NEBOSH Health & Safety at Work Qualification

About This Course

Available in Distance learning, elearning, Full time or Combined.

This qualification provides day-to-day understanding of the management of health and safety in the workplace. It improves the safety culture in your organisation, by equipping your workforce to identify and deal with hazards at work helping to reduce accidents and achieving cost savings for the business. The qualification is designed to meet the needs of an international audience. For more details, please contact us.

Note: Tuition is in English but candidates can request their final examination in dual language, contact us for more information.

COURSE CONTENT

The contents of this course are covered in TWO units:

UNIT HSW1: Workplace safety foundations

• Foundations of health and safety
• Responsibility for health and safety
• Health and safety risk assessment and control
• Work Equipment health and safety
• Transport safety
• Electrical safety
• Fire Safety
• Health & safety during manual handling & repetitive activities
• Hazardous substances
• Health and safety in the working environment

UNIT HSW2: Workplace risk assessment

Unit HSW2 is the workplace-based risk assessment activity.

WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS?

NEBOSH Health and Safety at Work Qualification proves that you have an essential skill for the modern workplace. This is an ideal first step towards other higher level NEBOSH qualifications. Organisations who seek to implement a basic health and safety training program, thereby ensure employees have an understanding of the principles of risk control so as to reduce the number of accidents and incidents resulting in cost saving for the business.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

NEBOSH Health and Safety at Work Qualification isn't specifically for health and safety professionals but is for everyone! It is for personnel of all levels within an organisation across all industry sectors who need to understand the principles of health and safety as part of their job.

ASSESSMENT AND CERTIFICATION

The course is assessed through a multiple choice examination & a practical risk assessment. After successful completion of the assessment you will attain the NEBOSH Award in Health and Safety at Work Qualification.

LEARNING OPTIONS

• FULL TIME TRAINING
  Full Time training will be delivered face to face over a 3-day period with examinations on the final day.
• E-LEARNING
  E-learning is delivered via our interactive portal over a three month period per unit (options to extend). Register here.
  Recommended Course Study:
  Unit HSW1: 17 hours tuition and 3 hours private study Total: 20 hours
  Unit HSW2: 1 hour of tuition and 3 hours private study Total: 4 hours
  A programme of study therefore needs to be based around a minimum of 18 taught hours and approximately 6 hours of private study for an overall total of 24 Hours.
• DISTANCE LEARNING
  Distance learning is delivered via hardcopy course materials and email contact with the tutor for assignments over a 12 month period (options to extend). This is self study and self revision.
• COMBINED LEARNING
  This option combines e-learning and distance learning so candidates have access to our interactive portal and hardcopy course materials. 
• BLENDED LEARNING
  This is a combination of full time with e-learning/distance options to aid the learning experience.

IN-HOUSE TRAINING

This course can be tailored to reflect your organisation's system of work. It can also be presented as an in-company package at your company's facility and/or preferred location. For further details such as corporate rates and schedules, please contact us.

For More Information

Course Flyer Course Flyer (Simplifed Chinese)
Application Form Entry Pre-Requisites

Please note all courses are provisional until formal confirmation and course joining details are sent.

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