We are responsible for enforcing UK Health and Safety Legislation for most non-industrial commercial premises within Leeds.
The health and safety inspection team, a part of the Neighbourhoods and Housing Departments' Environmental Health Service, is committed to working with businesses to achieve safe and healthy working environments for all those who work in and visit these premises in Leeds.
The team has developed a special online training course, designed specifically for small businesses, to help bring about a better understanding of health and safety in the workplace.
This free-to-access online training package combines simple and practical advice with interactive learning exercises, to take you through a comprehensive step by step guide to health and safety risk assessment.
It covers the basic principles behind risk assessment, explains the requirements of the law - along with how to achieve compliance, and gives a simple demonstration case study to show how the different elements of risk assessment can be brought together to achieve real health and safety improvements.
Completing this training will give you the information, knowledge and skills necessary to implement a successful risk assessment programme in your own place of work.