Overview
- Genuine IOSH Working Safely Course approved by IOSH and delivered online by us
- All course fees are included – there are no hidden charges
- Most learners complete the course in 6-8 hours
- Works on PC, tablet or smartphone (with internet access)
- 100% online, including the final assessment
Aim
- To provide learners with an understanding of how their actions in the workplace contribute to safety and health
- To ensure that learners clearly understand their safety and health responsibilities
Learning outcomes
By the end of this course, learners will be able to:
- Identify why it is important to work safely
- Identify everyone’s responsibilities in relation to safety, health and wellbeing in the workplace
- Define key terms in safety and health
- Identify workplace hazards and risks, their impact and how to control them
- Identify ways safety, health and wellbeing are managed and improved within the workplace
Module 1 – Introducing working safely
- Why it is important to work safely
- Who is responsible for safety and health in the workplace
- An organisation’s responsibilities for safety and health
- Who has responsibility for worker actions
Module 2 – Defining hazards and risk
- The six hazard groups
- Hazards that are not easy to identify
- What is meant by the terms hazard and risk
- What is meant by the term risk assessment
- What is meant by the terms likelihood and consequence
- Deciding on what actions to take to control risk
- What is meant by the term ’reasonably practicable’
Module 3 – Identifying common hazards
- 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 – Improving safety performance
- What an organisation can do to manage and improve safety and health in the workplace
- Worker responsibilities for improving safety and health in the workplace
- How attitude and behaviour can affect safety and health in the workplace
- What a safe system of work is
- What a ‘permit to work’ is
- How safety signs can play an important part in communicating safety and health information
- Using Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
- The safety and health of other people who may come on site, including contractors, visitors and members of the public
Assessment
To complete this course, learners must pass the IOSH Working Safely Exam and Hazard Spotting Exercise. The cost of both the exam and hazard spotting exercise are already included in the cost of the course.
Exam
The IOSH Working Safely Exam demonstrates the student’s understanding of the information contained within the course. The exam is taken online, so there is no need to attend a training centre. The exam consists of multiple choice questions and must be completed within 30 minutes. Students will need to achieve at least 20 points from a possible 33 to pass the exam. Students can have two attempts at the exam. A student will have to resit the whole course if they do not achieve the required marks on the second attempt. (We do not charge for resits.)
Hazard Spotting Exercise
The IOSH Working Safely Hazard Spotting Exercise demonstrates the student’s ability to spot hazards. The exercise is conducted online. Students need to achieve at least 11 points from a possible 16 points to pass the hazard spotting exercise.
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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] . 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
The certificate will be issued by IOSH on successful completion of the course and end of course assessment. We will post the certificate on to the learner by first class signed-for delivery as soon as we receive it from IOSH.
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).