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Staff Health & Safety Training

Under the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005 the employer has a responsibility via functional area line management to provide adequate instruction and training for each employee. Specifically the Act states that there is a number of courses that are mandatory for each employee to undertake. These courses include: Visual Display Unit training, Manual Handling training and Fire training/emergency procedures. 

The table below details the courses provided by the Health & Safety Office.

Specialised course or Non-core courses or off programme courses are a direct provision matter for relevant Schools/Depts across UCC

Course	VDU online	Manual Handling	Fire Drill	Fire Safety online	Use of Fire Extinguisher	Managing Health & Safety	Chemical Spill Response	Fire Marshall	First Aid	Risk Assessment
Frequency	3 yrs	3 yrs	Annually	3 yrs	5 yrs	5 yrs	5 yrs	5 yrs	2 yrs	5 yrs
Applicable to:	All staff	All staff	All staff	All staff	All staff	Managers & Supervisors and PI’s	Select	Select	Select	PI’s & Technical staff