CIEH Level 3 Award in Health & Safety in the Workplace
Examines health and safety from a supervisory perspective
Course Aim
Supervisors have both a legal and moral responsibility to look after the health and safety of employees. This qualification will enable managers and supervisors to improve the health and safety culture of their organisation, whatever its size or activity.
Who should attend
The course is designed for supervisors, team leaders and managers responsible for Health and Safety. Working in any sector of business, whether manufacturing, commerce, public sector or the service industries.
Content of Course
- Concept of health and safety
- Costs of poor standards of workplace health and safety
- Persons affected by workplace hazards
- Managed approach to controlling workplace hazards
- The ‘health and safety culture’
- Providing health and safety information to employees
- Employee representation and consultation on health and safety matters
- The process of risk assessment
- Competencies required of risk assessors
- Processes of monitoring and auditing workplace health and safety
- Keeping records relating to health and safety
- Accidents in the workplace
- Common workplace accidents
- The relationship between incidents of varying severity, with reference to the ‘accident triangle’ concept
- Reporting and recording of accidents and near-misses
- Principles involved in carrying out an incident investigation
- The safety hazards and control measures to prevent accidents
- Ill health in the workplace
- Work-related ill health conditions
- Entry of harmful agents in to the human body
- Reporting of incidents of work-related ill health
- Health hazards and select suitable control measures
- Health surveillance
- Welfare and first-aid provision in the workplace
- Legal provisions (UK only)
- Legislation in health and safety law
- The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999.approved codes of practice, guidance and other publications to fulfil health and safety duties
- Powers of enforcement officers’, enforcement actions and the penalties that can be imposed, for breaches of health and safety law
- Health and safety organisation and management
- The role of supervisors and managers
- PPE in controlling hazards
- Procedures for monitoring
- Methods for motivating staff to work safely and to contribute to the development of a positive health and safety culture
- Staff training needs and appropriate health and safety training
- Methods for dealing with conflict and disputes relating to health and safety
- Supervisor’s role in emergency situations
Qualification information
Course duration: Three day programme
Assessment method: Multiple choice examination
QCA Accredited: Yes
Recommended prerequisites: CIEH Level 2 Award in Health and Safety or equivalent
