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A V O N M A T E R I A L S U P P L I E S L T D ( A M S L T D ) D R I V E R T R A I N I N G M A N U A L V E R S I O N 2

Environment, and is in accordance with the Health and Safety at Work Act (HSWA) 1974,
and the appropriate Section of the Environment Protection Act 1990.

Health & Safety data and software
AMS Ltd use an internal server to save information and will be running employee
management software Evalu-8 , this information is controlled with only key managers able
to view or access the data. It is used to hold all company documents, Report accidents and
Near misses that occur and allows the operations managers to check training history of all
employees at any time.

Risk Assessments and Safe Systems of Work
A copy of all risk assessments and safe systems of work will be available at the transport office.
As part of your induction, you will be asked to read and demonstrate your understanding of the
risks and control measures identified. At any point, please feel free to ask questions and take the
time you need to gain a thorough understanding of the risks that you may face whilst carrying
out your daily activities. The safe systems of work for the various main vehicle types and activities
can also be found in this manual.

Dynamic Risk Assessment

Understanding how to carry out a dynamic risk assessment has many benefits. It’s
specifically important that you know how to carry one out if you work in constantly
varying environments. If you can carry out a dynamic risk assessment, you will:

• Be able to take a proactive approach to safety. You will have the knowledge
needed to instantly assess risks and hazards of any new, variable situation.
• Feel confident in your ability to assess your environment. As you will have
the appropriate training needed to instantly observe, analyse and react risks and
hazards in new situations, you will feel confident making decisions that ensure
the safety of you and your team.
• Feel more confident doing your job. By having the skills needed to do your
job safely, you will feel more confident entering new, unknown situations.

By understanding how to carry out a dynamic risk assessment, you will have the tools
needed to confidently assess any situation you encounter and ensure you and your
team can work safely.

Risk is what it is, the situation may be dynamic but the risks, while transitory, are
predictable from experience. Risk is an evaluation of hazard and likelihood. The only
thing that changes is whether you are carrying out the assessment in advance or at
the time.

When competent people consider dynamic situations - most of which they have had
experience of at some time - the risk they may face has a high degree of predictability.

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