workplace. In order to be sure that all reasonably practicable precautions have been taken against risks to health and safety it is necessary for an employer to ensure health and safety procedures are available for everyone at work to follow. This unit is for the person who will prepare the procedures. This unit is about identifying hazards, assessing the risks and developing procedures to control the risks. It is also about reviewing these procedures.

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