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Course Description
The qualification provides learners with a basic knowledge and understanding of health and safety in the workplace under UK health and safety legislation ensuring that the working environment is safe and healthy.
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Who Should Attend
This course is ideal for anyone who has recently started as an employee in a company. This course can form part of their induction as this gives the learner everything they need to know about workplace safety.
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Minimum Age
The qualification is available to learners who are aged 14 and over. ​
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Course Validity
This qualification does not have an expiry date. It is strongly recommended that the learner attends annual refresher training.
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Course Learner Ratio
Maximum number of students per course - 20
Course Delivery
This course is delivered in two ways:
1) Classroom Environment
2) Virtually over Zoom / Teams
Course Content
1. **Understand the Importance of Health, Safety & Welfare in the workplace:**
- Understand the duties of employers and how they contribute to a healthy and safe workplace
- Understand how employees contribute to a healthy and safe workplace.
- Outline suitable workplace welfare arrangements.
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2. **Know how hazards and risks are controlled in the workplace:**
- Identify how hazards and risks contribute to workplace risk assessments
- Discuss and state why its important for workers to follow procedures at work
- Outline how to use methods for controlling risk in the workplace.
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3. **Main causes and effects of poor health & safety at work):**
- Outline and discuss the main causes of workplace injury
- Outline and discuss the main causes of workplace ill health
- Outline and discuss the reasons why accidents occur
- Outline, discuss and state the effects of accidents at work
- Discuss why we need to report accidents and near misses at work. ​
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4. **Understand how health & safety information is communicated in the workplace:**
- Identify main safety signs and signals in the workplace
- List sources of H&S information found in the workplace
- State the important of workers notifying health & safety concerns to their employer.
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How will I be assessed?
Assessment Criteria
Completion of a written assessment.
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Assessment Grading
Grading is either Pass or Referred.
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