Course Content

1. **Understand the requirements for health, safety and welfare in the workplace:**
   - Outline the main legal framework and laws relating to Health & Safety at Work
   - Outline the welfare provisions that should be made by the employer

   - Describe the sources and nature of information that demonstrate compliance and best practice with Health & Safety requirements. 

   - Outline the ways that H&S information can be communicated

   - Define the terms "incident", "accident", and "occupational ill health"

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2. **Understand    the    benefits    of    using    a    safety    management system:**
   - Outline the costs associated with accidents and ill health
   - Summarise the typical elements of a safety management system 

   - Outline the benefits of using a safety management system

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3. **Understand the principles of  risk assessment:**
   - Outline the benefits of assessing and controlling risks at work
   - Describe the different types of risk assessment that can be used

   - State where specific risk assessments may be required

   - State the steps to be taken to complete a simple risk assessment

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4. **Understand the risks and control methods for common workplace hazards:**
   - Explain how the risks from different hazards may be affected by occupational, environmental, human and organisational factors 
   - Explain how injuries, ill health and other damage may result following exposure to common workplace hazards

   - Identify suitable risk control measures using the principles of the hierarchy of control

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5. **Understand how to manage the effects of accidents and incidents:**
   - Describe the actions that need to be taken following an accident or incident in the workplace
   - Describe how simple accident investigation techniques can reveal immediate and root causes