When the Health and Safety at Work Act came into force in 1974, businesses became responsible for keeping their employees safe and well. That included training them regularly in how to do that.

This short course on Awareness of Health and Safety at Work helps you understand the importance of this topic. You’ll find out about the key principles: how to recognise and control hazards, how to prevent accidents and how to communicate health and safety information.

Employers can use this Awareness of Health and Safety at Work course to comply with their obligations to legislation.

Who should attend?

The Awareness of Health and Safety at Work course is suitable for anyone, working in any business.

Pre-requisites

There are no specific entry requirements for this course.

Course content

This course covers:

•    Legal requirements for recording and reporting accidents
•    Improved relationships with enforcing authorities and insurers
•    The financial benefits of accident prevention
•    Improved worker morale, leading to greater productivity and profitability.

Duration

The Awareness of Health and Safety at Work course takes around 45 minutes to 1 hour to complete. But, as eLearning is self-paced, it depends entirely on your individual learning speed and how quickly you absorb the study material.

Assessment

To complete the course, learners will need to pass an online assessment with a score of 80% or over. The assessment is made up of 15 multiple choice questions.

Outcome / Next Steps

A certificate will be provided upon successful completion of the course.

For those wishing to further their knowledge, Make UK provide a range health and safety courses. Please contact us to learn more.

Delivery method

Online, or eLearning, programmes can be studied at any time, from anywhere, from any device. For this course, you will have 3 months to complete the training.

You can register up to 10 people for Learning when you book online. If you have more than 10 delegates to register, please contact us to discuss multi-delegate eLearning service.

Benefits of Awareness of Health and Safety at Work

For the learner
•    Obtain valuable knowledge and skills
•    Help keep yourself and others safe at work
•    Supports academic and career progression

For the business
•    Ensure your organisation has valuable in-house expertise
•    Protect your people from harm
•    Demonstrate your commitment to health and safety, which can help win business

More details

This course is provided by our trusted partner Virtual College.

Awareness of Health & Safety At Work