A one-day course designed to raise awareness of health & safety issues in any work environment. The programme can be presented to suit individual companies and organisations. It is also suitable as a refresher course.

The course covers:

• The principles of health and safety and accident prevention
• Health & Safety Law & Enforcement
• Health and safety management systems
• The prevention of accidents and ill health
• Risk Assessment : identifying hazard, risk and control
• Employers and employees’ responsibilities
• Overview of main causes of harm to workers:
• Including – Manual handling, Slips, Trips & Falls, Fire, COSHH, Electricity, Noise, Machinery & Equipment, DSE, Violence, Stress, Lone Working, Vehicles, Working at Height
• The importance of following systems, procedures and good working practice
• How individual action can reduce risks to health and safety
• Appreciation of how the design of a task may affect health and safety

Certification is achieved by the successful completion of a multi-choice question paper