Winter Safety Awareness

• Identify the key considerations when deciding whether your journey is essential
• Prepare adequately for your journey to work
• Reduce the risks of slips and falls
• Take appropriate action to maintain safety when working outside
• Recognise the signs of overexposure in cold conditions

• Is your journey essential - This section will cover preparations for your journey, getting to your location, visitor safety and driving to work.
• During the day - Learn about salting, legal liabilities and responsibilities, and the snow code.
• Working in cold conditions - Find out about cold conditions, temperatures, ill-health and the law.
• Preventing slips and falls in winter - Discover who is at risk if snow falls.
• Forward planning in adverse weather - Caleb’s working day: what to regularly check for and special requirements in terms of early closure policies.
• Winter awareness tips

Winter Safety Awareness is delivered online as an interactive course to each trainee on their computers, or portable device at any internet enabled location.

The interactive course is engaging, informative and exciting to use. Using up-to-date, modern graphical images, users will be faced with a selection of interactive elements and mini quizzes to test their knowledge.

Users will receive informative advice and guidance and will be tested on their understanding of the subject at the end of the course by completing the compulsory self-test element.

This course also features a risk checklist which asks the user a series of questions relating to their current working environment.