The role of the health and safety supervisor

1. Health and Safety in a Spa
The role of the health and
Safety Supervisor

2. Assessment criteria
Learners must know:
1. The importance of how to present self and monitor
others in accordance with health and safety
presentation requirements
2. How to respond to hazards and risks ensuring working
practices meet legal requirements
3. How to maintain a safe salon, monitoring and
supporting others in a supervisory role
4. The salon policy for security of staff, clients and
visitors

3. Self-presentation
1. High level of personal presentation and hygiene to meet
with legal and salon requirements.
2. Consideration must be given to uniform, footwear, hair,
jewellery
3. PPE must be used correctly for example, gloves and
aprons

4. Responding to hazards
• Consider environmental, occupational and human
factors
• Positioning of stylist or therapist and client in order to
maintain safety and reduce risks and lessen fatigue
• Handle, use and store products, materials, tools and
equipment safely to meet with manufacturers’
instructions
• Dispose of all types of salon waste safely to meet with
legal and salon requirements and wherever possible
follow eco-friendly options
• Follow electricity regulations, COSHH, RIDDOR, Manual
handling, Fire precautions, First Aid
• Monitor slips, trips and falls

5. Maintaining a safe salon
Ensure all staff:
• Adhere to salon policies
• Have clean, tidy and safe standards of working
• Remove spillages, report slippery surfaces, e.g. oils, spills
and remove/report obstacles
• Have clear access to work stations/beds/trolleys and
equipment
• Use clean/sterilised/disinfected tools, equipment and work
surfaces Are able to carry out a risk assessment
• Follow salon rules, e.g. no smoking, eating, drinking or
drugs in salon

6. Security
• Be up to date with the systems for security
• Know emergency evacuation procedures
• Know how to store and use confidential staff and client
records

7. Activity
What are health and safety presentation requirements
for a beauty therapist, barber or hair stylist?
Explain how to respond to hazards and risks ensuring
working practices meet legal requirements
Explain how to maintain a safe salon, monitoring and
supporting others in a supervisory role

8. Learning check
Can you explain:
1. The importance of how to present self and monitor others
in accordance with health and safety presentation
requirements
2. How to respond to hazards and risks ensuring working
practices meet legal requirements
3. How to maintain a safe salon, monitoring and supporting
others in a supervisory role
4. The salon policy for security of staff, clients and visitors