Health & Safety

Workplace accidents and illnesses can have severe consequences, disability, death and incapacity for work for the individual, financial and legal consequences for the organisation. An improved health and safety culture can help reduce absenteeism, improve productivity, and reduce the probability of prosecution. The culture of an organisation doesn't depend on one person, it must include everybody, and training can help to influence this culture.

 

• CIEH Level 2 Award in Health and Safety in the Workplace
• CIEH Level 2 Award in Health and Safety in Health and Social Care
• CIEH Level 2 Award in Hygiene in Health and Social Care
• CIEH Level 3 Award in Health and Safety in the Workplace
• CIEH Level 4 Award in Health and Safety in the Workplace

• CIEH Level 2 Award in Principles of Risk Assessment
• CIEH Level 3 Award in Risk Assessment Principles and Practices
• CIEH Award in Principles of Manual Handling
• CIEH Level 2 Award in the Principles of COSHH
• CIEH Certificate in Stress Awareness
• CIEH Environmental Awareness Certificate

Two methods of contributing to the establishment of a positive health and safety culture are involvement leading to ownership and training, not just the imparting of information but also the investment in personnel. Covering a broad range of health and safety issues, this course will not only provide candidates with an understanding of health and safety issues but also the knowledge to enable them to participate in health and safety.

 

• All employees

• Legislation
• Health
• Safety
• Welfare
• The workplace and workplace equipment
• Risk assessment

• Manual handling
• Hazardous substances
• Ergonomics and workstation design
• Transport and vehicles
• Noise and vibration

Course duration: Minimum one day
Assessment method: Multiple choice test

This course specially adapted for the health and social care sector covers the first part of the level 2 health and safety award and then moves into more specific subjects by including the half day “Level 2 Award in Hygiene in Health and Social Care” so introducing an element of infection control through hygiene awareness , personal hygiene and cleaning.

 

• All employees in the Health and Social Care Sector

• Legislation
• Health

• Safety
• Welfare

• Hygiene awareness
• Hygiene hazards

• Personal hygiene
• Cleaning

Course duration: Minimum one day
Assessment method: Multiple choice test

This course will provide employees with an introduction to hygiene hazards such as causes of infection and cross contamination and how to control them. The knowledge gained will help the employees to participate in maintaining a safe environment.

 

• All employees in the Health and Social Care Sector

• Hygiene hazards

• Personal hygiene

• Cleaning

Course duration: Half day
Assessment method: Multiple choice test

Managers and supervisors, as well as having skills and experience in their own fields also need an array of management tools to help them perform well. This level 3 award is designed to provide the knowledge and skills required for them to be able to discharge their health and safety duties and responsibilities.

 

• Team leaders and supervisors
• Managers and owners
• Health and safety representatives and committee members.

• Concept of health and safety
• Accidents in the workplace
• Ill health in the workplace

• Legal provisions (UK only)
• Health and safety organisation and management
• Supervising health and safety

Course duration: 3 ½ days including exam
Assessment method: Multiple choice examination

This level 4 course is designed to provide skills to enable managers and supervisors to manage health and safety in most workplaces.  Aimed at Key personnel this course is targeted at all those who have a responsibility for the management of health and safety issues.

 

• Owners,
• Managers,

• Supervisors
• Seior safety personnel

• Health and safety management
• Health and safety culture
• Workplace and work equipment

• Hazardous agents
• Legislation

• Manage health and safety in most businesses
• Develop auditing and monitoring programmes
• Design safe practices and procedures
• Liaise with enforcement officers
• Identify specific legal requirements
• Train staff and establish risk assessment projects (with additional training where necessary)

Course duration: Five days tuition plus exam and home study for assignments
Assessment method: 2 written assignments plus written exam

Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) Managing Safely

The certificate is designed to help supervisors, line managers and senior managers meet their health and safety obligations. Many safety practitioners and union safety representatives start with this course if they have not undertaken any formal H&S training previously.

 

• Managers & Supervisors
• Health and Safety Representatives
• Non health and safety professionals with health and safety responsibilities

• Introducing managing safely.
• Assessing risks.
• Controlling risks
• Understanding your responsibilities

• Identifying hazards
• Investigating accidents and incidents
• Measuring performance
• Protecting our environment

Course duration: Five days plus time for practical assessment
Assessment method: Multi format test plus practical assessment

Specific Health and Safety Subjects

Do you need to raise awareness in the principles of risk assessment; this course will enable the candidates to understand the basic principles and so contribute to the workplace risk assessments to help protect their own health and safety as well as that of others and in so doing help to improve the health and safety culture within the company.

 

• All employees

• Main causes of accidents and ill health, and their implications for people in the workplace
• Legal requirements for risk assessment
• Principles of risk assessment including:
- hazards, risks and control measures
- the five steps of risk assessment
- the hierarchy of control
- risk assessment review and record keeping.

Course duration: One day
Assessment method: Multi choice test

This programme is designed to assist both employers and the self employed in meeting their legal duties under the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations by equipping them with the skills to carry out risk assessments

 

• Supervisors or managers responsible for conducting risk assessments

• Legislation
• Principles of risk assessment
• Prioritising risk
• Controls

• Documentation
• Monitoring controls
• Risk assessment in practice

Course duration: 1 full day plus a further 12-15 hours to complete the assignment
Assessment method: Assignment and self evaluation

Everybody will perform manual handling to some degree; this programme will equip candidates with the knowledge to contribute to the development of safe methods of manual handling tasks.

 

• All employees

• The process of manual handling in the workplace
• Manual handling injuries and the activities which cause them
• Manual handling assessment and control options
• Responsibilities imposed by the Manual Handling Operations Regulations

Course duration: Minimum 3 hours
Assessment method: Multiple choice test

Introducing the candidates to the risks and controls associated with the use of hazardous substances, this course will outline what to expect from a COSHH (Control of substances hazardous to health) assessment. The course will also provide candidates with knowledge to enable them to contribute to the safer use of hazardous substances in their workplace.

 

• All employees

• Definition and types of substances hazardous to health in the workplace
• Health effects of hazardous substances and their causes
• COSHH assessments and control options
• Responsibilities imposed by the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002

Course duration: Half day
Assessment method: Multiple choice test

This course will help to raise the learners’ awareness of the likely sources and effects of work related stress. The ability to recognise the causes and symptoms stress can help in the development of strategies/procedures  to combat work related stress.

 

• All employees

• Definitions of stress
• Stress as an occupational health hazard
• Identification of basic workplace stressors
• Development of basic controls for work-related stressors
• Responsibilities imposed under UK legislation

Course duration: One day including assessment
Assessment method: Assignment to be completed immediately following tuition.
The assignment is a review of the candidates own work practices.

In today’s business environment it is more than cost effective production that matters to perspective clients. Environmental issues are playing a greater part in business decisions than ever before. This qualification has been designed to introduce environmental issues and key concepts bringing environmental awareness to all staff

 

• All employees

• Environmental issues
• Pollution
• Business and the environment
• Energy and water

• Waste management
• Transport
• Environmental law
• Environmental management

Course duration: One day
Assessment method: Multiple choice test