Course Overview

Validated by Highfield Awarding Body of Compliance (HABC), this qualification is designed to give you an overview of the basic principles of good health and safety practice. The course is suitable for any learner in any work environment.

Course Content

The course covers the following modules:

• Principles of health and safety and accident prevention
• The ability to contribute to any health and safety management system
• The importance of risk assessment as a technique for accident and ill health prevention
• The responsibilities placed on employers and employees
• Manual handling
• Hazardous substances
• Exposure to noise and vibration
• The importance of following systems, procedures and rules
• How individual action can reduce risks to health and safety
• How workplace equipment and task design affect health and safety
• Electricity 
• Fire prevention