Level 3 Award in Health and Safety in the Workplace (RQF)

Course Content

• Health and safety legal requirements.
• Roles and responsibilities of employers.
• Demonstrating best practice for health and safety compliance.
• Communicating health and safety information.
• Definition of key health and safety terms.
• Main causes of injuries and ill health at work.
• Safety management systems:
• Costs associated with accidents and ill health,
• Key elements of safety management systems,
• Benefits of using a safety management system.
• Principles of risk assessment:
• Benefits of assessing and controlling risks,
• Types of risk assessment,
• Where risk assessments should be used,
• Steps needed to complete a simple risk assessment.
• Risks and control methods for common workplace hazards: Occupational, environmental, human, and organisational factors,
• Injuries, ill health and other damage that can occur,
• Identifying risk control measures using the hierarchy of control.
• Procedures for responding to accidents and incidents.
• Investigation techniques for revealing immediate and root causes.