Course Detail

Health and Safety in the Workplace

Highfield Level 2 International Award in Health and Safety in the Workplace
The aim of the qualification is to provide candidates with knowledge of the basic health and safety practices essential in the workplace.

Achievement of this qualification will enable learners to work safely and to recognise and deal with hazards in the workplace, and ensure awareness of cost- effective, practical control methods. This qualification is applicable for any private or public sector working environment and provides employees with an awareness of their own safety, as well as the safety of customers, contractors and members of the public.

Topics covered include:

• an understanding in the responsibilities of employers and employees
• the benefits of good health and safety
• steps to a risk assessment and how they can reduce accidents
• near misses and ill-health
• typical hazards and controls in a workplace
• common causes of accidents, near misses and ill-health
• emergency procedures
• the importance of recording accidents, near misses and ill-health