Course Content

• Introduction and Regulation
  • Health and Safety Level 3 introduction
  • Importance of Health and Safety
  • What causes accidents?
  • Health and safety statistics overview
  • UK Statistics on Accidents in the Workplace
  • Health and Safety Law
  • Health and Safety At Work Act 1974
  • Reasonably practicable
  • PUWER Regulations 1998
  • LOLER Regulations
  • Manual handling Employee and Employer responsibility
  • Electricity and Electricity At Work Regulations
  • Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 2008
  • REACH
  • The European six pack
  • Welfare At Work
  • Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations 2022
  • First Aid at Work regulations
  • COSHH Regulations
  • Worker Types - HSE definitions
  • Musculoskeletal statistics
  • Control of noise at work regulations 2005
  • COMAH Regulations 2015
• Prevention of Accidents
  • The Accident Triangle
  • Why prevention is important and what can be done
  • The 5 stages of the Risk Assessment
  • Assessing Risks - High and Low risks
  • What is a hazard
  • Children and young people
  • New and expectant mothers
  • Personal protective equipment (PPE)
  • Protective Headwear - a Paramdic's view point
  • Control of Major Accidents Hazards Regulations 2015
  • Categories of Chemical
  • Employer Duties Under COSHH
  • Employee Duties Under COSHH
  • Portable Gas cylinders
  • Safety Signs
  • Lighting at Work
  • Permit to Work
  • Workplace Exposure Limits
  • Opening Boxes Safely
  • First aid at work practicalities
• RIDDOR Statistics
  • RIDDOR Injury Statistics - 2023/24
  • HSE Stats on Industries
  • Key facts from HSE stats
  • First Aid in the Workplace Injury statistics 2024 to 2025
  • HSE Stats Work-related MSDs Statistics - 2024/25
  • Care Home Statistics
  • Fire Statistics in Workplaces in the UK
  • Occupational lung disease statistics - 2024-2025
  • Work related ill health statistics - 2024 to 2025
  • HSE Stats Work related stress depression anxiety statistics - 2024/25
  • HSE Stats on costs to Britain
  • Comparisons with European countries 2024 to 2025
• Personal Protective Equipment
  • Hearing protection
  • PPE and noise
  • PPE for the head
  • Respirator masks
  • Chemical splash suits
  • Eye protection
  • Food area PPE
  • CBRN Masks
  • Smoke hoods
  • Respirator Overview
  • Preparing Your Respirator
  • Face Shields and Goggles
• When an Accident Happens
  • Health & Safety Training Requirements
  • Basic First Aid Advice
  • First Aid Provision - First Aiders in the Workplace
  • First Aid Room
  • Hydrofluoric acid burns kits
  • When an Accident Happens
  • RIDDOR and Accident Reporting
  • Work place policies and procedures
  • Equipment in the Workplace and how you can get hurt
  • Emergency Procedures
  • Investigating workplace accidents
• Specific Areas of Health and Safety
  • Fire Risk Assessment
  • The Fire Triangle
  • Calling the Fire Service
  • Evacuating in an Emergency
  • Good Housekeeping
  • Electrical Hazards
  • Electrical safety
  • Slips, Trips and Falls
  • Workstation - DSE and VDU Safety
  • Working at Heights
  • Occupational Health
  • Infection Control and Health and Safety
  • Forklift safety in the workplace
  • Noise
  • Training, instruction and information -noise
  • Controlling the risk of noise
  • Hoists, Cranes and Lifts
  • Hearing protection
  • Electronic ear defenders
  • Ventilation
  • Dust
  • Different types of dust
  • Asbestos and its dangers
  • Dead animal removal and risks
  • Flooring in the Workplace
  • Managing stress
  • Confined Space Regulations 1997
  • Why Manual Handling is Important
  • Parking safety
  • Shelves and storage
  • Restricting access
  • Lorry Banksman
  • Gas safety
  • The dangers of electric car batteries
  • Electric Cars and accidents
  • Cable protectors
  • Balcony and barrier safety
  • Power cables and batteries
• The Importance of Fire Safety
  • The Law and Fire Safety
  • Fire Regulatory Reform Order
  • Fire Safety Act 2021
  • The Dangers of Fire
  • Intrinsically safe radios
• Fire Causes, Prevention, Training and Alarms
  • Sources of Ignition
  • Active and Passive
  • Arson
  • Aerosols
  • Hot Works
  • Fire Prevention
  • Training and Staff Awareness
  • Dangers of Smoke
  • Types of Fire Alarm
  • Electronic Fire Alarm Systems
  • Activating And Testing Alarm Points
• Emergency Fire Equipment and Response Actions
  • Fire Equipment
  • Fire Extinguishers and fire alarm points
  • Breakdown of a Fire Extinguisher
  • Fire Hoses
  • Fire Doors
  • Fire Blankets
  • Fire Warden Kit
  • Appropriate Clothing
  • Smoke Alarms in the Home
  • Fire Proofing the Home
  • Bonfires and Fireworks
  • Evacuation Chairs
  • Acid spill kit
• Fire Warden and Fire Marshals
  • Fire Warden and Fire Marshals
  • The Fire Log Book
  • Cost to Business
  • How Fires Spread
  • Personnel Records
  • Burns and burn kits
  • Fire Injuries
  • The Fire Briefing
  • Care Home Evacuation
• Discussing Health and Safety
  • Transporting chemicals and explosives and the ADR kit
  • Cleaning up Chemical Spills
  • Confined Space Petrochemical Plant
  • Hazards of working at height
  • Importance of Gloves
  • Transporting Dangerous Goods
  • Why Wear PPE
• Major Incident Planning
  • Emergency Planning for Major Accidents
• HSE Inspections
  • When a Health and Safety inspector calls
  • Actions a Health and Safety inspector may take
• Summary of Health and Safety
  • Workplace and personal Safety
  • Enforcement of Health and Safety Regulations