This 4-hour Health and Safety Awareness course provides employees from any sector with health and safety awareness. You will learn how to keep yourself and your colleagues safe at work and promote workplace safety by identifying common hazards and risks. You will receive a health and safety certification on successful completion.
You should take our Health and Safety Awareness course if you want to learn about workplace safety and how it can be improved. It is particularly useful if you have been charged with managing occupational health in the workplace.
A delegate will be continually assessed on this short course by our highly experienced St John Ambulance Cymru trainers in line with current HSE guidelines. Assessment will be done through practical demonstrations, hands-on experience, and Q&A sessions.
Upon successful completion of this short course, a delegate will receive a Health and Safety Awareness certificate. To remain certified and to ensure your awareness remains fresh, you should take this course again before the qualification expires.
What is health and safety? A brief introduction to work regulations and legislation
General duties and responsibilities of employers and employees
Why is it important to work safely?
Identifying common hazards
What is hazard?
What is risk and how is risk estimated?
What is the hierarchy of control?
Causes of incidents
Definition of an accident
Definition of a near miss
Main causes of incidents
Incident reporting - RIDDOR
How to conduct a risk assessment
