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Funded places available on Health & Safety in the workplace qualifications

CIEH Level 2 Award in Health and Safety in the Workplace

Designed to ensure that all employees are aware of their own safety and the safety of customers, contractors and the public. This qualification can be tailored to business and individual needs to make the learning experience relevant and fit for purpose.

Who needs this qualification?
Anyone in a work environment.

Why is this training important?
Employers are responsible for providing safe and healthy workplace conditions as well as the right systems and methods for safe activities. Nevertheless employees also have a vital part to play in the equation. They need the right knowledge and the right attitude which demands proper training in the basics of health and safety, as well as specific training for individual tasks.

Learning outcomes
·Understanding the principles of health and safety and accident prevention
·Ability to contribute to any health and safety management system
·Understand the importance of risk assessment as a technique for accident and ill health prevention
·Understand the responsibilities placed on employers and employees
·Understand the hazard, risk and main causes of harm to workers (manual handling, hazardous substances, exposure to noise and vibration)
·Understand the importance of following systems, procedures and rules
·Understand how individual action can reduce risks to health and safety
·Appreciate how workplace equipment and task design affect health and safety

Facts

Duration: One-day programme
Assessment: Multiple choice examination
Ofqual Accredited: Yes
Ofqual qualification reference: 100/5914/3
Prerequisite: None
Suggested Progression: CIEH Level 3 Award in Health and Safety in the Workplace

The course is available to all Doncaster Borough residents. There are no other eligability criteria.

Course dates:
15th Feb 2011
22nd March 2011

The course starts at 10am and finishes at 4pm at the Terrace in Conisbrough

Lunch, tea and coffee provided

The Terrace, Castle Avenue, Conisbrough, Doncaster DN12 3BT
www.theterrace-conisbrough.co.uk      

Free onsite parking (first come, first served)
Free offsite parking within 5 minutes walk
Disabled parking, access and toilets