Health and Safety
Course Benefits
When taking this high-quality Level 5 Workplace Health and Safety
Course with CPD Courses, every learner benefits from:
1. All learning materials and supporting documentation required to complete the course provided as standard – no additional expenses or purchases required.
2. The opportunity to study in your own time and at your own pace for a fully-accredited certificate from a recognised awarding body.
3. Complete flexibility with no deadlines or time restrictions to worry about – ideal for those with active lifestyles and busy schedules.
4. 24/7 access to our exclusive online learning platform, allowing you to study from any location and any device with an Internet connection.
5. The complete commitment of our exclusive tutors and the wider CPD Courses student support team throughout your studies.
Learning Objectives
This essential Workplace Health and Safety
Course has been designed to provide employees at all levels with a comprehensive overview of the most important and relevant health and safety issues within the contemporary workplace. The objective of the course is to clarify the importance of employees and managers at all levels contributing to the same important cause. Rather than taking a passive approach to workplace health and safety, this course communicates the importance of proactivity from every member of the workforce from top to bottom.
Over the course of nine intensive yet accessible modules, candidates are provided with a broad introduction to workplace health and safety, along with the value of establishing a safe working culture. Hazard identification and management is also investigated in-depth, along with the provision of personal protective equipment (PPE), the importance of proactivity and how health and safety should form part of initial recruitment processes. Candidates also learn how to ensure their respective businesses and workplaces comply with all relevant laws and legislation.
Upon successful completion of this course, candidates benefit from an array of new skills, talents and knowledge including:
• The unique value and importance of workplace health and safety
• The potential consequences of substandard health and safety
• How to effectively identify and resolve potential hazards in the workplace
• Establishing and maintaining a proactive health and safety culture
• Familiarity with common workplace health and safety issues
• How to prepare and implement business-wide health and safety strategies
• Advanced knowledge of essential health and safety standards/legislation
• Understand the employer’s responsibility to display due diligence for organizational health and safety
• Know and understand the three rights of workers
• Identify the responsibilities and roles of supervisors and workers in organizational health and safety
• Realize the role of the Health and Safety Committee in organizational health and safety
• Identify the responsibilities of supervisors and workers in hazard identification
Course Outline
This insightful Workplace Health and Safety Course is delivered across nine modules – each concluding with an online assessment to verify your acquired knowledge and competencies. Your assigned tutor will provide you with comprehensive support at all times, in order to assist with your successful completion of each unit.
Module 1 - Workplace Health and Safety Experience
This module covers the following Key topics:
• Due Diligence
• Workers Role
• Health and Safety Policy Statement
• Three Rights of Workers
• The right to know
• The right to participate
• The right to refuse
• The Internal Responsibility System
• Plus More
Module 2 - Employer and Employee Health and Safety Responsibilities
This module covers the following Key topics:
• Health and Safety Responsibilities
• Supervisors (Employers)
• Workers (Employees)
• Local Health and Safety Responsibilities
• Health and Safety Committees (HSC)
• Hazard Identification, Assessment, and Control
• Worker’s Responsibility
• Supervisor’s Role
• Supervisor Responsibility
• Plus More
Module 3 - Safety and Health Inspections
This module covers the following Key topics:
• Frequency of Inspections
• Adding Safety: 6S
• Safety Audit
• Employee Competency
• Employee Orientation
• Training
• Suppliers, Contractors and Visitors
• Plus More
Module 4 - Accident Reporting & Investigations
This module covers the following Key topics:
• Accident Reporting
• Accident Investigation
• Investigation Process
• Supervisor Responsibility
• Communicating Health and Safety Information
• Communication Tools
• Plus More
Module 5 – The Safety Culture
This module covers the following Key topics:
• How Does Safety Apply to Me?
• Why is health and safety training important?
• Governing Bodies and Resources
• Creating a Safety Committee.
• Have representatives from all areas
• Plus More
Module 6 – Identifying Hazards
This module covers the following Key topics:
• What is a Hazard
• What are Examples of a Hazard?
• What is risk?
• What is a risk assessment?
• What is an adverse health effect?
• The Hazard Identification Process
• Plus More
Module 7 – Resolving Hazards
This module covers the following Key topics:
• Engineering Controls
• Work Practices
• Personal Protective Equipment
• Hazard Resolution
• Floor Plan
• Staffing Hours
• Safety Incidents
• Plus More
Module 8 – Taking Proactive Measures
This module covers the following Key topics:
• Identifying Groups at Risk
• New Employees
• Young Workers
• People with Illnesses and/or Disabilities
• People with Low Literacy Levels
• Temporary or Part-Time Workers
• Shift Workers
• Workers with Personal Problems
• Plus More
Module 9 – Preparing and Implementing a Safety Plan
This module covers the following Key topics:
• Elements of the Plan
• Organizational Policy
• Hazard Identification
• Emergency Response Plan
• Regulations
• Communication Plan
• Ongoing Process
• Employee Involvement
• Incident Management
• Responding to Incidents
• Documenting Incidents
• Investigating Incidents
• Plus More