RLS Training (Online)

The Workplace Safety Representative (RLS) is a role that the legislator has given particular prominence to. Indeed, through their RLS, employees participate in safety management processes and in identifying prevention and protection measures.

In compliance with Article 37, paragraphs 10 and 11 of Legislative Decree 81/2008, the RLS must receive initial training lasting no less than 32 hours.

‍

TARGET AUDIENCE

The course is intended for Workplace Safety Representatives who have been properly elected.

Following the entry into force of the State-Regions Agreement of July 7, 2016, this course is valid in e-learning mode if stipulated in the National Collective Bargaining Agreement (CCNL) applicable to the employee.

For all other cases where the CCNL does not provide for online RLS training, the employee must attend the course in person.

‍

RENEWAL

RLS training requires three different renewal options based on the number of employees in the company:

• Companies with up to 15 employees: update duration not specified by regulations;
• Companies with 15 to 50 employees: 4 hours of annual update training;
• Companies with over 50 employees: 8 hours of annual update training.

‍

COURSE CONTENT

The course, delivered in e-learning mode, includes the following training modules:

• Constitutional and civil law principles;
• Repealed and current legislation;
• Overview of Legislative Decree 81/2008;
• The Ministerial Decrees of September 2021. Fire emergency management;
• Presidential Decree 151/2011. Procedures for issuing fire prevention certificates;
• Ministerial Decree 388/03. Healthcare emergency management;
• Presidential Decree 177/2011. Safety in confined spaces and potentially contaminated environments;
• Worker training;
• Training for employers acting as RSPP;
• Training for the use of special equipment;
• The employer, the manager, and non-delegable duties;
• Delegable duties;
• The prevention and protection service and its head;
• The occupational health physician and health surveillance;
• The emergency management service;
• Designers, manufacturers, suppliers, and installers;
• The workers' safety representative;
• Workers and their duties;
• Self-employed workers;
• Workers' Safety Representative and workers;
• Sanctioning system;
• The sanctioning procedure;
• Some penalties;
• Regulatory aspects of risk assessment;
• Risk, hazard, harm;
• The structure of the risk assessment document;
• The R = P x D method;
• Further insights into risk assessment;
• Prevention and protection measures;
• Cross-cutting risks;
• General concepts of procurement;
• Workplace requirements;
• Work equipment;
• Personal Protective Equipment;
• Electrical systems and equipment;
• Safety on construction sites.;
• Signage;
• Musculoskeletal disorders;
• Physical agents;
• Electromagnetic fields;
• Artificial optical radiation;
• Chemical risk;
• Asbestos;
• Biological agents;
• Work-related stress ;
• Video terminals;
• Communication techniques;
• Company qualification systems;
• Management of technical-administrative documentation;
• Supervision by company personnel;
• Analysis of accidents and Near Misses;
• Organization and management models and Legislative Decree 231/2001;
• Legislative Decree 146 and Law 215 of 2021.

‍

The course includes intermediate tests to verify understanding of the topics covered.