What does ''getting it wrong'' with health and safety training look like?

Retail Gecko, why train your staff online with us and is it a health and safety requirement

"I have gone many years running my business without the need to train all my staff, so what start now?"

Unfortunately, we hear this all too often. So let's look into the all important question, "do you need to train your staff for health and safety requirements or is this just another unnecessary cost to the business at a uncertain time?"

Well, according to the HSE's website, you can train your staff in house without the need for external companies to come in, so lets look at this in more detail:

If you are providing training to your staff, how confident are you that you will cover all the necessary topics required and the content you deliver will be enough to safeguard yourself and your employee's should an investigation occur.

Should an HSE executive need to see your policies, procedures and training records, how confident are you they will be sufficient not leave your business exposed.

Should an incident occur to what extent are you confident that it will not cost you a significant amount of money in damages?

Well, these are just some of the reasons why business' most frequently look to outsource this kind of training, they do this because record keeping, nature of content, dates, level of participation, participants are all important should this occur. Along with the huge costs for FFI at £157 an hour.

It really is quite simple, you have a legal requirement to train your staff, how you do it is upto you but for the small costs of training why would you leave this to chance and "have a go at it yourself" when it can be so costly to the business, if you dont believe us pay a visit to the link in this line to see what issues it can cause. https://www.shponline.co.uk/prosecution-and-in-court/?cid=nav