Introduction

This award is aimed at candidates who cannot yet complete an NVQ whilst providing a worthwhile qulification and raising candidates awareness of health and safety at their workplace or place of learning.

Employers will find that a program of staff training which promotes safe working and leads to a nationally recognised qulification is the appropriate way to both demonstrate investment in people and create the beginning of risk management culture throughout their  organisation.

Many other NVQ's also contain a health and safety specific unit. this qualification has a very wide ranging application for persons in employment or undertaking training who need basic health and safety awareness and competence.

General structure

progression awards are made up of units expressed in a standard format. Each unit is preceded by details of:-

-The structure of the unit

-The aims and general coverage of the unit

-The relationship of the unit to the appropriate N/SVQ national occupational standards

-The outcomes

-The assessment methods

-Signposting of opportunities to generate evidence for key skills

Course content

candidates must achieve all nine units, plus a online (multiple choice) test for the full level two progression award in health and safety in the workplace certificate.

The nine units for candidates to complete are

Unit 1 - Comply with health and safety law to ensure the safety of self and others

Unit 2 - Maintain safe working conditions and safe working systems

Unit 3 - Understand how to control and monitor risk in the workplace (not externally tested)

Unit 4 - Maintain positive attitudes towards safety at work

Unit 5 - Use personal protective equipment

Unit 6 - Understand how to deal with accidents

Unit 7 - Understand how to prevent risks from fire

Unit 8 - Understand how to prevent risk from chemicals

Unit 9 - Manual handling techniques

On completion of the these units the candidates will have to sit an 1 hour online test which consists of 40 multi choice questions.