Certificate in Occupational Health & Safety
Course Info
Code PO2-102
Duration 5 Days
Format Classroom
Course Summary
The International General Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety is part of the 2019 syllabus for health and safety regulations in the workplace. This certificate sets businesses apart and puts them one step ahead as a reputable employer. Undertaking this course will also show your employees that you are committed to their safety and will improve attrition rates.
This internationally recognised qualification led by The National Examination Board in Occupational Safety and Health (NEBOSH), provides a huge leap forward for businesses in training their employees. It helps to construct assessments of the workplace and develop a safe working from home procedure.
Proper health and safety training could benefit your whole business from health and safety officers and senior management, right down to front-line employees. This thorough training course will mean that each employee excels in their knowledge and practice when it comes to health and safety and fire procedures, making an all-around safer environment for everyone, protecting your staff and your property in the long run.
- To assess your workplace and manage and mitigate health and safety risks.
- To familiarise yourself with correct evacuation and emergency procedures relating to your business.
- To understand where health and safety incidents could occur and learn how to deal with these.
- To identify health and safety issues benchmarked against international standards.
- To create and conduct regular workplace assessments.
- To develop health and safety refresh modules and upskilling sessions to allow for continued support for all employees.
- To investigate and report on health and safety incidents.
This course is suitable for anyone within a professional organisation that wants to upskill in health and safety procedures or is responsible for fire or health and safety risk assessments and evacuation procedures within your business. It would be particularly beneficial for:
- Health & Safety Officers
- Business Owners
- Team Leaders
- Fire Marshalls
- Department Managers
- Supervisors
- HR Professionals
- Front Line Employees
This course includes interactive discussion groups and video training to determine the causes and effects of proper health and safety procedures. You will be given access to real-life case studies to aid with improvements in your own company and will develop an action plan to move forward.
The course also provides practical skills training and scenario-based role-playing exercises to reiterate the importance of proper training and prepare learners for emergency situations.
Course Content & Outline
- Why health and safety procedures matter.
- Documenting and practising proper procedures.
- Financial benefits.
- Recruitment and moral benefits for your staff.
- Delegating responsibilities.
- Managing change.
- Your role in maintaining adequate health and safety.
- Health and safety regulations within your business area.
- Who needs to be trained in health and safety practices?
- Developing monitoring systems.
- Conducting a regular health and safety assessment.
- Auditing and record keeping.
- How to create an action plan from your audit.
- Revisiting previous assessments to review change.
- Permits to carry out work.
- Manual handling training.
- Operating machinery.
- Occupational exposure limits.
- Reporting an incident and keeping an accessible record.
- Lessons learned and moving forward from incidents.
- Rectifying hazards from past incidents.
- Recognising issues with employee mental health.
- Mitigating mental health stimulants.
- Improving employee well-being.
- Implementing well-being officers.
- Psychology and your employees.
- Dealing with substance abuse and violence in the workplace.
- Handling machinery safely.
- Using the right tools safely.
- Driving for work.
- Working at a height.
- Working on your own and the risks.
- Dealing with hazardous substances.
- Appropriate workwear to stay safe.
- Managing adequate desk space.
- Sitting correctly and using a computer.
- Display Screen Equipment assessments and their uses.
- Dealing with occupational health got adjustments.
- Assessing a working from home environment.
- How to monitor and PAT test homeworking equipment.
- Identifying your fire zones and appointing fire marshalls.
- Fire drills and alarm tests.
- Planning for vulnerable people.
- Hazards and hazard removal.
- Electricity and its dangers.
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