Health and Safety training
C.I.E.H.: Level 4 Award in Health and Safety in the Workplace
Key personnel in organisations need the skills and knowledge to manage health and safety: simply being aware of and understanding the issues is not enough.
This qualification is designed for those working in any business, regardless of their product or service range.
It is essential for all those who have a role that includes responsibility for the management of health and safety issues, including managers, supervisors and senior safety personnel.
Successful completion of this course will provide trainers with a qualification which meets one of the Institution's criteria for tutors seeking approval to run the Level 2 Award in Health and Safety in the Workplace course
Note: This qualification has replaced the Advanced Health and Safety at Work certificate.
Managers, supervisors and senior safety personnel
- Manage health and safety in most businesses
- Develop auditing and monitoring programmes
- Design safe practices and procedures
- Liaise with enforcement officers
- Interpret legal requirements
- Train staff and establish risk assessment projects (with additional training where necessary)
- Deliver level 1 and level 2 health and safety qualifications (with appropriate training skills)
The qualification covers the following topics:
- Health and safety management
- Health and safety culture
- Workplace and work equipment
- Hazardous agents
- Legislation
5 days
Candidates must be prepared to undertake assignments in their own time, which will form part of the course assessment.
Candidates are assessed on the basis of their performance in a 2½ hour examination representing 60% of the final grade and two course assignments representing the remaining 40%. The final pass mark is 60%. Those who gain a mark of 80% or more are awarded a credit certificate
Candidates should have completed the C.I.E.H. Level 3 Award in Health and Safety in the Workplace or similar
The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health Level 4 Award in Health and Safety in the Workplace
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