The L2 Health and Safety course will teach you all the key aspects of Health & Safety in the Workplace that are essential to ensuring safe operational practices and regulatory compliance in any industry or environment, such as PPE, COSHH, RIDDOR, Fire Safety and Risk Assessment.
Level 2 Health and Safety Course – £POA
The L2 Health and Safety course will improve your health and safety awareness in the workplace and give you a full understanding of risk assessment and how to identify and control the risks from common workplace hazards. You will also learn the legal requirements related to health and safety in the workplace and what to do in response to accidents and incidents at work.
This is a face-to-face Level 2 course delivered by highly experienced trainers, who combine theory and practical learning to ensure you receive a full grounding in Health & Safety in the Workplace.
You are guaranteed an informative, enjoyable course in a safe, supportive environment where you will have direct contact with a tutor and where you will be encouraged to ask questions!
More details and course outline can be downloaded in the flyer here.
This course is for everyone!
This course is for suitable for newcomers to the workplace, experienced health and safety professionals and everybody in between. You will be brought right up to date to meet industry standards, regulations and expectations and, most importantly, to help you and your colleagues be safe and healthy in the workplace.
Course
Qualification overview
This qualification forms part of the QA Health and Safety suite of qualifications. The qualification and learning outcomes are based on:
- National Occupational Standards (NOS) related to health and safety in the workplace
- Recommendations of good practice outlined by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE)
The L2 Health and Safety course develops learners’ health and safety awareness in the workplace. It covers understanding risk assessment, identifying and controlling the risks from common workplace hazards, the legal requirements related to health and safety in the workplace and what to do in response to accidents and incidents at work.
This qualification specification provides information for centres about the delivery of the QA Level 2 Award in Health and Safety in the Workplace (QCF) and includes the unit information, assessment methods and quality assurance arrangements.
Objective
The L2 Health and Safety course will help learners develop their health and safety awareness, build an understanding of health and safety in the workplace and the role that all members of staff play in maintaining a safe working environment.
Purpose
After taking the L2 Health and Safety course, you will have a raised awareness of health and safety issues in preparation for employment.
Intended audience
This qualification is for you if you want to improve your awareness of health and safety issues in the workplace.
This qualification contains 1 mandatory unit with a total value of 1 credit.
Learners must complete all assessments in the unit successfully within the registration period to achieve the qualification. The maximum period to achieve this qualification, including any referrals, is 4 weeks.
Each credit is equivalent to 10 hours’ learning time. Learning time consists of guided learning hours (GLH) and self-directed study. GLH are a measure of the contact time a typical learner will require in direct trainer guidance to complete their programme of learning successfully, which for this qualification should be a minimum of 6 hours (excluding breaks) and a maximum of 10 hours.
Learners will be encouraged to do self-directed study, which is a measure of the time a typical learner will require away from the programme of learning such as reading course material/handouts and researching information on the internet.