Level 1 Health and Safety in the Workplace
Learners gaining this qualification will know Health & Safety is the responsibility of everyone within a business, including contractors, visitors and suppliers.
The qualification needs no former knowledge of Health and Safety and is therefore ideal as part of a company health and safety induction programme, but it could also form part of ongoing refresher training designed to improve the health and safety culture in a workplace.
Course content
This course will cover the following
- Introduction to health and safety
- Legal responsibilities
- Accidents
- Risk assessments and training
- Environmental factors
- Slips and trips
- Working at height
- Manual handling
- Hazardous substances
- Machinery and vehicles
- Electricity
- Fire
- Stress
- End of course examination
Course Duration
1/2 day Courses can be run either in a morning 9.00am -1.00 pm or afternoon 1.00pm – 5.00pm
Course size
Maximum course size 20
Assessment
Multiple-choice question examination
Qualification
Candidates who successfully pass the course will receive a Level1 award in Health & safety in the workplace certificate.