Course Overview

Validated by Highfield Qualifications, this course is designed to give you an overview of the basic principles of good health and safety practice. There are no specific entry requirements and assessment is via an externally marked multiple-choice exam paper.

Course Content

• Principles of health and safety and accident prevention
• Contributing to a health and safety management system
• The importance of risk assessment as a technique for accident and ill health prevention
• The responsibilities placed on employers and employees
• Manual handling
• Hazardous substances
• Exposure to noise and vibration
• The importance of following systems, procedures and rules
• How individual action can reduce risks to health and safety
• How workplace equipment and task design affect health and safety
• Electricity
• Fire prevention