CIEH Level 2 Award in Health & Safety in the Workplace

Target Audience:
This course aims to provide employees with health & safety understanding which will enable them to contribute to any health and safety management system.

The Objectives / Learning Outcome:
In particular the programme will enable staff to:

• Work in a safe and healthy manner and contribute to improving health and safety within an organisation’s policy
• Identify key hazards in their own workplace
• Understand the importance of health and safety rules and working procedures
• Report potential health and safety problems
• Be responsible for their own actions
• The syllabus is generic in nature – it sets out the principles of health and safety, but our trainers will make the syllabus to the background of the students.

Course Details:
There is a maximum of 12 places available.
Validation of Certificate: 3 years
Course Duration: 6 hours

Course Materials:
Course Book will be provided and certificates forwarded on successful completion.

Content:

• Health and safety at Work
• Health and Safety Law
• Prevention of Accidents and ill Health
• Risk Assessment
• First Aid at Work
• Personal Protective Equipment
• Welfare – Work Equipment
• Electricity – Fire Prevention
• Hazardous Substances
• Ergonomics and Workstation
• Manual Handling – Noise

Assessment:
There is short multi choice paper of 30 questions with a pass mark of 20. There is a maximum time limit of 1 Hour. You are not allowed any assistance to complete the answers.

Approval Number: 57/100

Important Notice:
This qualification will benefit anyone in a work environment as it provides candidates with an understanding of health and safety that will enable them to contribute to any risk assessment based health and safety management system.