Health & Safety Awareness – Level 1
About this training course…
A requirement under the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 (HASAWA), is for employers to ensure, the health and safety of all of their employees within the workplace, this also extends to others who may affect the workplace and its policies and procedures, such as contractors.
This course is suitable for candidates who require a course in health and safety awareness and will provide a basic knowledge and understanding of all the various aspects of health and safety within the workplace.
This course is also ideal for organisations who wish to provide annual refresher/update training for their employees.
Course contents
- Health and safety law
- Importance of health & safety
- Employer & employee responsibilities
- Causes of workplace accidents
- Risk assessments
- Accident reporting
- Workplace equipment
- First Aid
- Infection control
- Slips, Trips & Falls
- PPE Electricity
- VDU workstation safety
- Manual handling
