Health & Safety
Ensuring the health and safety of those you train and employ is at the core of managing a successful Bikeability scheme. Effective management of health and safety issues requires a thorough awareness of risk and how it can be mitigated, the right policies and procedures in place to ensure effective management and above all a commitment to quality and continuous improvement.
As a cycle training scheme provider you have a duty of care to both trainees and those you employ to ensure risk is properly controlled. Many organisations will have a generic health and safety policy for either the whole organisation or particular departments. For the delivery of cycle training it is appropriate to have a more specific policy which takes a closer look at the specific risks. An example of how this can be achieved is provided below:
Download Health and Safety Policy Guidance (278)
Risk Assessment
Risk assessments need to be carried out to ensure that risk is properly controlled. Each organisation has their own way of conducting risk assessments – for example, if you are from a large organisation you may have a corporate template developed by the Health and Safety team which you use. In the case of cycle training, general and site specific risk assessment procedures must be clearly evident as must the process for recording and reviewing.
Download the guidance documents for risk assessment procedures below to help you develop or enhance your own.
Download Site Specific Risk Assessment Guidance (473)
Download General Risk Assessment Guidance (319)
Emergency Procedures and Incident Reporting
It is important to ensure that a step by step procedure is in place for instructors to follow should an emergency occur to make sure that the situation is effectively managed and is not allowed to escalate into something more serious.
Download Emergency Procedures for Organisations Guidance (164)
Download Emergency Procedures for Sole Traders Guidance (193)
If an incident does occur it is crucial that it is logged and reported to all that need to know so that the associated risk is adequately managed in future.
Download Incident Report Form Guidance (200)