Health & Safety courses

Level 2 Award - Health & Safety in the Workplace

Duration: The course normally lasts 6 hours.

This award has been designed as a second level course incorporating fundamental occupational health & safety knowledge for all employees that will enable them to contribute to any health and safety management systems.

Entry Requirements

There are no formal entry requirements.

What you learn

Aims:
- The aim is to raise awareness of delegates to the basic principles of health and safety in the workplace.

Objectives:

The course will cover the following subjects:
- Introduction to Health and Safety at Work
- Health and Safety Law
- Health
- Safety
- Welfare
- The Workplace and Work Equipment
- Risk Assessment
- Manual Handling
- Hazardous Substances
- Ergonomics and Workstation Design
- Working Heights
- Transport and Vehicles
- Noise and Vibration

What next?

How is the course assessed?

The programme is assessed by a short objective test consisting of 30 multi-choice questions. Oral tests are available to ensure that candidates with learning difficulties or disabilities can also access the training and achieve success.

Which campus?

Humber Institute of Food and Fisheries.