NEBOSH Health and Safety at Work Award

About This Course

The qualification is designed for anyone who needs to understand the principles of health and safety as part of their job. Many people take the NEBOSH Health and Safety at Work Award as a first step in a career in health and safety. It gives a valuable overview, and is a sound basis for further professional study.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

Anyone who needs to understand the principles of health and safety as part of their job will benefit from taking this qualification including:

• Team leaders and supervisors
• HR professionals
• Facilities manager

COURSE CONTENT

• Why and how you manage health and safety
• Dealing with common workplace hazards
• Stopping incidents and ill-health before they happen
• Learning from incidents

BENEFITS FOR LEARNERS

The NEBOSH Health and Safety at Work Award looks at everyday solutions for general workplace health and safety issues. When you have completed the qualification, you will be able to:

• understand why health and safety needs to be managed, ensuring effective processes are in place;
• inspect the workplace, recognising a range of common hazards, evaluating risks (taking account of current controls), recommending further control measures and assigning actions; and
• understand why incidents happen and how to investigate them.

BENEFITS FOR EMPLOYERS

When you achieve the NEBOSH Health and Safety at Work Award, you will be a great asset to your employer. You will be able to help implement or maintain a health and safety management system by having an awareness of common workplace hazards. It will also ensure you can apply the principles of risk assessment and understand how to control common workplace hazards. This knowledge can help reduce the number of accidents in the workplace, improving staff morale, and resulting in costs saving for the organisation.

ENTRY REQUIREMENT

There are no entry requirements for this qualification. It is important that learners have a suitable standard of English language in order to understand and articulate the concepts contained in the syllabus. NEBOSH recommends that learners undertaking this qualification should reach a minimum standard of English equivalent to an International English Language Testing System (IELTS) score of 5.0 or higher in IELTS tests.

STUDY MODES

• Instructor-led (face-to-face or virtual)

LEARNING HOURS

• Taught hours: 18 hours
• Self-study: 2 hours
• Assessment: 3 hours (approx.)

ASSESSMENT AND CERTIFICATION

The NEBOSH Health and Safety at Work Award has one assessment; you must achieve a 'Pass' in the unit to be awarded the qualification.

COURSE FEES

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