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Returning to health and safety
Alternative date:
16 & 17 Feb 2026
Two half-day technical workshop
Overview
This technical workshop provides an overview of some of the key administrative and legal aspects that inspectors should consider and be familiar with when undertaking their health and safety duties. While this training is primarily aimed at regulators, it will also be of interest to health and safety officers in the commercial sector.
Topics include:
- Legislation and guidance
- Appointment of inspectors
- Section 20 powers
- Health and safety priorities and targeting interventions
- Duty holders
- Employees vs volunteers
- Risk based enforcement
- Management regulations
- Documents and records to look for
- Risk assessments and safe methods – micro and other businesses
- Work equipment and manual handling
- Accidents and incidents – records and reporting
- Work related illness
- Inspections
- When to take enforcement and the hierarchy of enforcement:
- Improvement Notices
- Prohibition Notices
- Brief introduction to the Enforcement Management Model
Objectives
- Understand the underpinning legislation
- Identify how inspectors must be appointed and their powers
- Show the status of risk-based enforcement
- Consider key legislation and definitions
- Gain guidance through serving enforcement notices
- Put learning into practice by evaluating several scenarios
Who should attend:
- Those considering a return to health and safety regulatory work
- Officers who would like a refresher in health and safety
- Health and safety officers in the commercial sector interested in a regulatory perspective
CPD: 6 hours
Miranda Steward CEnvH MSc
Miranda is the Director of Abacus Management and Training Consultancy which was set up in 2007, providing food safety and health and safety consultancy to both the public and private Sectors. Miranda is a Chartered Environmental Health Practitioner having qualified in 1979.
She has managed a range of public facing front line services with over 25 years senior local government experience, having been a joint Chief Executive and Returning Officer in a
District Council and an Assistant Director of Environmental Services in a London Borough.
As a direct result of her professional expertise Miranda has been an advisor to the Food Standards Agency, The Home Office, Local Government Association, The Public Health Laboratory Service and chaired the London Food Co-ordination Group.
Miranda has worked as a regulator for many years, specialising in food safety and food standards. She managed a high performing commercial department within a London Borough and dealt with a range of prosecutions and emergency prohibitions.
Date
Time
Venue
Online, Zoom
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Price
CIEH member: £185
Affiliate member: £285
Non-member: £285
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