QNUK Level 2 Award in Health and Safety in the Workplace (RQF)

Duration: 1 day

This qualification is aimed at all employees, or those looking to enter/re-enter the workforce. Health and safety training is a requirement in workplaces and this qualification enables learners to identify and understand the most common workplace hazards.

Course learning outcomes:

• Outline employers and employee’s duties relating to Health, Safety and Welfare at work
• Outline the consequences for non-compliance with Health and Safety legislation
• Outline the requirements for training and competence in the workplace
• Outline the ways in which Health and Safety information can be communicated
• Define the terms ‘hazard’ and ‘risk’
• Outline the process for carrying out a risk assessment
• Describe how risk assessment can be used to reduce accidents and ill health at work
• Describe the hazards that may be found in a range of workplaces
• Describe how hazards can cause harm or damage to people, work processes, the workplace and the environment
• Describe the principle of the risk control hierarchy
• List examples of risk controls for common workplace hazards
• State the common causes of workplace accidents and ill health
• Identify the actions that might need to be taken following an incident in the workplace
• List the arrangements that should be in place in a workplace for emergencies and First Aid
• Outline why it is important to record all incidents, accidents and ill health