Health and Safety for Supervisors and Team Leaders

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A four-hour practical course for supervisors and team leaders on running safe daily work. Covers shift preparation, task allocation, hazard checks, toolbox talks, understanding checks, coaching, traffic, handling, equipment safeguards, permits, occupational health, fatigue, welfare, emergencies, contractor coordination and handover. Includes 12 modules, 24 lessons with activities, 30 quiz questions and a fictional shift-readiness assignment.

LO01: Explain the supervisor’s responsibilities, limits of authority and escalation route for unsafe work.
LO02: Prepare a shift plan that matches people, tasks, equipment and support to actual conditions.
LO03: Identify hazards and verify task controls, stopping for reassessment when assumptions change.
LO04: Deliver a task-focused briefing and check understanding using accessible two-way communication.
LO05: Allocate work within verified capability and provide coaching and supervision appropriate to risk.
LO06: Identify and respond to unsafe traffic, housekeeping, storage and manual-handling conditions.
LO07: Check equipment safeguards and recognise permit, isolation and specialist authorisation requirements.
LO08: Recognise substance and health exposures and check suitable PPE and other protective controls.
LO09: Respond to fatigue, heat, welfare and lone-working concerns through the workplace arrangements.
LO10: Apply emergency escalation and factual incident reporting while remaining within competence.
LO11: Coordinate contractor interfaces and provide an accurate, verified shift handover.
LO12: Record findings, prioritise actions and verify control effectiveness using appropriate evidence.

Course Content

The frontline safety role
Understand supervisory responsibilities, authority and escalation.

01 | What supervisors and team leaders control
02 | Authority, stopping work and escalation

Planning a safe shift
Prepare people, work areas and resources before assigning tasks.

Hazard recognition and task risk assessment
Identify exposure and verify suitable controls as conditions change.

Briefings and clear communication
Deliver useful toolbox talks and confirm shared understanding.

Competence, coaching and supervision
Allocate work within capability and provide proportionate support.

Workplace movement and physical tasks
Check traffic, housekeeping, storage and handling arrangements.

Equipment, permits and energy hazards
Maintain safeguards and respect specialist authorisation boundaries.

Substances, PPE and occupational health
Recognise exposure controls and respond to failed protection.

Fatigue, heat, welfare and lone work
Recognise readiness concerns and keep support arrangements practical.

Emergencies and incident response
Raise the alarm, protect people and report facts.

Contractor coordination and handover
Manage interfaces and transfer restrictions accurately between teams.

Inspection, follow-up and improvement
Verify actions and use evidence to improve the next shift.

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Course Content

The frontline safety role Understand supervisory responsibilities, authority and escalation.

01 | What supervisors and team leaders control

02 | Authority, stopping work and escalation

Planning a safe shift Prepare people, work areas and resources before assigning tasks.

03 | Preparing the shift before work begins

04 | Allocating tasks and adapting the plan

Hazard recognition and task risk assessment Identify exposure and verify suitable controls as conditions change.

05 | Recognising hazards in the actual task

06 | Verifying controls and responding to change

Briefings and clear communication Deliver useful toolbox talks and confirm shared understanding.

07 | Delivering a useful toolbox talk

08 | Checking understanding and avoiding assumptions

Competence, coaching and supervision Allocate work within capability and provide proportionate support.

09 | Matching competence and supervision to risk

10 | Coaching safely and responding to shortcuts

Workplace movement and physical tasks Check traffic, housekeeping, storage and handling arrangements.

11 | Traffic, housekeeping and access checks

12 | Manual handling and practical task design

Equipment, permits and energy hazards Maintain safeguards and respect specialist authorisation boundaries.

13 | Equipment checks and defect control

14 | Isolation, permits and higher-risk boundaries

Substances, PPE and occupational health Recognise exposure controls and respond to failed protection.

15 | Substances and longer-term health exposure

16 | PPE, workstation concerns and protection limits

Fatigue, heat, welfare and lone work Recognise readiness concerns and keep support arrangements practical.

17 | Fatigue, pressure and readiness for work

18 | Heat, welfare and lone-working support

Emergencies and incident response Raise the alarm, protect people and report facts.

19 | Leading the team during an emergency

20 | Reporting incidents and supporting investigation

Contractor coordination and handover Manage interfaces and transfer restrictions accurately between teams.

21 | Coordinating contractors and other teams

22 | A reliable shift handover

Inspection, follow-up and improvement Verify actions and use evidence to improve the next shift.

23 | Inspecting work and tracking corrective actions

24 | Measuring readiness and improving the next shift