Health and Safety course

Conduct a risk assessment to identify who might be harmed, evaluate likelihood and severity, and apply cost effective controls, training, and PPE to protect workers from hazards in the workplace.

Learn to carry out a risk assessment by listing tasks, locations, people, and equipment, identify hazards, and determine the PPE needed for safe activities.

Estimate risk using a three point scale, rank likelihood, and decide action levels to reduce risk; record findings and regularly review the risk assessment as conditions change.

Learn to control risks with five methods—eliminate hazards, reduce hazards, prevent contact with hazards, implement a safe system of work, and provide personal protective equipment.

Understand how health and safety law works, including duties of duty holders and employers under the act, and how criminal and civil actions determine fines and compensation after accidents.

Identify the key parts of health and safety, including policy and planning, risk profiling, and PPE. Apply the plan-do-check-act cycle to implement controls, collect data, and learn from performance.

Expert knowledge means specialized understanding of a product and its hazards in specific handling beyond normal use, guiding risk control and responsibilities.

Identify the six core hazard groups—mechanical, physical, chemical, biological, environmental, and organizational—and recognize warning signs to prevent injuries from common workplace hazards.

Identify physical hazards as unsafe conditions that threaten safety and cause injury, illness, or death, including falls, slips, and being struck by falling objects.

Identify chemical hazards by recognizing natural and man-made chemicals and their harm to people and the environment. Understand exposure routes like skin contact and inhalation and the potential health effects.

Identify biological hazards such as viruses, bacteria, fungi, and parasites, and understand how organic substances and toxins affect the human body, with emphasis on laboratory risks and prevention.

Learn about biological hazards in lab work, including animal contact, waste, and contaminated equipment, and the risk of infections from viruses like hepatitis B and C.

Identify environmental hazards as conditions or events with the potential to affect the environment and human health, including lighting, unreasonable temperatures, dust and airborne particles, and noise.

Identify organizational hazards that arise from workload, deadlines, and shift work, and learn how interpersonal issues, leadership, and organizational structures impact health, stress, and safety.

Investigate incidents, near misses, and accidents to understand causes and how they occur, and learn how to carry out effective accident investigations for workplace safety.

Identify the reasons for incident investigation, including informing authorities, insurance claims, cost assessment, hazard detection, training needs, and legal compliance, while distinguishing immediate acts and underlying factors to prevent recurrence.

Examine immediate costs, underlying causes, and root causes of accidents, including speed, lack of maintenance, poor supervision, unsafe work practices, and human error, with real-world examples.

Identify who carries out workplace investigations and the roles involved—supervisors, managers, health and safety experts, employer representatives, and technical experts—using a structured information-gathering approach with evidence, witnesses, and document review.

Learn how to measure health and safety performance using indicators and auditing. Understand performance concepts and why indicators like speedometers and fuel gauges help prevent accidents.

Explain auditing as gathering objective evidence to assess health and safety policy compliance. Differentiate internal audits within the organization from independent external audits by third parties.

Explore how industries impact the environment and learn to control pollution and waste, and realize the benefits of environmental performance.

Apply the environmental risk assessment and pollution control hierarchy to reduce pollution and waste, while meeting legal requirements and organizational policies.

Learn to analyze incidents, review hazards and deliberate violations, and design action plans with risk controls, PPE, and an emergency switch to prevent recurrence under safety officer oversight.