NEBOSH Health and Safety at Work Award

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Introduction

This NEBOSH Health and Safety at Work Award is an introductory qualification for people who need an understanding of the principles of health and safety in their role. It enables organizations to improve the safety culture, reduce accidents and increase costs savings.

Who the course is for?

The NEBOSH Health and Safety at Work Award is an ideal first step into health and safety and is perfect for supervisors and anyone transitioning into management role.

Learning Outcome

The course comprises two central units that will cover critical topics such as health and safety responsibilities and fundamental control measures to preserve a safe working environment. Learners gain knowledge and practical skills that enable:

The understanding why health and safety needs to be managed, ensuring effective processes are in place
The ability to inspect the workplace, recognize hazards, evaluate risk and recommend control measures
The understanding of why accidents happen and how to investigate them.

Course outline

HSA1 – Element 1 Why and how you manage health and safety
HSA1 – Element 2 Dealing with common workplace hazards
HSA1 – Element 3 Stopping incidents and ill-health before they happen
HSA1 – Element 4 Learning from incidents

Detailed Course Syllabus

Element 1: Why and how you manage health and safety

1.1 Moral, legal and financial reasons and benefits for managing health and safety
1.2 Managing health and safety consistently well
1.3 Auditing

Element 2: Dealing with common workplace hazards

2.1 General workplace issues– workplace access, housekeeping, lighting, temperature, slips, trips and falls, welfare, first aid
2.2 Violence and aggression
2.3 Work-related stress
2.4 Hazardous chemicals and substances
2.5 Computers
2.6 Substance abuse
2.7 Electricity
2.8 Fire
2.9 Manual handling
2.10 Noise and vibration
2.11 Work equipment
2.12 Work at height
2.13 Workplace transport

Element 3: Stopping incidents and ill-health before they happen

3.1 Inspecting the workplace
3.2 Risk assessment theory

Element 4: Learning from incidents

4.1 Why investigating incidents makes sense
4.2 A simple four-step approach to investigate

Assessment

This course is assessed with a workplace health and safety review for Unit HSA1. The review includes:

Evaluating current health and safety practices to see how they could be improved.
Identifying hazards in the workplace, determining how the risks they pose are managed.
Determining which areas, if any, in the safety strategy and practices of the business require improvement.