IS D&TA Training Essential?
see https://www.hse.gov.uk/education/topics.htm:
“Employers must ensure that all employees are provided with adequate health and safety training when they start work."
Ongoing training must also be provided in response to changes, such as:
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meeting the needs of new students
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the identification of additional risks
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the use of new or modified equipment and/or
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new job responsibilities
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a change in the needs of existing students
Workshop Machines and proceses
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Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations (9) says : Employers must ensure that all persons who use work equipment have received adequate training for the purposes of health and safety. This a regulation under the law - an accident resulting from failure to comply on high risk equipment eg. Table Saw will result in a criminal prosecution for the employer.
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BS 4163:2021 says “Learners should only work in a high-risk area when it is fully under the control of a person competent to work in the area (i.e. a person with demonstrated competency through the D&T Association training Scheme)’ This a Code of practice approved by the HSE - an accident resulting from failure to comply may result in a civil prosecution for the employer
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When a RIDDOR accident occurs in a school, the HSE attend and carry out an extensive investigation which always includes checking that staff training is correct and up-to-date. The employer is almost always prosecuted following a RIDDOR accident.