Highfield Level 2 Award in Health and Safety within the Workplace

This course is designed to ensure that all employees are aware of their own safety and the safety of customers, contractors and the public. It will enable learners to work safely and to recognise and deal with hazards in the workplace. This course can be tailored to business and individual needs to make the learning experience relevant and fit for purpose.

• Introduction
• Health and safety law
• Health, Safety and Welfare
• The workplace and work equipment
• Risk assessment
• Manual handling
• Hazardous substances
• Ergonomics and workstation design
• Working at heights
• Transport and vehicles
• Noise and vibration

• Understanding the principles of health and safety and accident prevention
• Ability to contribute to any health and safety management system
• Understand the importance of risk assessment as a technique for accident and ill health prevention
• Understand the responsibilities placed on employers and employees
• Understand the hazard, risk and main causes of harm to workers (manual handling, hazardous substances, exposure to noise and vibration)
• Understand the importance of following systems, procedures and rules
• Understand how individual action can reduce risks to health and safety
• Appreciate how workplace equipment and task design affect health and safety