Health and Safety Courses
Keeping managers and staff up to date with their legal obligations and responsibilities assisting businesses to maintain a safer working environment for everyone.
Training will also develop a positive health and safety culture in the organisation, where safe and healthy working practice becomes second nature at all levels.
Health & Safety Courses
CIEH level 1 Award in Health and Safety
CIEH Level 2 Award in Health and Safety
CIEH Level 2 Award in Principles of Risk Assessment
Risk Assessment Awareness
Health and Safety Awareness for Managers
Health and Safety Awareness for Staff
Dealing with Conflict/Conflict Resolution
Moving and Handling Awareness and Techniques
Fire Hazards and Prevention
Display Screen equipment and Office Safety
Stress Awareness and Stress Management
Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH)
Accident Causation and Investigation (inc RIDDOR)
CIEH Level 1 Award in Health and Safety in the Workplace
Duration of course – Half day
Suitable for – Employees who require an introduction to workplace health and safety, they can progress to job specific and level 2 training.
Course content
- Understanding the importance of health and safety in the workplace.
- Identify the hazards and risk, related to the workplace.
- Understand workplace health and safety procedures.
CIEH Level 2 Award in Health and Safety in the Workplace
Duration of course – Full day
Suitable for – Employees are made aware of their own health and safety and the safety of others using the organisation.
Course content
- Learning the principles of health and safety and accident prevention.
- Understand health and safety law and legal impact on the organisation.
- Ability to contribute to any health and safety management system, follow safety procedures, systems and rules.
- Understand the importance of Risk Assessment as a technique for accident and ill-health prevention.
- Understand the responsibilities placed on employers and the employee.
- Understand the hazard, risk and main causes of harm to staff.
- Understand how individual action can reduce risk in health and safety matters.
- Appreciate how workplace equipment and task design affect health and safety.
CIEH Level 2 Award in Principles of Risk Assessment
Duration of course – Full day
Suitable for – All employees, to raise awareness of the concept of risk assessment, also can be used as a foundation for level 3 in Risk Assessment Principles and practice, leading to a competency level for undertaking risk assessment.
Course content
- Ability to contribute both to maintenance of a safe work environment and to the process of formal risk assessment.
- Understand the legal requirements for risk assessment.
- Understand the principles of risk assessment including:
- - Hazards, risk and control measures
- - The steps of risk assessment
- - The hierarchy of control
- - Risk assessment review and record keeping
Risk Assessment Awareness
Duration of course – half day
Suitable for – Employees that may be asked to contribute to the risk assessment process, and act to protect their own health and safety and that of others.
Course content
- Understand the legal aspects for completing ‘suitable and sufficient’ risk assessments.
- Understand the definitions of Hazard and risk, Likelihood and severity and Risk assessment.
- Identify the stages of the risk assessment process.
- Demonstrate the understanding required to complete a specific risk assessment form.
- Identify the required control measures, monitoring and review process.
- Practical exercises to establish the employees understanding of completing a risk assessment form.
Health and Safety Awareness for Managers
Duration of course – Half day
Suitable for – All levels of Management.
Course content
- Understand the main duties under the Health and Safety Act 1974.
- Understand specific Regulations, in particular the ‘Six Pack’ and how to apply them in the workplace.
- Examine the difference between Criminal and Civil law and how it can affect the organisation.
- Understand Accident/incident and near miss causation, and how to apply ‘root cause analysis’ to accident investigation.
- Examine the requirements under the RIDDOR Regulations and identify with the true cost of accidents in the workplace.
- Understand the legal aspects of completing ‘suitable and sufficient’ risk assessments.
- Identify the five stages of risk assessment and record keeping.
- Developing a positive Health and Safety Culture, leading by example.
- Identify how Occupation Health play a vital role.
- Fire Prevention and Fire Drills
- Develop Health and Safety auditing and monitoring programmes.
- Design and review ‘safe systems of work’, practices and procedures.
- Identify with levels of Health and Safety training required for employees
- Demonstrate through an action plan how to improve your health and safety strategy.
Health and Safety Awareness for Staff
Duration of course – Half day
Suitable for – All levels of staff
Course content
- Understand the impact of health and safety law and how it affects both employers and employees.
- Identify how Occupational health plays an important role.
- Identify with Accident causation and prevention.
- Establish the difference between Hazard and Risk, and how Risks are assessed in the workplace.
- Examine the safety elements of work equipment.
