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Health and Safety Awareness Level 2 Course - Regulation, Accident Prevention & Procedures Level 2

£24.95 + VAT per trainee

This course is aimed at anyone who requires a course in health and safety awareness. It is designed to meet the Health and Safety regulations and covers regulations, precautions, planning, risk assessing, PPE, individual sectors, what causes accidents, employer/employee responsibilities, RIDDOR, COSHH, first aid, workstation/VDU safety, working at heights, gas safety, occupational health, infection control, electricity, enforcement and the dangers and links in the regulations in fire and manual handling.

This course comes with 6.0 hours of CPD, although the time to complete the course online may be less than this. Total course time includes 1 hours and 51 minutes of video training as well as knowledge reviews, final test, remedial help and reviewing downloaded material.

The content of this and all our courses has been independently certified as conforming to universally accepted Continuous Professional Development (CPD) guidelines and come with a Certified CPD Statement as well as a ProTrainings Certificate and for online courses an Evidence Based Learning statement.

Student manual and other free downloads upon purchase
CPD Time Credit Conformation
Evidence Based Training Certificate on completion
Print your wall certificate on completion
Access to the course for 8 months and other refresher and reminder features
3-year nationally recognised certificate for £24.95 + VAT
Engaging multimedia video training

Student Downloads Available with Course:

Statistics on fatal injuries in the workplace 2011/12
Home Emergency Contact Sheet
Workplace Accident Book
Work Emergency Contact Sheet
HSE 5 steps to Risk Assessing link to HSE website
HSE leaflet on finding Asbestos
First Aid at Work Regulations 1981 HSE document
RIDDOR link to the HSE guide
Step by Step Guide to COSHH HSE Guide - Link to HSE website
How to register to call EMS by text
Link to the HSE website
Essentials of health and safety at work link to HSE website
DSE/VDU Operator Safety student manual V3.0
Workplace Exposure Limits (WEL) HSE leaflet
The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005
The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations Approved Code of Practice and guidance
Lighting at Work - HSE guidelines
HSE Manual Handling Regulations Guide - link to HSE website
Getting to Grips with Manual Handling link to HSE website
Manual Handling Assessment Chart Guide to MAC - link to HSE website
HSE guide to PPE
HSE guide to COSHH
Chemicals (Hazard Information and Packaging for Supply) Regulations 2009 (CHIP 4)
HSE Using electric storage batteries safely INDG139
HSE leaflet on lone working
ProTrainings Health and Safety Awareness level 1 & 2 student manual V5.0

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Full Health and Safety Awareness Level 2 Curriculum

Health and Safety Awareness Level 2 Curriculum Includes:

Introduction and Regulation
- Health & Safety and it's importance
- What causes accidents?
- Health and Safety Law
- Employee and Employer Responsibility
Prevention of Accidents
- Why prevention is important and what can be done
- Risk Assessments
- Assessing risk - high and low risk
- What is a hazard
- Personal Protective Equipment
- Substances dangerous to health - COSHH
- Portable gas appliances
- Safety Signs
- Correct lighting
When an accident happens
- First Aid Provision
- Training Requirements
- Basic First Aid Advice
- RIDDOR and accident reporting
- Work place policies and procedures
- Equipment in the workplace and how you can get hurt
Specific areas of health and safety training
- Formal Risk Assessment
- Fire Triangle
- Calling the fire service
- Evacuation Procedures
- Fire Good Housekeeping
- Electricity
- Manual Handling
- Slips, Trips, and Falls
- Workstation and VDU safety
- Working at Heights
- Occupational Health
- Infection Control
- Fork lift trucks
- Noise and vibration
- Hoists, cranes and lifts
- Ventilation
Summary of Health and Safety
- Workplace and personal safety
- Enforcement of health and safety regulations
- What you need to remember and what to do next

Learning Outcomes
1   Understand roles and responsibilities for health, safety and welfare in the workplace
1.1 Outline employers and employees duties relating to health, safety and welfare at work
1.2 Outline the consequences for non-compliance with health and safety legislation
1.3 Outline the requirements for training and competence in the workplace
1.4 Outline the ways in which health and safety information can be communicated
2   Understand how risk assessments contribute to health and safety
2.1  Define the terms 'hazard' and 'risk'
2.2 Outline the process for carrying out a risk assessment
2.3 Describe how risk assessment can be used to reduce accidents and ill health at work
3   Understand how to identify and control the risks from common workplace hazards
3.1 Describe the hazards that may be found in a range of workplaces
3.2 Describe how hazards can cause harm or damage to people, work processes, the workplace and the environment
3.3 Describe the principle of the risk control hierarchy
3.4 List examples of risk controls for common workplace hazards
4   Know the procedures for responding to accidents and incidents in the workplace
4.1 State the common causes of workplace accidents and ill health
4.2 Identify the actions that might need to be taken following an incident in the workplace
4.3 List the arrangements that should be in place in a workplace for emergencies and first aid
4.4 Outline why it is important to record all incidents, accidents and ill health

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