Health & Safety Courses

 

Everyone working within an organisation needs to be working, in a safe environment without endangers their respective lives and without risks to health. You must provide clear instructions, information and adequate training for your employees.

Don’t forget contractors and self-employed people who may be working for you and make sure everyone has information on:

 

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Ask your employees what they think about training to make sure it’s relevant and effective. Keeping training records will help you to identify when refresher training might be needed.

The information and training you provide should be in a form that is easy to understand. Everyone working for you should know what they are expected to do.

Health and safety training should take place during working hours and it must not be paid for by employees. There are many external trainers who will be able to help you with your training needs but effective training can often be done ‘in house’.

The Health and Safety (First-Aid)

Regulations 1981 require employers to provide adequate and appropriate equipment, facilities and personnel to enable first aid to be given to employees if they are injured or become ill at work. These Regulations apply to all workplaces including those with five or fewer employees and to the self-employed. Therefore, having a first aid certificate will help you to develop your career opportunities, in addition to equipping you with vital life saving skills.

On completion of the course, participants will receive a Level 2 Award for Emergency First Aid Appointed Person. This is one day intensive training course running once a week at ACC Centre Ilford

Health & Safety at Work

This is a course that explains the basic principles of health and safety.

Suitable for:

All employees who have received little or no health and safety training.

Course objectives

By the end of the training delegates will have sufficient basic knowledge and understanding of health and safety to enable them to understand both their employers and their own responsibilities, and to contribute to their organisation’s health and safety management system.

Duration

1 day (minimum 6 hours)

Exam Format

30 multiple choice questions.

Course content

• Health and Safety law.
• Accidents and ill-health (causes and prevention).
• First-aid at work.
• Occupational health.
• Personal protective equipment.
• Workplace health, safety and welfare standards.
• Use of work equipment.
• Electrical safety.
• Fire safety.
• Hazardous substances.
• Ergonomics and workstation design.
• Noise at work.