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  • Foundations of Health and Safety - Health and Safety 1

    The foundations of health and safety Gold Standard module outlines the scope and nature of workplace health & safety and identifies the reasons for practicing good standards and where to find information internally and from external sources.


    Foundations of Health and Safety Course Picture

     COM-006
     UK
     e-Learning
     Role: Engineer, Laboratory Technician, Manager/Senior Manager, Operator, Supervisor, Technician
     Compliance
     Sector: Chemicals, Composites, Downstream Petroleum, Explosives, Industrial Biotechnology, Medical Biotechnology, Medical Devices, Nuclear, Pharmaceuticals, Polymers, Signmaking
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    This Course is Aimed at

    Anyone who needs to understand the principles of health and safety as part of their job. The typical people who would benefit from this course include Team leaders and supervisors, HR professionals, facilities managers, those working with young people in a training environment.

    Overview

    This course is a stand-alone elearning module and forms part of a 10 module set that make up the Health and Safety at Work Suite. It outlines the scope and nature of workplace health and safety and identifies the reasons for practicing good standards of health and safety. It also identifies the key internal and external sources of health and safety information.

    The modules are:

    Health and Safety 1 - Foundations of Health and Safety

    Health and Safety 2 - Responsibility for Health and Safety

    Health and Safety 3 - Health and Safety Risk Assessment and Control

    Health and Safety 4 - Hazards and Controls Associated with the Work Equipment

    Health and Safety 5 - Transport Safety

    Health and Safety 6 - Hazards and Controls Associated with Working with Electricity

    Health and Safety 7 - Fire Safety

    Health and Safety 8 - Hazards and Controls Associated with Manual Handling and Repetitive Movement 

    Health and Safety 9 - Hazards and Controls Associated with Hazardous Substances   

    Health and Safety 10 - Hazards and Controls Associated with the Working Environment

    Programme Content and Key Areas

    The scope and nature of workplace health and safety:

    The meanings and where appropriate distinctions between:

    • Health, safety and welfare
    • Accidents, dangerous occurrences, near-misses and work-related ill-health
    • Health, safety and workplace fire law and its supporting guidance
    • Health, safety and workplace fire enforcing agencies/labour inspectors


    The reasons for practicing good standards of health and safety:

    • Moral: the numbers of work-related fatalities, injuries and incidence of ill-health
    • Legal: the need to the inclusion of health and safety in national law (with example), role of enforcement agency, possible enforcement options
      • Enforcement measures/notices
      • Prosecution
    • Financial: the business case for health and safety: the financial and non-financial (including public image) costs of accidents and ill-health to the organisation


    The sources of health and safety information:

    Written, verbal and observational information both internal and external to the organisation i.e. legal and other guidance, health and safety policy, risk assessments, health and safety posters, inspection and audit reports, incident data and reports, material safety data sheets, manufacturers information.

    Learning Outcomes

    On completion of this module, participants should be able to demonstrate understanding of the content through the application of knowledge to familiar and unfamiliar situations. In particular they should be able to:

    • Outline the scope and nature of workplace health and safety
    • Identify the reasons for practicing good standards of health and safety
    • Identify the key internal and external sources of health and safety information


    Technical Requirements

    CategorySpecification
    KreateIT version4.9
    Minimum screen resolution1024x768
    Supported operating systemsWindows XP, Vista and Windows 7,OSx10.6.8 (Snow Leopard)
    Supported Windows Browsers on Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7IE 7, 8, 9
    Chrome 17.0
    Firefox 11
    Safari 5.1.2
    Supported Browsers on Mac OS x 10.6.8. (Snow Leopard) onlyFirefox 11
    Safari 5.1.2
    Adobe FlashVersion 8 and upwards
    Other software requirementsAdobe Acrobat Reader
    Browser set up requirementsBrowsers need to be set up to support JavaScriptand have plug-ins enabled

       

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