NEBOSH Award in Health & Safety at Work

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Course Objectives:
This 3 day qualification has been assigned a Level 2 Qualification within the UK Qualifications framework. The programme is aimed at managers, supervisors and others in similar roles and offers a general introduction into workplace health and safety. It is an ideal preparatory course for those intending to progress onto the NEBOSH National General Certificate. Upon completion of this course, candidates will be able to:

  • Identify common and obvious hazards in the workplace, and be able to recommend remedial actions
  • Investigate accidents (including near misses), and make logical, cost-effective recommendations to prevent recurrence
  • Identify the main items of health and safety legislation that apply to workplaces
  • Recognize the human and organizational problems that must be overcome to achieve a safe and healthy environment
  • Use information sources to advise managers on safety matters


Contents:
The course comprises 2 units: -

Unit WHS1: Workplace Safety Foundations

  • Element 1: Foundations of Health & Safety
  • Element 2: Responsibility for Health & Safety
  • Element 3: Health & Safety Risk Assessment and Control
  • Element 4: Work Equipment Health & Safety
  • Element 5: Transport Safety
  • Element 6: Electrical Safety
  • Element 7: Fire Safety
  • Element 8: Manual Handling and Repetitive Activities
  • Element 9: Hazardous Substances
  • Element 10: Health & Safety in the Working Environment

Unit WHS2: Risk Assessment Activity
This involves the student conducting a risk assessment on a workplace task that they are familliar with. A completed risk assessment will be handed in to the tutor upon course completion for marking.


Who should attend:
This programme is primarily aimed at Supervisors and Managers and anyone else who would like to possess a sound understanding of good workplace Health and Safety.

Course benefits:
Many organisations now adopt the concept of incorporating NEBOSH courses as an integral feature of their management development programme. The principal objective is often to increase management awareness of its resposibility, ensuring both legal compliance and reducing the costs of accidents and ill health at work.

Additional information:
Each delegate will recieve a course manual, which is designed to follow and complement the NEBOSH syllabus. In addition reference books will be available for individual and group work.

Certificates:
Delegates who complete the course and successfully pass the final examination, will receive an Award in Health & Safety Certificate from NEBOSH which is valid for life. Once registered onto the NEBOSH course delegates have a maximum of five years to complete the award.

Trainers background:
All the trainers we use for delivering this programme have different industry specialities, relevant to the content of the modules being delivered and are all qualified NEBOSH and IOSH Lecturers.

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