Health and Safety at Work Qualification Training

The NEBOSH Award in Health and Safety at Work consists of two Units which must be successfully completed within six months to achieve the NEBOSH Award in Health and Safety qualification.

Unit HSW1: Workplace Safety Foundations
• The Foundations of Health and Safety
• The Responsibility for Health and Safety
• Health and Safety Risk Assessment and Control
• Hazards and Controls Associated with Work Equipment
• Transport Safety
• Hazards and Controls Associated with Working with Electricity
• Fire Safety
• Hazards and Controls Associated with Manual Handling and Repetitive Movement
• Hazards and Controls Associated with Hazardous Substances
• Hazards and Controls Associated with the Working Environment

Unit HSW2: Workplace Risk Assessment

Assessment:
Units HSW1 of the NEBOSH Award in Health and Safety at Work is assessed by a one-hour multiple choice examination. Unit HSW2 is assessed by a one-hour work based risk assessment carried out in your workplace (or another suitable workplace).
Exams are held throughout the year

Day 1
Element 1: The Foundations of Health and Safety- Health, safety and welfare
• Accident, dangerous occurrence, near-miss and work-related ill-health
• Health, safety and workplace fire law and guidance
• Health, safety and workplace fire enforcing agencies and inspectors
• The moral, legal and financial reasons
• The sources of health and safety information

Element 2: The responsibility for health and safety
• Roles and responsibilities of people within an organisation
• Consultation Health and safety policy
• Hazard identification, risk assessment and control Communication
• Monitoring and checking health and safety performance Identifying causes and investigating accidents Root cause analysis flow chart
• Accident recording and reporting
• Accident Investigation

Element 3: Health and Safety Risk Assessment and Control
• Meaning of hazard, risk and risk assessment
• Common workplace hazards
• Aims and objectives of risk assessment Adequate risk assessment
• The five steps Controlling health and safety risks – principles, hierarchy of control The role of monitoring and surveillance
• Common safety signs