Health & Safety in the Workplace (Level 2)
Duration: 1 day
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Level 2 Award Overview
Designed to ensure that all employees are aware of their own
safety and the safety of customers, contractors and the public.
This qualification can be tailored to business and individual needs
to make the learning experience relevant and fit for purpose.
Who needs this qualification?
Anyone in a work environment.
Why is this training important?
Employers are responsible for providing safe and healthy
workplace conditions as well as the right systems and methods
for safe activities. Nevertheless employees also have a vital part to play in the equation.
They need the right knowledge and the right attitude which demands proper training in
the basics of health and safety, as well as specific training for individual tasks.
Learning outcomes
- Understanding the principles of health and safety and accident prevention
- Ability to contribute to any health and safety management system
- Understand the importance of risk assessment as a technique for accident and ill health prevention
- Understand the responsibilities placed on employers and employees
- Understand the hazard, risk and main causes of harm to workers (manual handling, hazardous substances, exposure to noise and vibration)
- Understand the importance of following systems, procedures and rules
- Understand how individual action can reduce risks to health and safety
Appreciate how workplace equipment and task design affect health and safety
Qualification Information:
Assessment method: Examination consisting of 30 multiple choice questions.
Duration: One-day programme
Price per person (Open Course) £75 per person
Prices based on 12 people
On site at your premises £600 + Vat including Workbook and Certificate
(based on a 50 mile radius)
