This course will help prepare you for your journey to work during the cold winter months.

At the end of the course, delegates will:

• 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

Course Chapters

• Is your journey essential?
  • This section will cover the preparation 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
  • Cold conditions, temperature, ill-health and the law
• Preventing slips and falls in winter
  • Who is at risk if snow falls?
• Forward planning in adverse weather
  • Caleb's working day; what to regularly check for, special requirements in terms of early closure policies

To provide delegates with the knowledge to safely prepare for their journey to work during winter months, including working in cold conditions and preventing slips and falls in winter.

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Delegates successfully completing the course can print an HSS Training certificate of achievement and the multiple choice test results.

Those who may be required to travel to work during the winter months or work in cold conditions.