We all have health and safety responsibilities in the workplace and only when everyone contributes to the wellbeing of their colleagues we will achieve an injury and incident free environment.
Last year, 144 workers and 100 members of the public were killed by the activities of work and over 18,000 workers sustained life changing injuries. In this day and age this is unacceptable.
(Statistics HSE 2017/2018).
Foundation Occupational Health and Safety (Health and Safety certification suitable for general employees)
This course is aimed at all employees, which is frequently used as workplace training to make it specific to your organisation. This one day course gives a good overview of current health and safety legislation and the employees responsibilities.
Training includes:
- Health and safety law
- Accident prevention and reporting
- Risk assessment (an understanding of the process)
Workplace safety:
- Work equipment
- Electricity
- Fire prevention
- First aid
- Working at height
- PPE, etc.
Intermediate Occupational Health and Safety (Health and Safety certification suitable for Managers and Supervisors)
This course is for those managing health and safety e.g. safety coordinators, owners of small businesses, plus anyone who has responsibilities, as a competent person, in a specific area.
Training includes:
- Health and Safety Law (Acts, Regulations, ACoP and HSG)
- Accident prevention, investigation, reporting
Risk assessments:
- General risk assessment
- Specific risk assessment e.g. Manual Handling, COSHH, Fire, Work Equipment, etc.
The role of a supervisor:
- Motivation
- Handling conflict
- Monitoring and managing Health and Safety
- Communication with management and employees.
"The secret of health and safety lies not in the gimmick, but ensuring people are always alert.
You can have all the fancy schemes you like but at the end of the day you need to keep health and safety on the agenda."
From Brian Rylance, British Aerospace
Duration of courses
Foundation Occupational Health and Safety (Health and Safety certification suitable for general employees)
1 day – 12 candidates per course
To provide employees with a practical understanding of Health and Safety.
This course can be certificated by the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH)
Intermediate Occupational Health and Safety (Health and Safety certification suitable for Managers and Supervisors)
3 days – 12 candidates per course
To give managers and supervisors the confidence to support policy.
This course can be certificated by the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH)
Health and Safety Refresher course available, but this is not CIEH accredited.
Refresher Course Syllabus Refresher Course Syllabus
On successful completion of the course you will receive a health and safety certificate either from Safe Handling Ltd. or at an additional cost, CIEH accredited which is a recognised health and safety qualification.
Health and Safety training courses usually take place at your workplace so that it relates directly to your working environment. We can organise training at an alternative location if necessary.
Areas covered: Medway, Kent, London, Essex, Sussex plus other counties in and around the southeast.
Contact us for prices and syllabus information.