Bristol School of Self Defence - H&S Policy Statement

Bristol School of Self Defence Health & Safety Policy Statement

The Bristol School of Self Defence regards the health, safety and welfare of its instructors, students and those who may be affected by their activities as being of prime importance. The following statement recognises our obligations under the Health & Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, including all relevant Regulations and Approved Codes of Practice additional to the Act.

General Policy

Bristol School of Self Defence aims to provide a healthy and safe training environment for all instructors, students, and others affected by its activities. This will be achieved by:

Compliance with legislation and industry standards
Providing healthy and safe training locations
Providing instructors and students with such information, instruction, training and supervision as is necessary to ensure their safety and health whilst training, and that of others who may be affected by their actions
Treating health, safety and welfare considerations as an integral part of the school
Monitoring safety performance to continually improve standards

Organisation

Instructors at all levels are responsible for the health, safety and welfare of students under their control, and others affected by the school’s activities.

All students also have specific health and safety duties. The duties of students are to:

Take reasonable care of their own health and safety, and that of others who may be affected by their actions
Co-operate with the instructors on all matters of health and safety
Not interfere with, misuse or willfully damage anything provided in the interest of health and safety
Read and abide by the Student Health & Safety Guidelines of the School

Professional health and safety advice is provided to the Bristol School of Self Defence by Paul Hobday, Health & Safety Consultant. Paul is appointed as the competent person in relation to health and safety advice, as required by the Management of Health & Safety at Work Regulations 1999.

Arrangements

All activities undertaken by the Bristol School of Self Defence are risk assessed and controls put in place to reduce any significant risks. Copies of these risk assessments are available upon request.

To ensure that this Policy is effective, we will:

Review it annually, or following any significant changes in our activities and/or legislation
Make any such changes known to all instructors and students
Maintain procedures for communication and consultation between all instructors and students on matters of health, safety and welfare.

Chief Instructor
August 2009