IOSH Working Safely- Zoom
IOSH Working Safely is relevant to people in all industries and organisations. It provides information about how everyone can enhance their safety, health and wellbeing through everyday behaviours.
Description
Anyone and everyone in a working role who wants to learn the basics of safety and health.
A 1-day course that aims to inform the delegate on why health & safety is important and how they can make a difference to their own wellbeing through everyday behaviours.
Why it works
- Designed for anyone, in any sector, worldwide
- Provides the knowledge and tools required to work safely
- Peace of mind from training that’s designed and quality controlled by us
- Flexibility of delivery that suits your business
- Internationally recognised and respected certification
- Efficient and effective learning health, safety and environmental basics covered in a single programme.
What to expect
- Memorable and thought-provoking facts and case studies
- Modules backed by clear examples and recognisable scenarios
- Summaries to reinforce key points
- Checklists and materials supplied for subsequent use in workplace
- Informal and interactive quizzes and discussions
- Evaluation using a multi-format question paper and a multiple choice hazard spotting exercise
- IOSH Working Safely certificate
Top 5 business benefits
- Minimal disruption - the programme is delivered in just one day (including assessment)
- Greater productivity - fewer hours lost to sickness and accidents
- Improved organisation-wide safety awareness culture and appreciation of safety measures
- Internationally recognised certification for employees
- Enhanced reputation within the supply chain.
Top 5 delegate benefits
- Ensures delegates can define hazards and risks
- Ensures delegates can identify common hazards
- Improves overall safety performance
- Successful delegates are awarded an IOSH Working Safely certificate.
Please note that IOSH Working Safely is no longer accepted as a route for the Green CSCS card. You will need to attend the CITB Health and Safety Awareness instead to get your Labourer card.
Course Content
Our online training course is split into four modules:
- Introducing working safely
- Defining hazard and risk
- Identifying common hazards
- Improving safety performance
After completing the modules you will understand more about:
- The reasons for working safely
- What hazards are
- The main hazard categories
- What risk is
- What risk assessment is
- Your options for dealing with risks
- Common hazards encountered in the workplace, including:
- Access and egress
- Aggression and violence
- Asbestos
- Bullying
- Chemicals and hazardous substances
- Computer workstations
- Confined spaces
- Drugs and alcohol
- Electricity
- Fire
- Heights
- Housekeeping
- Lighting
- Manual handling
- Noise
- Personal hygiene
- Plant and machinery
- Radiation
- Slips and trips
- Stress
- Temperature
- Vehicles and transport
- Vibration
- Welfare
Key responsibilities for improving health and safety, including:
- Employers
- Managers and supervisors
- Safety representatives, employee representatives and safety committees
- Employees
- Contractors
- Designers, manufacturers, importers and suppliers
- Occupiers of premises
- Inspectors
Key organisational arrangements for improving health and safety, including:
- The key parts of a safety management system
- Competence
- Safe systems of work
- Permits to work
- Personal protective equipment (PPE)
- Emergency procedures
- Workplace inspections
- First aid
- Health surveillance
- Reporting and investigating incidents
Assessment
Assessment
To complete this course, students must pass the IOSH Working Safely Exam and Hazard Spotting Exercise.
The IOSH Working Safely Exam demonstrates the student’s understanding of the information contained within the course. The exam is taken online, so there is no need to attend a training centre. The exam consists of multiple choice questions and must be completed within 30 minutes. Students will need to achieve at least 20 points from a possible 33 to pass the exam.
Hazard Spotting Exercise
The IOSH Working Safely Hazard Spotting Exercise demonstrates the student’s ability to spot hazards. The exercise is conducted online. Students need to achieve at least 11 points from a possible 16 points to pass the hazard spotting exercise
Certification
On Successful completion you will be awarded IOSH Working Safely Certificate.
Prerequisites
There are no formal entry requirements for this course.
Although we do ask that you can understand, spoken and written English well enough to pass the course, we want you to get the best out of your training
Reasonable Adjustments
Learners are required to complete the assessments in a manner appropriate to the purpose of the qualification. The prescribed assessment methods for this qualification should not unfairly disadvantage learners who would otherwise be able to demonstrate competence in line with the purpose of the qualification. Learners should contact their centre to discuss reasonable adjustment if they feel the prescribed assessment methods would disadvantage them.