Overview
- Assured by the International Institute of Risk and Safety Management (IIRSM) and the CPD Certification Service
- Learners that pass the course can claim a 15% discount when they join IIRSM at an appropriate membership level
- All course fees are included – there are no hidden charges
- Most learners complete the course in approximately 6-8 hours
- Works on PC, tablet or smartphone (with internet access)
- 100% online, including the final assessment
- Free retake of the assessment if needed
- Download the course certificate on completion
- Comes with a dashboard to monitor course completion
- Course and dashboard can be accessed 24/7
Aim
The aim of this course is to provide learners with a practical understanding of health, safety and welfare in the workplace, including common hazards, risk control measures, legal responsibilities, and the importance of safe behaviours and shared responsibility.
Learning outcomes
By the end of this course, learners should be able to:
- Understand why health and safety matters, including the moral, legal and financial reasons for working safely
- Identify common workplace hazards and understand how they can cause harm
- Have a basic understanding of risk and risk assessment, including how likelihood and consequence are considered when deciding controls
- Recognise their own legal responsibilities for health and safety as a worker
- Identify positive attitudes and behaviours that reduce accidents and support safe working
- Understand the role of PPE, safety signs, and safe systems of work in controlling risk
- Appreciate how organisations manage safety, including permits to work and the importance of competence
- Recognise that safety is a shared responsibility, supporting the goal of everyone going home safe every day
Module 1 – Why Safety Matters
- Why working safely matters
- The moral, legal and financial reasons to work safely
- Responsibilities for working safely, for:
Module 2 – Hazards and Risks
- Hazard and risk explained
- Risk assessment
- Assessing risk and controls
Module 3 – Common Hazards in the Workplace
- Access and egress
- Aggression and violence
- Asbestos
- Bullying
- Chemicals and harmful substances
- Computer workstations
- Confined spaces
- Drugs and alcohol
- Electricity
- Fire
- Heights
- Housekeeping
- Lighting
- Manual handling
- Noise
- Personal hygiene
- Plant and machinery
- Powered and hand tools
- Slips and trips
- Stress
- Temperature
- Vehicles and transport safety
- Vibration
- Welfare
Module 4 – Your role in safety
- Worker responsibilities
- Attitude and behaviour
- Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
- Safety signs
- Considering others
Module 5 – How Organisations Manage Safety
- Organisation’s role in improving safety
- Safe Systems of Work (SSOWs)
- Permit to work
The end of course assessment
- The assessment fee is included in the cost of the course. We do not charge any extra to gain access to the assessment
- The assessment is 100% online. So there is no need for the learner to attend a training centre to complete it
- The assessment consists of multiple-choice questions
- Learners must achieve at least 80% in the assessment to register a pass
- We do not charge a fee to take the assessment again if the learner does not achieve the 80% pass rate (provided the course is completed within 6 months from enrolment)
- The learner will be able to download a course certificate once they pass the end of course assessment
- The coordinator will also be able to download the course certificate through their dashboard once the learner passes the end of course assessment
Purchasing your course(s)
You can purchase your course(s) online using a debit/credit card. To purchase online, simply select how many users you want the course(s) for, then click on the ‘Add to basket’ button on this page.
You can purchase your course(s) over the phone using a debit/credit card. To pay over the phone, please call 0333 733 1111 between 0900 and 1700 hours Monday to Friday to talk to one of our Support Team.
Please contact us at support@hsqe.co.uk if you would rather pay by BACS transfer. You will need to provide in the email your name, postal address, email address, what course(s) you require and the quantity of courses that you require. We will issue you with an invoice and contact details.
Receiving login details (online and phone purchases)
You will be sent an email from no-reply@myvitalskills.co.uk once you have made you purchase online or over the phone. Please check your email SPAM / JUNK folder if you do not receive the email as it may get blocked by your email firewall. If you have not received it within one hour, and it is not in your SPAM / JUNK folder, you can email support@hsqe.co.uk for a duplicate copy to be sent to you.
If you are a returning customer or have purchased multiple courses, the email will contain details of how to access your Training Coordinators Dashboard. If you are a new user that has purchased a single course, the email will contain details of how to go straight to your course. You should add no-reply@myvitalskills.co.uk to your email safe-senders list to prevent future emails from us also being blocked.
Enrolling multiple learners onto courses
If you are a returning customer or have purchased multiple courses, you will be able to enrol your learners onto their courses using the Training Coordinators Dashboard that we provide you with. You will be sent individual login details for each learner that you enrol. These details will also be sent in an email from no-reply@myvitalskills.co.uk . You will need to pass the login details onto the learner.
Course access
The course materials will work on any internet-enabled device running an up-to-date internet browser. Each student will have 190 days from the date of enrolment to log on and complete their course. The course does not need to be completed in one sitting. Students can log out and return any time up until the course is completed or until the 190-day access expires. The course cannot be accessed after the 190 day expiry.
Suitable internet browsers
Both our courses and the dashboard will work on any modern web browser, for example Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari. You should ensure that they are fully updated. Internet Explorer should not be used because it is no longer supported by Microsoft and so may be unstable.
Course certificate
On successful completion of the course and end of course assessment, both the student, and the coordinator, can download the course certificate.
Course expiry
Courses not allocated to students will expire after 12 months from purchase.
Courses allocated to students will expire on completion of the course or after 190 days from the original enrolment (whichever is sooner).