Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety

Resources for your Course

Occupational Health and Safety Organisation

WEEK 1
Auditing your organisation and recommending improvements
Analysing your local union organisation - Page 113
Organising for Health and Safety - A TUC resource for use in the workplace
WEEK 2
Safety representatives' rights
Resources - Page 116
Focus on safety reps (2006)
DTI survey results
Prepraratory reading activity - Page 117
The SRSC regs
HSE (CD207) (2006) Improving worker involvement - improving health and safety
TUC (2006) HSC Consultation - what it means and how to respond
Hazards Magazine No94 (2006) Consultation, Consultation
Hazards campaign charter
WEEK 3
The Union Effect
Database Activities
TUC ICT Materials
Prepraratory reading activity - Page 121
Union Safety Effect
Additional Resources
LaborBlog - The Union Effect Effect
AMIEU - The Union Effect Effect
UFCW - The Union Effect Effect
TSSA - The Union Effect Effect
WEEK 4
Union Inspection Notices
Word Processing Activities
TUC ICT Materials
Additional Resources
Example UIN from Hazards
Leaflet about the above
TUC Guidance on UINs
PCS Guidance on UINs
Unison example form and advice
UCU example form in Word format
TSSA Guidance on UINs
WEEK 5
National Union Organisations
National Union Organisations
TUC List of Affiliated Trade Unions
Global Union Federations
TUC Health & Safety Page
The ICFTU
Global Unions
Education International
Building and Wood Workers International
The International Federation of Chemical, Energy and Mineworkers
International Federation of Journalists
International Federation of Journalists
International Federation of Metal Workers
International Textile Garment and Leatherworkers Federation
International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaraunt, Catering, Tabacco and Allied Workers
Public Services International
Union Network International
Trade Union Advisory Committee
TUAC
Trade Unions in Europe
The ETUC
European Trade Union Institute for Research, Education and H&S
HESA
WEEK 6
Union Policies and Campaigns
Assignment Proposal Form
Pre Reading
TUC Congress
TUC H&S Campaigns
Union Campaigns
Asbestos
Corporate Killing
European Health and Safety Week
Health and Safety for Women Workers
Workers Memorial Day
Reduction of HSE Safety Inspections
Smoke Free Workplaces
Working Time
WEEK 7
Risk Management
Chi Squared Analysis
HSE Guidance on Measuring Performance
Gender Sensitive Risk Assessment
Disability Sensitive Risk Assessment
WEEK 8
Behaviours Safety Schemes
Guidance from Hazards
Resources
TUC responce to HSE
HSE Human Factors
Accident Reporting
Hazards - Bad behaviour
TUC responce to HSE
WEEK 9
Occupational Health Schemes
Statistics - Variance
Reaction Timer
Future ICT plans Activity
Resources
Rehabilitation from Hazards
Rehabilitation from TUC
Safety Reps Surver 2006
Workplace health connect - HSE
Sheffield Occupational Health Advisory Service

Occupational Health and Safety Law

WEEK 1 Activity Sheet - WEEK 1 OVERVIEW
Web Link - D-11: The Learning Curve
Agenda - WEEK 1 COURSE MEETING
WEEK 2 Activity Sheet - WEEK 2 OVERVIEW
Web Link - D-17: Regulating health and safety at work: the way forward
Web Link - D-17: Institute of Employment Rights Press Release 2
Agenda - WEEK 2 COURSE MEETING
Web Link - D-18: Businessmen Behaving Badly
Web Link - D-18: HSE Public Register of Prosecutions
Web Link - D-18: Centre for Corporate Accountability - Manslaughter Cases
Web Link - D-18: Employers pay the price for poor health and safety
Web Link - D-18: Union activist reinstated by rail firm
Web Link - D-18: GMB wins justice for guards
WEEK 3 Activity Sheet - WEEK 3 OVERVIEW
Web Link - D-19: The Law Society (England & Wales)
Web Link - D-19: The Law Society (Scotland)
Agenda - WEEK 3 COURSE MEETING
Web Link - D-24: HSE Discussions and Consultations
Web Link - D-24: The Hazards Campaign Charter
WEEK 4 Activity Sheet - WEEK 4 OVERVIEW
Activity - - Evaluating the Legal System for H&S
Web Link - Memorandum submitted by Norton Rose on Corporate Manslaughter
Web Link - The Crown Prosecution Service on Corporate Manslaughter
Web Link - Hazards - International Safety Reps
Web Link - Red Pepper - Danger: people at work
Agenda - WEEK 4 COURSE MEETING

