Health and Safety
Health & Safety in the Workplace is a competence-based training and assessment programme designed to develop the knowledge, skills and judgement required to contribute effectively to workplace health, safety and welfare arrangements.
The programme supports employees, supervisors, team leaders and managers who are required to identify hazards, assess risks, implement controls, monitor workplace safety performance and contribute to organisational compliance with statutory health and safety duties.
Poor health and safety management remains a significant contributor to workplace accidents, occupational ill health, environmental incidents, enforcement action and organisational loss. Effective health and safety competence enables individuals to recognise hazards, evaluate risks and implement proportionate control measures to protect themselves, colleagues, contractors, visitors and members of the public.
The course aligns with current UK health and safety legislation including but not limited to:
1. Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
2. Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999
3. Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR) 2013
4. Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992
5. Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations (PUWER) 1998
6. Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations 1992 (as amended)
National Occupational Standards (NOS) referenced include but are not limited to:
1. Developing and maintaining a healthy and safe working environment.
2. Promoting a culture of health, safety and wellbeing in the workplace.
3. Assessing and controlling workplace risks.
4. Monitoring and reviewing health and safety performance.
5. Contributing to organisational health and safety management systems.
6. Communicating health and safety information and requirements within the workplace.
This standard supports the development of practical workplace competence rather than attendance-based awareness training and provides learners with the ability to contribute positively to organisational safety performance and legal compliance.
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