With growing pressure to manage health and safety effectively, employers increasingly recognise the importance of assigning this responsibility to an individual. Yet it is often unclear to managers and appointed H&S officers alike what exactly the role entails. This report outlines and examines the role of a health and safety manager, clarifying the grey areas for you. What skills should I look for? Who should they report to? What duties should they have? Use this report to establish effective health & safety policy and practice to strengthen your organisation's performance. Contents include: * Why bother with health and safety at work * Why you need a health and safety manager * What are health and safety managers? * The role of health and safety managers * What resources do health and safety managers require * Case studies * Programme of action
- ISBN10 0273632345
- ISBN13 9780273632344
- Publish Date 30 July 1998 (first published January 1995)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 31 October 2009
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Pearson Education Limited
- Format Paperback
- Language English