• Employers
• Business owners
• Managers
• Health and Safety reps
• Employees  

This course comes with 3.0 hrs (4.0 class) of CPD, although the time to complete the course online may be less than this. Total course time includes 1 hours and 30 minutes of video training as well as knowledge reviews, final test, remedial help and reviewing downloaded material.

The content of this and all our courses has been independently certified as conforming to universally accepted Continuous Professional Development (CPD) guidelines and come with a Certified CPD Statement as well as a ProTrainings Certificate and for online courses an Evidence Based Learning statement.

• Introduction and Regulation
• • Health and Safety and its importance
  • What causes accidents?
  • Health and Safety Law
  • Employee and Employer Responsibility
• Prevention of Accidents
  • Why prevention is important and what can be done
  • Risk Assessment 
  • The Accident triangle 
  • The 5 stages of Risk assessment
  • Personal Protective Equipment
  • Substances dangerous to health - COSHH
  • Warning signs
• When an accident happens
  • Basic First Aid Advice
  • RIDDOR and accident reporting
  • Workplace policies and procedures
  • Equipment in the workplace and how you can get hurt
  • When accidents happen
  • Changes to RIDDOR 2013
• Specific areas of health and safety training
  • Formal Fire Risk Assessment
  • Fire Triangle
  • Calling the fire service
  • Evacuation Procedures
  • Good Housekeeping
  • Electricity
  • Manual Handling
  • Slips, Trips, and Falls
  • Workstation and VDU safety
  • Occupational Health
  • Infection control
• Summary of Health and Safety
  • Enforcement of health and safety regulations
  • What you need to remember and what to do next

Learning Outcomes

1     Understand the importance of health and safety in the workplace 

1.1  State what is meant by health and safety at work.

1.2  Define the key terms used in health and safety.

1.3  State the main legal responsibilities of employers and employees with respect to health, safety and welfare in the workplace.

2     Understand the scope of hazards and risks in the workplace

2.1  Indicate the hazards and risks with reference to Slips trips and falls, working at heights, manual handling, hazardous substances, machinery and vehicles, electricity, fire and stress. 

3     Understand the range of workplace conditions that can affect health and safety

3.1  Identify the benefits of maintaining a tidy, well-organised workplace.

3.2  State the importance of maintaining suitable environmental conditions.

3.3  Outline the welfare facilities that should be provided.

3.4  Identify the different classes of health and safety signage.

4     Understand the requirements for workplace procedures

4.1  Explain the need for reporting accidents, ill health, dangerous events and near misses.
4.2  Identify the purpose of first aid provision.
4.3  Identify the types and uses of personal protective equipment.
4.4  Outline the importance of personal hygiene.