Health and Safety Level 3 (VTQ)
Course Content
- Introduction and Regulation
- Health and Safety Level 3 introduction
- Importance of Health and Safety
- What causes accidents?
- Health and safety statistics overview
- UK Statistics on Accidents in the Workplace
- Health and Safety Law
- Health and Safety At Work Act 1974
- Reasonably practicable
- PUWER Regulations 1998
- LOLER Regulations
- Manual handling Employee and Employer responsibility
- Electricity and Electricity At Work Regulations
- Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 2008
- REACH
- The European six pack
- Welfare At Work
- Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations 2022
- First Aid at Work regulations
- COSHH Regulations
- Worker Types - HSE definitions
- Musculoskeletal statistics
- Control of noise at work regulations 2005
- COMAH Regulations 2015
- Prevention of Accidents
- The Accident Triangle
- Why prevention is important and what can be done
- The 5 stages of the Risk Assessment
- Assessing Risks - High and Low risks
- What is a hazard
- Children and young people
- New and expectant mothers
- Personal protective equipment (PPE)
- Protective Headwear - a Paramdic's view point
- Control of Major Accidents Hazards Regulations 2015
- Categories of Chemical
- Employer Duties Under COSHH
- Employee Duties Under COSHH
- Portable Gas cylinders
- Safety Signs
- Lighting at Work
- Permit to Work
- Workplace Exposure Limits
- Opening Boxes Safely
- First aid at work practicalities
- RIDDOR Statistics
- RIDDOR Injury Statistics - 2023/24
- HSE Stats on Industries
- Key facts from HSE stats
- First Aid in the Workplace Injury statistics 2024 to 2025
- HSE Stats Work-related MSDs Statistics - 2024/25
- Care Home Statistics
- Fire Statistics in Workplaces in the UK
- Occupational lung disease statistics - 2024-2025
- Work related ill health statistics - 2024 to 2025
- HSE Stats Work related stress depression anxiety statistics - 2024/25
- HSE Stats on costs to Britain
- Comparisons with European countries 2024 to 2025
- Personal Protective Equipment
- When an Accident Happens
- Health & Safety Training Requirements
- Basic First Aid Advice
- First Aid Provision - First Aiders in the Workplace
- First Aid Room
- Hydrofluoric acid burns kits
- When an Accident Happens
- RIDDOR and Accident Reporting
- Work place policies and procedures
- Equipment in the Workplace and how you can get hurt
- Emergency Procedures
- Investigating workplace accidents
- Specific Areas of Health and Safety
- Fire Risk Assessment
- The Fire Triangle
- Calling the Fire Service
- Evacuating in an Emergency
- Good Housekeeping
- Electrical Hazards
- Electrical safety
- Slips, Trips and Falls
- Workstation - DSE and VDU Safety
- Working at Heights
- Occupational Health
- Infection Control and Health and Safety
- Forklift safety in the workplace
- Noise
- Training, instruction and information -noise
- Controlling the risk of noise
- Hoists, Cranes and Lifts
- Hearing protection
- Electronic ear defenders
- Ventilation
- Dust
- Different types of dust
- Asbestos and its dangers
- Dead animal removal and risks
- Flooring in the Workplace
- Managing stress
- Confined Space Regulations 1997
- Why Manual Handling is Important
- Parking safety
- Shelves and storage
- Restricting access
- Lorry Banksman
- Gas safety
- The dangers of electric car batteries
- Electric Cars and accidents
- Cable protectors
- Balcony and barrier safety
- Power cables and batteries
- The Importance of Fire Safety
- Fire Causes, Prevention, Training and Alarms
- Emergency Fire Equipment and Response Actions
- Fire Warden and Fire Marshals
- Discussing Health and Safety
- Major Incident Planning
- HSE Inspections
- Summary of Health and Safety
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What we're gonna do now is have a look at the food area PPE items you may need to wear. Now, depending on where you're actually working within the food sector, would vary on what equipment you need to be wearing. Now, if you are just preparing sandwiches or something like that, you may well have to just wear gloves, may have to wear a hair nets, you may have to wear aprons. Or if you're working in a factory, you may well have to wear complete PPE, including over suits and footwear and hair nets and all sorts of things. So these first ones we're gonna look at here are eye protection. Now again, if you are working in some areas, you won't need to have this, but there's different types of eye protection. Some are goggles type, which obviously clip on like a normal pair of glasses would or these actually seal right around the eye. Now, if you are working in a dusty environment in food production, it may be that these are better because they do keep dust out much better than conventional glasses