Course Structure
Unit 1 – Understand the roles and responsibilities for health, safety and welfare in the workplace
- Recognise employers and employee’s duties relating to health, safety and welfare at work
- Identify the consequences for non-compliance with health and safety legislation
- Identify the requirements for training and competence in the workplace
- Recognise the ways in which health and safety information can be communicated
Unit 2 – Understand how risk assessments contribute to health and safety
- Recognise the definitions of ‘hazard’ and ‘risk’
- Identify the process for carrying out a risk assessment
- Recognise how risk assessment can be used to reduce accidents and ill health at work
Unit 3 – Understand how to identify and control the risks from common workplace hazards
- Identify the hazards that may be found in a range of workplaces
- Recognise how hazards can cause harm or damage to people, work processes, the workplace and the environment
- Recognise the principle of risk control hierarchy
- Identify examples of risk controls for common workplace hazards
Unit 4 – Know the procedures for responding to accidents and incidents in the workplace
- Recognise the common causes of workplace accidents and ill health
- Identify the actions that might need to be taken following an incident in the workplace
- Identify the arrangements that should be in place in a workplace for emergencies and first aid
- Recognise why it is important to record all incidents, accidents and ill health
Assessment
One multiple choice paper examination and formative assessment conducted throughout the course.
