Within the workplace, health and safety is simply about ensuring that we all behave in such a way as to avoid accidents and maintain the health and well-being of people. Health and safety is about preventing accidents, not about stopping us from doing what we want to.

Level: Secure Training Services
Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes approximately depending on the individual learner.
Assessment Method: Multiple Choice Assessment
Pass Rate: 80%
Certificate: PDF
Recommended Refresher: Yearly
Framework and Standards: CSTF
Course Provider: Secure Training Services

This module will improve your understanding of:
 Understand the organisation’s commitment to delivering services safely.
 Understand the importance of acting in ways that are consistent with legislation, policies and procedures for maintaining own and others’ health and safety.
 Know the organisation’s arrangements for consulting with employees on health and safety matters.
 Be able to locate the organisation’s health and safety policy and the arrangements for implementing it.
 Understand the meaning of hazard, risk and risk assessment.
 Be able to recognise common workplace hazards including: electricity, slips, trips and falls, chemicals and substances, stress, physical and verbal abuse, traffic routes, display screen equipment (DSE), workstations and the working environment.
 Understand how any identified risks might be managed through balanced and appropriate preventive and protective measures.
 Understand how they could apply and promote safe working practices specific to their job role.
 Know the actions they should take to ensure patient safety
 Understand the importance of reporting health and safety concerns
 Know the reporting processes used how the organisation uses the information gathered to help manage risks.
 Know how to raise health and safety concerns.
 Understand individual responsibilities in reporting incidents, ill health and near misses.

This course is made up of the following modules
Introduction
Health, Safety and Welfare
Health and Safety Risk Assessment
Health and Safety Risk Assessment
Health and Safety Incident Reporting