type, which are great if you're gonna just keep avoid stuff getting into your eyes, but these would actually avoid any dust or smaller particles. It may well also you need to wear a mask, and this is the top hair mask, which is what we call an FFP3 mask. There are also FFP2 masks and different other masks from 2A masks, which are the types we've seen within the Corona virus side, where people wear the blue ones. But this type of mask is for much more dustier environments. And sometimes in food production, you will get a very dusty environment. Now, this one here has got a pad around here, so it seals really well around on your face that... Different designs will vary. There are two straps over the back of the head rather than just one, there's a nose clip, but just to push together so you can actually force it much tidier on your nose. It stops air coming in through here, 'cause the idea of these masks is they want to seal onto your face, so when you breathe in, you're breathing in through the mask, when you breathe out, there is a valve on the end here, to make that easier, so that will just allow it. Because when you're breathing out, you're not gonna be any risk to yourself. So it gives you protection breathing in, when you breathe out, it goes through the valve. Now, if you're in an environment where they don't want any possible infection from you to pass on, then it will be an un valved mask. So therefore it's giving protection when you breathe in and when you breathe out. These masks here are adjustable, you just literally pull these bits on the side, and you make sure it fits your face, and the important thing is it must fit your face properly, 'cause if you get leaks around there and then it's not gonna be working so efficiently. And the last you wanna do is start inhaling very very of really fine dust particles. In some areas of food production you may well have to put on a full respirator, but this will be down to whatever's... Wherever you're actually working. Other things you may have to wear are hairnets, it might just be a standard net or this type, which is a plastic cap, and these have elastic in, so you can actually put this over your head, hold all your hair in. It depends what size you want, they do come in different sizes, but generally, there's a universal size. Another idea is to make sure that there is no hair or other particles that are going to be dropping from your head into the food. May well need to wear gloves. We cover gloves in other videos, so that is something else that is a good use of PPE. And it may be that you have to wear a complete overall, so it may be just... In food food production you use a disposable plastic apron or this is a full body suit which you need to cover up all your clothing to make sure that there is no possible contamination between you and your clothes and where you're working. And the final thing we got here to show you, is just over shoes. Now, these are a more of a complex over shoe, they literally go over, or you can have a smaller ones that literally just cover your shoe, so that anything that is on the bottom of your shoe is not going to be put into the manufacturing room. So those are ones that you literally just put your foot into them and they just cover up the bottom part, whereas this one can completely cover up the whole of your leg. Now, depending on which environment you're working, will depend on what actual PPE. So really important that you talk to your manager to look at the policies and procedures of where you work to make sure that you have the correct PPE and where PPE is provided, you must wear it.
Food Area PPE in the Food Industry
Introduction to PPE in Food Industry
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is crucial in various food industry sectors to ensure safety and prevent contamination.
Types of PPE Required
Eye Protection
In environments with potential dust or particles, consider:
- Goggles or sealed glasses for better protection.
Face Masks
Choose masks based on the environment:
- FFP3 Masks: Ideal for dusty environments, seal tightly with nose clip and valve for easy breathing.
- Other Types: FFP2, 2A masks depending on requirements.
- Ensure proper fit by adjusting straps and nose clip.
Additional PPE
- Hairnets: Standard nets or plastic caps to prevent hair contamination.
- Gloves: Essential for hand protection; refer to specific guidelines for usage.
- Overalls: Disposable aprons or full body suits to prevent clothing contamination.
- Overshoes: Cover shoes to prevent floor contaminants entering the workspace.
Choosing and Using PPE
Discuss with your manager to determine specific PPE requirements and adhere to workplace policies for safety and hygiene.
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