Duration: 1 day

Course leader

Duncan Abbott, principal ergonomist, was naitonal adviser to the Disabilty Rights Commission and the Health and Safety Executive on drawing up risk assessment guidance for disabled workers. He was a national ergonmic assessor for the Access to Work scheme.

Who should attend?

Professionals wishing to increase their knowledge and understanding of the factors to consider when undertaking risk assessments for disabled workers and older workers, will find our new course both highly practical and relevant. The course also covers how to carry out audits of staff that have had Access to Work assessments. As many times these workers are believed to be okay but too often this is not the case. This is an essential course for those wishing to get experience of this area of assessment.

What will I learn?

The course is designed to give assessors a good understanding of how to undertake risk assessments for disabled and older workers and undertake audits of staff that have Access to Work assessments or returned to work with alternative equipment such as ball chairs.

The delegate should be in a position to utilise what has been learnt to help revise risk assessments, understand how to accommodate workers, and how to develop an ergonomic program that keeps older and disabled workers safe in the workplace

Course structure

The course is structured in taught models but gives time for the delegates to work on a number of short case studies to reinforce what is being taught. The course is highly interactive and questions are encouraged to enrich the learning experience.

Pre-course activities

Delegates are required to undertake a number of short activities before the start of the course:

• Determine how many disabled workers and older workers are employed by his or her organisation
• Find out how many have had separate assessments and what has been done
• Consider what a disabled worker is, and how old a worker has to be before they are classed as an older worker?
• Make short notes for class discussion based on two case studies, from his or her workplace,  one for a disabled worked, and the other for an older worker.

Course timetable and content

08.45 - 09.00 Welcome coffee

09.00 – 09.15 Overview of the course and introductions

09.15 – 10.00 Disabled workers and older workers (part quiz, part discussion and part pre course activity)

• Legislation (DDA and Age discrimination)
• Challenging myths
• What is a disability (sensory, cognitive, physical)?
• What are older workers?

1st group activity - Discuss the pre course assignment

10.00 - 10.30 Workability

• 4EQ model  - a quick overview
• Workability – the physical and psychological capability of the older or disabled worker (using the FIOH model)
• Promotion of work ability during aging and preventing occupational ill health
• Maintaining safe working conditions for older and disabled workers
• Access to work audits

2nd group activity - How can we use the concept of workability to keep older and disabled workers safe and productive?

 10.45 – 11.00 Coffee break

11.30 - 12.30 Risk assessment

• Workplace hazards
• The 4EQ model is demonstrated for - an older worker, a worker with sensory impairment, a worker with physical impairment, and a worker with cognitive impairment and -
  • Examines the physical aspects of the workplace - stairs, ramps and accessibility, hygrothermal conditions (cold, damp and heat), and sensory aspects: acoustics, lighting, comfort, communication systems, signage and navigation
  • Determines the daily living requirements
  • Determines what reasonable adjustments need to be made
  • Works through the personal emergency evacuation plan

3rd group activity - Using the 4EQ model delegates work through a short case study to reinforce what have been learnt about the risk assessments

12.30 –13.15 Lunch

13.15 –14.15 Solutions – an ergonomic program (utilising the 4EQ model and Audits)

• Implementing control measures (admin and engineering)
• Usign videos task redesign and job rotation is examined using REBA, body discomfort diagrams, and other ergonomic tools
• Involving older workers,  disabled workers and significant others (management, supervisors and colleagues)
• 4th Actvity - Relating solutions to Access to Work audits

14.15 –15.15 Solutions

• How to overcome workers limitations and match technology to the user

14.45 – 15.00 Tea break
 

15.15 –15.30  Final case study to practice what's been learnt thoughout the day, round up and questions

Price

Cost £295.00

VAT (£51.63)

Total £346.63

The price includes course materials, refreshments and lunch.

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2010 

London - Novotel Waterloo - 17th June  2010