Health and Safety at Work Awareness

Course in English

Health and safety training plays a fundamental role in ensuring employees work safely and without risk to health. This Health and Safety at Work Awareness e-learning course is designed to provide participants with knowledge of their responsibilities regarding health and safety, as well as the importance of safety in the workplace.

Who this course is aimed at? As it is a legal requirement, this course is aimed at everyone working in any work sector, especially if the activity can be a potential workplace hazard. Thus, to work in areas such as factories, warehouses, window cleaners, healthcare workers, beauticians, cleaners, retail, housekeepers, kitchen porters, construction site, warehouse, food packaging" among many other activities it is extremely necessary to have this training.

Course objectives: At the end of this course, learners will have an understanding of health and safety legislation and be able to list common causes of accidents. They will also be able to understand good practice in relation to electricity, safe manual handling techniques, as well as a good practice associated with chemical handling, the event of a fire, also to know how to deal with an accident.

Learners will also understand why PPE is crucial at the workplace, being able to identify the different types of clothing and regulations surrounding PPE. You will also learn when and why PPE should be used, risk assessment along with control measures that can be implemented.

Skill Ireland Training - Workplace Health and Safety

Details

The course is coordinated by Dr. Alessandra Cordeiro in Managing Safely - Health and Safety at the Workplace (IOSH), and professional trainer by the Irish Institute of Training and Development (IITD), being responsible for support and tutoring to reinforce learning and knowledge.

You will have 14 days of access to our online platform to complete the course. Thus, this Health and Safety at Work Awareness course aims to provide knowledge on the following topics:

  • Part 1: Health and Safety at Work Awareness

    • Health and Safety Legislation
    • Accidents at Work
    • Common Causes of Workplace Accidents: electricity, fire safety, chemical handling, safe manual handling
    • Emergency Situations

  • Part 2: Personal Protective Equipment

    • Introduction to PPE
    • Regulations and Responsibilities
    • The importance of PPE
    • Risk Assessment
    • Types of PPE
    • Maintenance of PPE

Online Platform

You can take this course via PC, Laptop, or Tablet and study at a time and place that suits you within the 14 days of the access period. When accessing the course via smartphone, it is recommended that you use the latest version of Microsoft Edge.

Quiz and Final Assessment

At the end of each lesson, you will have a Quiz with questions regarding the content studied and thus reinforce the knowledge acquired. At the end of the course, you will have a Final Assessment, covering all the lessons studied.

Certificate

Upon successful completion of this course, you will receive a Digital Certificate in "Health and Safety at Work Awareness ", valid for 2 years, and issued by Skill Ireland Training training provider.

*Printed certificate optional.

COMBO OFFER

€45 / 21 days access
  • Health and Safety at Work (English) +
  • Manual Handling Course
  • Portuguese or Spanish (only)
  • Digital Certificate

COMBO OFFER

€45 / 21 days access
  • Health and Safety at Work (English) +
  • Food Safety Level 1, HACCP
  • Portuguese or Spanish (only)
  • Digital Certificate

COMBO OFFERS

€45 / Combos from €45
  • - Best Cost Benefit
  • - Attractive Discounts
  • - Different Courses
  • - Limited time offer
Skill Ireland Training Certificate options

A printed certificate could be requested and it will be sent to your address!

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