POLICIES & PROCEDURES:
HEALTH & SAFETY

Crosby Training is committed to ensuring, so far as reasonably practicable, the health, safety, and welfare of all staff, learners, contractors, and visitors. This includes providing safe environments, preventing injury and ill health, supporting wellbeing, consulting on health and safety matters, and complying with legislation.

OBJECTIVES

  • Maintain safe working and learning environments.
  • Identify, assess, and manage risks, including offsite and remote activities.
  • Encourage staff and learner involvement in safety awareness.
  • Provide appropriate instruction, training, supervision, and resources.
  • Investigate accidents, incidents, hazards, and near misses, implementing corrective actions.
  • Consider vulnerable persons, learners with disabilities, or medical conditions.

ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Governance & Leadership Team: Strategic oversight, approve objectives, monitor performance.
  • CEO: Operational responsibility, resource allocation, promote safety culture.
  • Managers & Designated Staff: Implement policies, conduct risk assessments, supervise staff and learners, monitor compliance.
  • Staff, Learners, Contractors, Visitors: Follow safety procedures, report hazards or incidents, use equipment correctly, maintain safe workspaces, including for remote work.

ARRANGEMENTS & PROCEDURES

  • Risk Assessment & Management: Conduct and review assessments for all activities; consider vulnerable persons; encourage hazard reporting.
  • Training & Communication: Mandatory induction, refresher training, health and safety information communicated regularly.
  • Accident, Incident & Near-Miss Reporting: Immediate reporting, investigation, RIDDOR compliance, and secure record keeping.
  • Fire Safety & Emergencies: Awareness of procedures, participation in drills, adherence to building and site-specific arrangements.
  • First Aid: Adequate equipment and trained personnel available.
  • Remote & Lone Working: Safe arrangements, guidance, communication, and wellbeing support.
  • Offsite Activities & Work Placements: Risk assessments, briefings, supervision, and compliance with host organisation rules.
  • Contractor Management: Verify competence, risk assessments, legal compliance, and supervision.
  • Health & Wellbeing: Support physical and mental health, stress management, healthy lifestyle guidance, and occupational health assessments.

SAFEGUARDING & PREVENT

Staff and learners must follow the Safeguarding & Welfare Policy, including the Prevent Duty, at all times.

MONITORING 

Compliance is monitored by managers and Senior Leadership Team. Health and safety performance is reported to Governance & Leadership Team and corrective actions tracked to completion.

ACCESS TO INFORMATION

Policies, procedures, guidance, and training materials are available through induction and management communication channels. Updates communicated via meetings, emails, reports, newsletters, and training.