Monitor and Maintain Health and Safety Practic Salon

Assessment 1 – monitor and maintain health and safety practice in the salon

Outcome 1 : be able to carry out risk assessment


B) state the reason for carrying out risk assessment

It is a legal requirement to ensure that safe working environment is provided for everyone the repressibility of employees. Current knowledge of all relevant Heath and safety legislation and any updates.

The aim is to make sure that no one gets hurt or becomes ill. Accidents and ill health can ruin lives, and can affect your business too if output is lost, machinery is damaged, insurance costs increase, or you have to go to court.

legal requirement to ensure that a safe working environment provided for all personnel responsibilities of employees. Current knowledge of all relevant health and safety legislation and any updates.

The reason for carrying out risk assessment that to ensure all equipment is safely to use and maintenance of electrical equipment and system is in the work place. Ensure the working practice minimises the possible spread of infection and disease and also to ensure safe practices are observed by the therapy centre and staff for safety of staff, clients and any other visitors.



C) Describe the procedures for carrying out risk assessment

Identifying hazards is the first step in health and safety risk assessment. Look around your premises, ask employees and suppliers, and check records of any health and safety incidents. Typical hazards include potential causes of accidents (such as trailing wires) or long-term health problems (such as poorly-designed workstations).

Evaluate the risks and decide on control measures: After ‘identifying the hazards’ and ‘deciding who might be harmed and how’ you are then required to protect the people from harm. The hazards can either be removed completely or the risks controlled so that the injury is unlikely.

Record your findings: Your findings should be written down it’s a legal requirement...