- Understand what ‘safe systems of work’ are and how important they are in day to day tasks.
- Understand about Fire Prevention, procedures and drills.
- Identify different types of safety signage.
- Identify the importance of the Manual Handling, COSHH and DSE Regulations.
- Examine a personal level of commitment to health and safety and work towards an increasing and positive health and safety culture.
Dealing with Conflict/ Conflict Resolution
Workplace aggression and violence is on the rise and employers have a duty of care to provide a safe place of work, this course assists employees in dealing with difficult and or aggressive situations.
Duration of course – Half day
Suitable for – Managers, supervisors and front line staff.
Course content
- Understand the terminology used in conflict resolution.
- Understand the relievent laws that apply to business and their employees.
- Identify the concepts of a safe working environment and how the risk of conflict can be assessed.
- Recognise potential confrontational situation and defuse conflict before it escalates.
- Appreciate the importance of personal safety.
Moving and Handling Awareness
Duration of course – Half day
Suitable for – Staff in most sectors, anyone who has to carry out manual handling tasks in their day to day workplace.
Course content
- Understand the legal implications of the Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992.
- Identify the damage that can be caused to the back and spine.
- Identify the hazards of Manual Handling
- Identify the risks involved and control measures available.
- Identify what to expect from a manual handling risk assessment.
- Assess the risk and suggest suitable methods for moving different objects.
- Practical session to demonstrate safe lifting practice.
Fire Hazards and Prevention
Duration of course – Half day
Suitable for – All levels of staff
Course content
- Understand the legislation dealing with Fire Prevention and the requirements of the The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.
- Identify ‘The Fire Triangle’.
- Understand Fire Hazards and Fire Prevention.
- Understand the different stages of Fire Risk Assessment.
- Demonstrate Procedures and Actions in the event of a fire.
- Investigate different types of fire equipment available and appropriate use.
- Discuss your emergency fire procedures and check levels of understanding are clear.
- Understand personal responsibilities and required training.
Display Screen Equipment and Office Safety
Duration of course – Half day
Suitable for – All levels of staff who use display screen equipment on a regular daily basis, including the mobile workforce and the use of Laptops.
- Understand the legal requirements of the DSE Regulations.
- Identify the hazards associated with Display Screen Equipment and workstations.
- Demonstrate how to correctly set up a workstation and associated equipment.
- Identify with Occupational health issues.
- Assess the risks related to DSE, workstations, mobile and home employees.
- Define Ergonomics in the office environment
- Practical changes that have been identified with the individual’s workstation that can be applied on returning to the workplace.
Stress Awareness and Stress Management
Duration of course – Half day
Suitable for – Employees at all levels, managers and supervisory and especially employees dealing with the public, working to targets and deadlines, providing services, working in pressured environments.
Course content
- Understand the legal implications and the responsibilities under the new HSE Standards on work-related stress.
- Identify likely sources of work-related stress.
- Determine the meaning of ‘Stress’, ‘pressure’ and the range of symptoms and effects stress can cause.
- Examine the short and longer term effects on the individual and the organisation.
- Identify with behaviour patterns and early signs of stress.
- Identify the options available for preventing and controlling stress.
- Identify a strategy to develop a proactive approach for dealing with stress in the workplace.
- Demonstrate how Risk Assessment and Training will assist in workplace stress reduction and prevention.
Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH)
Duration of course- half day
Suitable for – Employees who handle chemicals and other hazardous substances.
Course content
- Understand the legal aspects of the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2004.
- Identify the hazards and effects associated with hazardous substances.
- Identify controls available to reduce the risks.
- Identify what to expect from a COSHH risk assessment and complete a sample risk assessment form.
- Identify practical measures and materials to ensure safe working practice.
- Identify with specific training needs for specific hazardous substances used.
Accident Causation and Investigation
Duration of course – Half day
Suitable for – All levels of key staff who are responsible for the reporting of accidents and incidents.
Duration of course – Half day
Course content
- Understand the health and safety legislation associated with accidents, incidents, near misses and dangerous occurrences.
- Understand the impact of accidents on the employee and the employer.
- Identify the causes in the accident process.
- Examine the reporting process and formal paperwork required by current legislation.
- Understand the steps for effective accident investigation.
- Identify accident prevention measures, and how to adopt a short and longer term strategy to reduce accidents
- Practical exercise to embed the investigation process and required actions to be taken.
