The Law That Keeps You Alive — Health and Safety Legislation for Plumbing Apprentices | Unit 301 Session 1
About this episode
This episode covers essential health and safety legislation for plumbing apprentices, emphasizing the importance of understanding legal frameworks to ensure safety on the job.
The Copper Connection Podcast – Season 2, Episode 75, The Law That Keeps You Alive — Health and Safety Legislation for Plumbing Apprentices | Unit 301 Session 1 Starting your plumbing apprenticeship? This is the episode you listen to first. Before you touch a tool, before you connect a fitting, before you walk onto any site, there is a legal framework that exists specifically to make sure you go home safe at the end of every working day. And if you don't understand it, you're not just putting yourself at risk. You're putting your colleagues, your customers, and the public at risk too. In this episode, host Chris Bailey takes you through the complete health and safety legislation content for Unit 301 of the 9289 City & Guilds Level 3 Diploma in Plumbing and Domestic Heating, in plain English, with real trade context. Chris covers: Health and Safety Legislation for Plumbing Apprentices ✅ Why health and safety law exists — and why it's not just paperwork ✅ The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (HASAWA) — the principal piece of UK workplace legislation, what it covers, and who it applies to ✅ Your legal duties as an employee under Section 7 of the HASAWA ✅ Your employer's…
People in this episode
Host: Chris Bailey
Topics covered
- Health and Safety
- Plumbing Apprenticeship
- Legislation
- Workplace Safety
- Training
- Legal Duties
Keywords
- health and safety
- plumbing apprenticeship
- legislation
- HASAWA
- COSHH
- CDM 2015
- PPE Regulations
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: City & Guilds, COSHH, CDM 2015, PUWER
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