Health and Safety in the Workplace Level 1

Intellelearn

This course is, quite simply, for everybody. Even people who have been in a work environment for a period of time require refresher training on key H&S issues. The course is also suited to new workers who are required to take health and safety induction training at the start of their employment.

The course is divided into 5 easy to follow interactive modules and includes a multiple choice test at the end:

• Introduction to Health and Safety –what is health and safety at work?, what is a hazard?, what is risk?, what commonly causes accidents?, what are common types of ill-health?, what factors influence health and safety?, health and safety law, what are employers' responsibilities?, what are employees' responsibilities?, and why is health and safety important?
• Workplace Hazards and Risks: Part 1 –slips, trips, and falls, working at height, manual handling, and hazardous substances.
• Workplace Hazards and Risks: Part 2 –machinery and vehicles, electricity, fire, and stress.
• Workplace Conditions – good housekeeping, the benefits of good housekeeping, welfare facilities, and safety signs.
• Workplace Procedures – the importance of reporting, first aid arrangements, first aid kit, personal protective equipment, and personal hygiene.

Aims of the Course

By the end of this course, learners will have an understanding of:

• What health and safety at work is and why it is important.
• The work-related hazards and risks that commonly cause accidents and ill-health.
• Your and your employer's responsibilities for upholding health and safety.
• The welfare facilities that your employer should make available to you.
• The safety measures and procedures your employer will put in place and how you can help to uphold them.

This Intellelearn Health and Safety course includes:

• Stop-Start technology meaning you learn at your convenience
• All device compliant meaning you can use laptop-tablet-smartphone at anytime

Accreditation

The content of this course has been independently certified and accredited by iirsm, the International Institute of Risk and Safety Management, as providing quality and content-approved training.

Format:

This Health and Safety Level 1 course is accessed through a dedicated learner portal and you will be provided the easy to use login details. The course is divided into modules with a short quiz at the end of each to test your knowledge. Once you have progressed through each of the modules you can access a quiz which consists of 20 multiple choice questions based on the material that you have studied.

Once you have passed the course you can download your course certificate in PDF from your learner area.

If you don't pass the course first time, don't worry, you can resit the test as many times as required.

Course duration

Approximately 30-45 minutes to complete. As an e-learning course you can complete this training in convenient stages.

Support:

We are dedicated to helping you succeed. Our course includes dedicated tutor support and they are available to provide you with unlimited online email support to help answer any questions that you may have whilst you are studying the course. Remember: your success is our success!

This Health and Safety in the Workplace Level 1 course is for everybody regardless of whether you are in full time employment, Part-Time, self employed or seeking employment. It is an ideal refresher course and also perfect as the Health and Safety element of new worker induction programmes. It is also a great course for anybody wanting a job in industry as this nationally recognised qualification is accepted by all employees.

There are no entry requirements for this course other than a desire to learn.

This course is ideal for every person but for people wanting to develop their career in Health and Safety, this course naturally leads to our Health and Safety Level 2 course.