Under the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005 employers have a duty to their employees to provide appropriate training, instruction and supervision.

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This requirement is an ongoing process and the employer must ensure that:

• All instruction, training and supervision is provided in a manner, form and language that is reasonably likely to be understood.

• Employees receive, during time off from their work but without loss of pay, adequate health, safety and welfare training including, in particular, information and instruction relating to the specific task to be performed and measures to be taken in an emergency.

• The employee‘s capabilities in relation to safety, health and welfare are taken into account.

• In the case of a class or classes of sensitive employees or groups of employees exposed to risks expressly provided for in the relevant statutory provisions, the employees are protected against the dangers that specifically affect them.

• Training must be adapted to take account of new or changed risks in the workplace.

• Training must be provided:

-    on recruitment,

-    when an employee is transferred or tasks change,

-    on the introduction of new or changed work equipment or work systems,

-    on the introduction of new technology.

• All contractors etc, carrying out work in the employer‘s premises must receive relevant safety instructions.

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