Course overview
What this course covers
Understand the basic duties, behaviours and workplace arrangements that support a safe environment for employees, contractors, visitors and others affected by work.
This course explains how employer duties, employee responsibilities, supervision, consultation, safe systems, training and reporting arrangements work together to prevent injury and ill health.
Who Should Attend
Suitable for employees, supervisors, team leaders, managers, safety representatives and contractors who need clear online awareness training for common workplace safety duties and day-to-day risk control.
Learning Outcomes
- Explain key workplace health and safety duties in plain language
- Recognise the role of procedures, supervision and training
- Identify unsafe conditions and behaviours that should be reported
- Understand how contractors and visitors can be affected by workplace risks
- Know when to stop, report or escalate a safety concern
Course Content
- Employer and employee duties
- Safe systems of work
- Information, instruction and training
- Consultation and communication
- Supervision and monitoring
- Reporting hazards and incidents
- Contractors and visitors
- Stop and escalate situations
- Records and review
Course Application Focus
Learners should be able to understand their own responsibilities, follow site arrangements and support a safer workplace through reporting, communication and safe behaviour.
Legal / Regulatory Context
Relevant UK context includes the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 and the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999. Employers should provide suitable information, instruction, training and supervision, and employees should follow procedures and report concerns.