Health, Safety & Environmental Policy

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Page updated 24 Aug. 2009

Statement

Care Training East Midlands (CTEM) and Central Skills work to bring practical support to improving the general and specific skills relating to various occupational areas throughout the region, along with using world-class, innovative, high-performance teaching in partnership with businesses and the wider community.

Alongside this, CTEM and Central Skills believe protection of the environment is an integral part of good institutional practice and that it has a duty to satisfy itself that all of its operations are conducted with proper regard for the environment, with commitment to maintaining (and wherever possible) improving the quality of the environment for both the people employed by us, those who utilise our facilities and for the wider community now and in the future.

We consider that the health, safety and welfare of all employees and of all other persons affected by our operations are of the utmost importance. Learners are a particularly vulnerable group and operations are accordingly conducted in the specific context of learners being entitled to a safe, healthy and supportive environment.
CTEM and Central Skills seek to make the most effective and efficient use of all resources, encouraging all employees and learners to develop an ecologically sound approach to their work. As part of this commitment and high standards of governance, we place Occupational Health and Safety and Environmental considerations at the heart of our activities. To ensure continual improvement, we maintain an ongoing Improvement Plan and are working towards achieving OHSAS 18001 and EMS 14001.

Aims

In particular, CTEM and Central Skills will:

Meet all relevant legislation, government guidelines, regulations and industry codes of practice on health and safety and environmental issues (and, where possible, exceed them).
Ensure that, on a continual basis, HSE hazards and aspects are identified, risk assessed and suitable controls put in place to prevent injury and ill health.
Develop management processes to ensure that Occupational Health, Safety and Environmental factors are considered during planning and implementation of learning.
Engage with employees, contractors and visitors to further reduce Occupational Health, Safety and Environmental hazards and risks associated with working for, with or on behalf of CTEM and Central Skills.
Ensure that working safely is a condition of employment and engagement.
Reduce consumption and costs whilst satisfying the need for energy and water.
Reduce the environmental impact of CTEM and Central Skills through better management of their material resources.
Integrate environmental and sustainable principles into CTEM and Central Skills’ operational procedures and promote best practice at every opportunity.
Maintain a commitment to train all staff in Health, Safety and Environmental awareness to support learning.
Pursue continual improvement in Health, Safety and Environmental performance.
Comply with any other relevant requirements to which we subscribe (for example, contractual requirements).

Responsibility

All employees have a responsibility to contribute to CTEM and Central Skills’ policy of minimising any adverse health, safety and environmental impact. Operational responsibility lies with the Managing Director and Senior Management with direction from the Facilities Manager. The HSE policy will be reviewed by Senior Management and the Facilities Manager at least annually.