2.1 Overview:

What you need to learn:

2.1 Safe working practices
The health and safety of the public and staff fundamental to any
organisation within the leisure industry. You need to be aware of the key
requirements of the relevant legislation that affects the industry including.

The legislation is:
• The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974
• The European Directives of 1992
• Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) Regulations 1994
• Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrence Regulations 1995
• Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations 1981
• Fire Safety and Safety of Places of Sport Act 1987
• Food Safety Act 1990
• Children Act 1989
• Data Protection Act 1998
• Working Time Regulations 1998.

You need to be able to apply legislation to a range of situations within the industry, such as:
• implementing inspection programmes
• staff training and development
• safeguarding the security of property and information
• protecting staff and visitors fro violence and abuse
• dealing with specific customer and staff issues
• undertaking risk assessments; a risk assessment should include identification of hazard, who will be affected, severity of risk, likelihood of risk, risk rating and measures to minimise risk.

In looking at safe working practices you also need to investigate the role and powers of enforcement agencies in this area, including:
• The Health and Safety Commission
• The Health and Safety Executive
• local authority departments such as environmental health.