NEBOSH WHS Award

Course details

Reduce accidents, control costs, protect your reputation and avoid legal action with the NEBOSH Health and Safety at Work qualification.

This qualification will equip individuals with a good basic understanding of health and safety at work and lead to strengthening the organization's safety culture. Candidates will be able to identify and deal with hazards at work. Thus, help reduce accidents and achieve cost savings to your business.

A perfect introduction to health and safety

This qualification is designed to meet the needs of an international audience. There is no UK Law content. The multiple-choice assessment is available in English and Mandarin.

The qualification is particularly relevant to:

• Team leaders and supervisors 
  
• Facility Managers 
  
• HR Professionals 
  
• Employees working in the health and safety team as first step to health and safety specific qualifications

The 3-day course is the perfect introduction to health and safety. It covers risk assessments and ways to control common workplace hazards such as fire, lifting and carrying, work equipment, electrical safety, hazardous substances and transport.

NEBOSH Award in Health and Safety Syllabus

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 Control Associated with Manual Handling and Repetitive Movement 
  
• Hazards and Control Associated with Hazardous Substances 
  
• Hazards and Control Associated with the Working Environment 
  

Unit HSW2 Workplace Risk Assessment:

Unit HSW2 is the workplace-based risk assessment activity.