About this Course

Designed to ensure that all employees are aware of their own safety and the safety of customers, contractors and the public. This qualification will benefit anyone in a work environment as it provides candidates with an understanding of health and safety that will enable them to contribute to any risk assessment based health and safety management system.

WHO NEEDS THIS QUALIFICATIONS?

Anyone in a work environment.

WHY IS THIS TRAINING IMPORTANT:

Employers are responsible for providing safe and healthy workplace conditions as well as the right systems and methods for safe activities. Nevertheless employees also have a vital part to play in the equation. They need the right knowledge and the right attitude which demands proper training in the basics of health and safety, as well as specific training for individual tasks.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

• Understanding the principles of health and safety and accident prevention
  
• Ability to contribute to any health and safety management system
  
• Understand the importance of risk assessment as a technique for accident and ill health prevention
  
• Understand the responsibilities placed on employers and employees
  
• Understand the hazard, risk and main causes of harm to workers (manual handling, hazardous substances, exposure to noise and vibration)
  
• Understand the importance of following systems, procedures and rules
  
• Understand how individual action can reduce risks to health and safety
  
• Appreciate how workplace equipment and task design affect health and safety
  

COURSE CONTENT

- PART 1: Introduction to health and safety at work

• Introduction - Candidates should appreciate the nature of health and safety
  
• Health and safety law - Candidates should understand the scope of legislative requirements
  
• Health - Candidates should understand the importance of preventing work-related ill health
  
• Safety - Candidates should understand the principles of accident prevention
  
• Welfare - Candidates should understand the risks associated with poor welfare
  

- PART 2: Workplace specific health and safety

• The workplace and work equipment - Candidates should be aware of the hazards and risks associated with the workplace and work equipment
  
• Risk assessment - Candidates should understand that risk assessment is an important technique for accident and ill health prevention
  
• Manual Handling - Candidates should understand the risks associated with manual handling
  
• Hazardous substances - Candidates should appreciate the nature and risks of hazardous substances
  
• Ergonomics and workstation design - Candidates should understand how workplace equipment and task design affect health and safety
  
• Working at heights - Candidates should understand the hazards and risks associated with working at heights
  
• Transport and vehicles - Candidates should understand the hazards and risks associated with working with vehicles
  
• Noise and vibration - Candidates should understand the potential long and short-term effects of exposure to noise and vibration
  

SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES WILL BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND

• Health and safety requirements placed on employers and employees
  
• Hazard and risk and the main causes of harm to workers
  
• Health, safety and welfare provisions in the workplace
  
• The importance of following safe systems of work, procedures and rules
  
• Hazards and controls in respect to both safety and occupational health risks
  
• How their own actions can reduce risks to health and safety
  

REFRESHER COURSE (HALF-DAY SESSION)

This qualification is aimed at anyone who has previously achieved the Level 2 Award in Health and Safety in the Workplace, to remind them of their responsibilities with respect to health and safety, keep their knowledge up-to date and become aware of any changes in legislation.

• Roles and responsibilities
  
• Risk assessment
  
• Workplace hazards
  
• Accidents and ill health at work
  

FACTS

Duration: One-day training programme

Assessment: Multiple choice examination

Internationally Accredited: Yes

Prerequisite: None

Suggested progression: CIEH Level 3 Award in Risk Assessment or NEBOSH International General Certificate

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