Employers have a responsibility to provide safe and healthy workplace conditions as well as safe systems and methods for workplace activities. An essential element of any safe system is the attitude of employees, and this demands proper training in the basics of health and safety, as well as specific training for individual tasks.

This course is designed to provide a basic knowledge and understanding of health and safety for employees working in any sector of business, whether manufacturing, commerce, public sector or the service industries. Good health and safety standards rely on employers and employees working together to reduce risks and prevent accidents and ill health arising from accidents.

In particular this course will enable participants to:-

1. Work in a safe and healthy manner and contribute to improving health & safety within an organisation’s policy
2. Identify key hazards in their own workplace
3. Understand the importance of health & safety rules and working procedures
4. Report potential health & safety problems
5. Be responsible for their own actions

Course duration: 2-3 hours

Cost of the course: £30.00 per person