The Basic Health & Safety Certificate has been designed as a first level course incorporating fundamental occupational health and safety knowledge for all employees that will enable them to contribute to any health and safety management system. The program covers a defined syllabus and is assessed by a short objective test consisting of 30 multi-choice questions. Oral tests are available to ensure that candidates with learning difficulties or disabilities can also access the training and achieve success.
Elements of study within the syllabus include the following:
- Health and safety at work;
- Health and safety law;
- Prevention of accidents and ill health;
- Risk assessment;
- Workplace health, safety and welfare;
- Work equipment; Electricity;
- Fire prevention;
- Occupational health;
- Hazardous substances;
- Ergonomics and workstation design;
- Manual handling;
- Noise.
- Personal protective equipment;
- First aid at work;