Health, Safety, Welfare & Environment

WEEK 1 Activity - PAIRED INTRODUCTIONS
Activity - PLANNING FOR THE YEAR AHEAD
Activity - NOTE TAKING FROM A WEB PAGE
Web Link - B-11: Surveying the Damage
Handout - TIPS FOR FORMAL WRITING
Handout - EXAMPLE ESSAY 1
Handout - EXAMPLE ESSAY 2
Activity - PRODUCING A PIECE OF WRITTEN WORK
WEEK 2 Activity Sheet - WORK AND ILL HEALTH; THE LINK
Web Link - B-17: Hazards Detective
Web Link - B-18: Worked Over
Agenda - WEEK 2 COURSE MEETING
WEEK 3 Activity Sheet - THE VALUE OF HEALTH SURVEYS
Web Link - B-19: European Foundation for the Improvement of Working and Living Conditions
Web Link - B-19: Latest Biennial TUC Survey of Safety Reps
Web Link - B-23: Do-It-Yourself Research
Agenda - WEEK 3 COURSE MEETING
WEEK 4 Activity Sheet - PRODUCING A SURVEY
Handout - FOOTNOTES, ENDNOTES and CAPTIONS
Web Link - B-24: ILO Barefoot Research Page 13
Web Link - B-24: Unison Surveys Information Sheet
Web Link - B-26: Designing a Questionaire, Conducting a Survey
Agenda - WEEK 4 COURSE MEETING
Activity - SELECTING YOUR ASSIGNMENT
WEEK 5 Activity Sheet - WEEK 5 OVERVIEW
Activity Sheet - ANALYSING SURVEY DATA
Online Activity - CALCULATING SIMPLE AVERAGES
Activity - CALCULATING GROUPED AVERAGES
Activity - SPREADSHEETS AND SIMPLE AVERAGES
Activity - SPREADSHEETS AND GROUPED AVERAGES
Agenda - WEEK 5 COURSE MEETING
WEEK 6 Activity Sheet - WEEK 6 OVERVIEW
Activity Sheet - WORKING WITH QUARTILES
Online Activity - WORKING WITH QUARTILES
Spreadsheet Tool - COMPARING SURVEY DATA
Web Link - B-51: WHO - Health, Environment, Safety and Social Management
Web Link - B-51: Environmental Practice at Work
Agenda - WEEK 6 COURSE MEETING
WEEK 7 Activity Sheet - WEEK 7 OVERVIEW
Database Tool - SORTING SURVEY DATA
Agenda - WEEK 7 COURSE MEETING
WEEK 8 Activity Sheet - WEEK 8 OVERVIEW
Activity - CHI SQUARED
Activity - CALCULATING CHI SQUARED
Spreadsheet Tool - CHI SQUARED SPREADSHEET 1
Spreadsheet Tool - CHI SQUARED SPREADSHEET 2
Agenda - WEEK 8 COURSE MEETING
WEEK 9 Activity Sheet - WEEK 9 OVERVIEW
Activity - IMPERIAL - METRIC CONVERSION
Web Resource - Online Conversion
Web Resource - Alternative Online Conversion
Agenda - WEEK 9 COURSE MEETING
WEEK 10 Activity Sheet - WEEK 10 OVERVIEW
Word Resource - Framework Project Diary
Agenda - WEEK 10 COURSE MEETING
The '6 Pack'

The Health & Safety at Work Act