Health and Safety for Facilities Managers

When it comes to facilities management there are an array of different responsibilities attaining to health and safety, specifically. In many circumstances, health and safety responsibility can lie with a number of people at different levels and in the most general sense is the responsibility of all. However, there are specific responsibilities which fall to certain members of the team.

Health and safety management is an area of extreme importance and includes issues such as fire safety, water safety, electrical safety and asbestos management. All these areas, if mishandled, can have detrimental and lasting effects on the health and safety of customers, employees and businesses. Generally, in the UK the duty to comply with health and safety regulations would fall to the landlord or building owner/managing agent. In rented facilities, the lease agreement should specify whether the landlord or tenant is responsible.

Health and Safety in Facilities Managers Training course is designed specifically for Facilities, Buildings and Maintenance Managers to provide an understanding of key health and safety issues. This course is designed for both Premises and FM personnel and will concentrate on the topics that are most common together with those where new legislation, guidance or research information has been made publicly available over the last year and critically, consider the implications for employers.