Unit 1: Management of health and safety

• Why we should manage workplace health and safety
  • Discuss the moral, financial and legal reasons for managing health and safety in the workplace
  • Explain how the law works and the consequences of non-compliance
  • Summarise the main health and safety duties of employers and workers
  • Explain how contractors should be selected, monitored and managed
• How health and safety management systems work and what they look like
  • Give an overview of the elements of a health and safety management system and the benefits of having a
    formal/certified system
  • Discuss the main ingredients of health and safety management systems that make it effective –general policy, organisation, arrangements
• Managing risk – understanding people and processes
  • Describe the concept of health and safety culture and how it influences
    performance
  • Summarise how health and safety culture at work can be improved
    Summarise the human factors which positively or negatively influence behaviour at work in a way that can affect health and safety
  • Produce a risk assessment of a workplace which considers a wide range of identified hazards (drawn from elements 5–11) and meets best practice standards (‘suitable and sufficient’)
  • Explain the principles of the risk assessment process
  • Discuss typical workplace changes that have significant health and safety impacts and ways to minimise those impacts
  • Describe what to consider when developing and implementing a safe system of work for general activities
  • Explain the role, function and operation of a permit-to-work system
  • Discuss typical emergency procedures (including training and testing) and how to decide what level of
    first aid is needed in the workplace
• Health and safety monitoring and measuring
  • Explain why and how incidents should be investigated, recorded and reported
  • Discuss common methods and indicators used to monitor the effectiveness of management systems
  • Explain what an audit is and why and how they are used to evaluate a management system
  • Explain why and how regular reviews of health and safety performance are needed

Unit 2: Risk assessment

• Physical and psychological health
  • Noise – Vibration – Radiation – Mental ill-health – Violence at work – Substance abuse at work
• Musculoskeletal health
  • Work-related upper limb disorders – Manual handling – Load-handling equipment
• Chemical and biological agents
  • Hazardous substances – Assessment of health risks – Occupational exposure limits – Control measures – Specific agents
• General workplace issues
  • Health, welfare and work environment – Working at height – Safe working in confined spaces – Lone working – Slips and trips – Safe movement of people and vehicles in the workplace – Work-related driving
• Work equipment
  • General requirements – Hand-held tools – Machinery hazards – Control measures for machinery
• Fire
  • Fire principles – Preventing fire and fire spread – Fire alarms and fire-fighting – Fire evacuation
• Electricity
  • Hazards and risks – Control measures

• The course is £434 + VAT
• The assessments are £115 + VAT each

(please note that there are two assessments, the Open Book Exam and the Risk Assessment Project)