Information, instruction and training

PUWER Regulation 7 restricts the use of such equipment to the persons designated to use it. These people need to have received sufficient information, instruction and training so that they can carry out the work, using the equipment, safely. 

People using and maintaining work equipment, where there are residual risks that cannot be sufficiently 

The information and instructions are likely to come from the manufacturer in the form of operating and maintenance manuals. It is up to the employer to ensure that what is provided is easily understood, set out logically with illustrations and standard symbols where appropriate. The information should normally be in good plain English but other languages may be necessary in some cases. 

The extent of the information and instructions will depend on the complexity of the equipment and the specific risks associated with its use. They should cover  

Everyone who uses and maintains work equipment needs to be adequately trained. The amount of training required will depend on  

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Inform, instruct and train employees about the risks and the precautions to be taken. 

Ensure that employees liable to be exposed to asbestos receive adequate information, instruction and training - so that they are aware of the risks and the precautions which should be observed. 

Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations (COSHH). Guidance on Information, Instruction and Training (Regulation 12) (1990)... 

Provision of adequate information, instruction and training control against exposures by measures other than the use of personal protective equipment provision of adequate washing facilities prohibition of eating, drinking and smoking m contaminated areas and health surveillance are covered. 

Providing appropriate information, instruction and training of workers. 

Provisions for information, instructions and training of employees in case of work with carcinogens and mutagens... 

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Pipes and vessels containing substances hazardous to health to be clearly marked with the contents and their hazards. Others employed to do the same work must be given the same information instruction and training. 

The Regulations require employers to provide specific safety signs where there is a significant risk to health and safety which has not been avoided or satisfactorily controlled by other means, e.g. by engineering controls and safe systems of work. Every employer must provide sufficient information, instruction and training in... 

The key section in Robens-style legislation is the duty of employers. Errrplqyers are reqnired to provide a work environment, plarrt and system of work which, so far as is reasonably practicable (the wording of this varies between jrrrisdictiorrs), do not preserrt a threat to the health and safety of employees. They must also consult with workers and provide adequate information, instruction and training, and report accidents of certain types (in some cases also critical incidents) to the relevant OSH authority. Employees are also subject to a number of duties which are enforceable in law. 

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