Workplace Health & Safety
Workplace Health & Safety
Workplace Health & Safety
Course Overview
Health & Safety
Assessing Risk, Controlling Hazards, and Building a Safety Culture
Understand the human, legal, and commercial case for safety, and how a well-run safety management system actually operates. You will learn to identify hazards, assess and rate risk, select proportionate controls, prepare for emergencies, protect wellbeing and mental health, investigate incidents to root cause, and measure improvement over time.
What You Will Learn
The main objectives of the course are:
- Explain the human, legal, and business case for safety.
- Apply duty of care and employer and employee responsibilities.
- Operate a safety management system and improvement cycle.
- Identify hazards and complete a five-step risk assessment.
- Recognize physical, chemical, biological, and ergonomic hazards.
- Apply the hierarchy of controls proportionately.
- Use job safety analysis and structured risk techniques.
- Prepare emergency, fire, and first-aid response plans.
- Improve ergonomics and office workstation setup.
- Manage wellbeing, mental health, and psychosocial risk.
- Investigate incidents and near misses to root cause.
- Build safety culture and measure continuous improvement.
Who Should Enroll
This certificate is designed for safety officers and HSE coordinators, line managers and supervisors, facilities and operations staff, HR and wellbeing leads, safety committee representatives, site engineers, contractors, and anyone responsible for keeping colleagues safe at work.
Skills You Will Build
- Hazard Identification
- Risk Assessment
- Hierarchy of Controls
- Safety Management Systems
- Job Safety Analysis
- Emergency Preparedness
- Ergonomic Assessment
- Psychosocial Risk Management
- Incident Investigation
- Safety Auditing
- Duty of Care Awareness
- Risk Rating & Prioritization
- Control Selection
- Plan-Do-Check-Act Discipline
- Fire & Evacuation Readiness
- Wellbeing & Mental Health Support
- Remote & Hybrid Work Safety
- Root Cause Analysis
- Safety Culture Leadership
- Performance Measurement
Course Outline – Workplace Health & Safety
Module 1: Introduction to Workplace Health & Safety
- What We Mean by Health, Safety and Welfare at Work
- The Human, Legal and Business Case for Safety
- Key Terminology: Hazard, Risk, Harm and Control
- A Brief History and the Modern Safety Landscape
Module 2: The Legal Framework & Duty of Care
- Sources of Health and Safety Law
- Employer Duties and the Duty of Care
- Employee and Contractor Responsibilities
- Regulators, Enforcement and Penalties
Module 3: Safety Management Systems & Governance
- What a Safety Management System Does
- ISO 45001, HSG65 and Recognized Frameworks
- The Plan-Do-Check-Act Improvement Cycle
- Governance, Leadership and Board Accountability
Module 4: Hazard Identification & Risk Assessment
- Recognizing Hazards in the Workplace
- The Five Steps of Risk Assessment
- Rating Likelihood and Severity
- Prioritizing and Recording Risks
Module 5: Common Workplace Hazards
- Physical and Mechanical Hazards
- Chemical and Hazardous Substances
- Biological and Environmental Hazards
- Ergonomic and Manual Handling Hazards
Module 6: Controlling Risks: The Hierarchy of Controls
- The Hierarchy of Controls Explained
- Elimination, Substitution and Engineering Controls
- Administrative Controls and Safe Systems of Work
- Personal Protective Equipment as a Last Resort
Module 7: Risk Assessment Tools & Techniques
- Job Safety Analysis and Task-Based Assessment
- HAZOP, What-If and Structured Techniques
- Bowtie Analysis and Barrier Thinking
- Quantitative and Semi-Quantitative Risk Methods
Module 8: Emergency Preparedness & Response
- Identifying Emergency Scenarios
- Emergency Plans and Evacuation Procedures
- Fire Safety and Prevention
- First Aid and Medical Response
Module 9: Ergonomics & Office Safety
- Principles of Ergonomics
- Workstation and Display Screen Setup
- Manual Handling and Repetitive Strain
- Designing Safe and Comfortable Workspaces
Module 10: Workplace Wellbeing & Mental Health
- The Link Between Wellbeing and Safety
- Recognizing Signs of Poor Mental Health
- Building Psychological Safety
- Support, Resources and Reasonable Adjustments
Learn at your convenience
*Note: These are self-paced courses, allowing learners to study independently at their own pace.
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