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Identify health and safety hazards
How to identify any potential causes of harm or injury in your workplace as part of a risk assessment by walking around, looking at records and talking to staff.
Evaluate health and safety risks and decide on precautions
Assessing the risks at your place of work and developing systems to avoid these hazards and accidents such as issuing protective equipment or reducing exposure.
Safe manual handling at work
Protecting employees from the risks of carrying, lifting, pushing and pulling loads by assessing and reducing the risks and ensuring staff are properly trained.
Key health and safety management legal obligations
Staying up to date with your legal responsibilities for health and safety to protect staff, customers and visitors, have liability insurance and have a policy.
Control and review your health and safety management systems
Keeping records and driving continual improvement of health and safety management through setting targets, regular reviews and audits.
Starting a tourist accommodation business - Kribben Cottages (video)
Kribben Cottages explain how they started a four star self-catering accommodation business at the Mourne Mountains in County Down.
Personal protective equipment exemptions
Check if personal protective equipment exemptions apply or if there is an exemption such as equipment for playing competitive sports or non-protective clothing.
Appoint a competent person for health and safety
Your legal duty to appoint a competent person to advise on health and safety, including external sources of help and how to choose the right person.
Train staff to avoid repetitive strain injury
Training your staff in order to minimise the risks from repetitive strain injury by teaching them to be aware of the symptoms of RSI and reduce risks.
Causes of repetitive strain injury at work
The types of activities that can lead to repetitive strain injury, and types of worker that are particularly at risk including risks from cold and vibration.
Event safety: important contacts
As an event organiser, you should keep in touch with organisations such as your local council, the PSNI, the fire brigade, first aid providers, the ambulance service and your insurer.
Types of PPE: eyewear
Providing the correct level of eye protection for your workforce and yourself including equipment such as goggles, what to consider and who will need it.
Health and safety management standards
What management systems are and key health and safety standards from the British Standards Institution (BSI), including BS OHSAS 18001, 18002 and BS 18004.
Legal requirements for tourism businesses
An outline of the laws tourist accommodation providers must follow.
Setting up and running a caravan site
How to set up and run a caravan site in Northern Ireland and the legal requirements you must meet.
Residential caravan site occupiers: protection from eviction or harassment
How you must protect any residential occupiers on your caravan site from unlawful eviction and harassment.
Caravan site written agreements for seasonal occupiers
Rules for caravan site owners on written agreements for seasonal occupiers, and what the written statement should include.
Protected caravan site written statement agreements
As a caravan site owner, you must have a written agreement with resident occupiers setting out certain responsibilities.
Caravan site licence conditions and exemptions
Examples of conditions that could be attached to a caravan site licence in Northern Ireland, and situations which allow for exemptions from the need to have a licence.
Caravan site licensing
Licensing requirements for caravan sites in Northern Ireland and how to apply for a licence.