Strengthen your understanding of workplace hazards and risk controls. This course explores responsibilities, risk assessment and safe working arrangements across a range of industries. It helps employees recognise how equipment, substances, fire and handling tasks can affect their safety and that of others.
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Health and Safety Level 2
Strengthen your understanding of workplace hazards and risk controls.
Course highlights
- Foundations of workplace safety
- Duties and responsibilities
- Hazards and risk assessment
- Health, safety and welfare measures
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Course overview, learning outcomes and assessment
Course overview
What you will learn
01
Foundations of workplace safety
Explore the principles of health and safety and how they support safer working across different workplace settings.
02
Duties and responsibilities
Understand the responsibilities placed on employers and employees and how these relate to everyday workplace behaviour.
03
Hazards and risk assessment
Learn how hazards and risks are considered during assessment and why identifying them helps determine suitable controls.
04
Health, safety and welfare measures
Explore the measures used to support workplace health, safety and welfare, and their relevance to employees.
05
Safe use of work equipment
Recognise risks associated with equipment and understand the precautions that support its safe use at work.
06
Controlling hazardous substances
Explore how hazardous substances can affect safety and understand the controls used to reduce exposure risks.
07
Fire risks and precautions
Identify workplace fire risks and learn about the precautions used to help prevent fires and protect people.
08
Safer manual handling
Recognise risks involved in lifting and moving loads and explore approaches that help reduce the likelihood of injury.
09
First aid in the workplace
Understand the role of first-aid arrangements and how they fit into the organisation's wider response to workplace incidents.
Who is this course for?
Employees in low- or medium-risk workplaces who need an introduction to health and safety, including induction and refresher learners.
Course outcome
After successfully completing the required learning and assessment, the learner will receive the course outcome shown below.
- Certificate
- Downloadable Highfield completion certificate after successfully completing the course.
- Assessment
- Online assessment using multiple-choice questions.
- Course recognition
- Highfield e-learning with a completion certificate.
Important information
This purchase covers online learning and its completion certificate. To upgrade to a regulated qualification assessment must be arranged separately with an approved provider.
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- Immediate or scheduled start date