Online e learning, the Level 1 Hazard Awareness course is aimed at raising awareness at induction level for young people in work experience or people who are about to begin employment.
Good knowledge of Health & Safety principles are a priority in any workplace. Awareness of potential hazards will help reduce the risk of accidents.
Good knowledge of Health and Safety principles are a priority in any workplace.
Health & safety law states that employees must be trained and clearly instructed in their duties. This level 1 course will give young employees a sound understanding of the health & safety issues where they work and what they can do to maintain a healthy, safe workplace.
National Standards in Health & Safety have been set and it is essential that staff at all levels have a full understanding of the hazards in their place of work and the dangers involved in ignoring them.
The course is broken down into an introduction, three modules and a multiple choice assessment. On passing the assessment a certificate can be printed.
Level 1 in Hazard Awareness modules are:
Introduction: Hazard Awareness, How to Use This Course, Our Guides.
Module 1 - Hazard Awareness Basics: What is Health & Safety?, Responsibilities.
Module 2 - The Working Environment: PPE and the Healthy Safe Workplace, First Aid.
Module 3 - Hazards and Accidents: Hazards, Accidents and Accident Prevention, Accident Reporting.
There are no previous skills or qualifications required to register for this study programme. This course is open to students of all ages and backgrounds. Enrolments can be taken at anytime of the year unlike the traditional local college who tend only to enrol in September. Home Learning offers true flexibility. Enrol today and be studying within 7 days!
On passing the assessment, you can print your certification to show that the required standard of knowledge of Hazard awareness has been reached. Course notes are also available upon completion.
The course takes approximately two and a half hours to complete and progress can be saved, enabling you to return to it later and start where you left off. You can access the course as many times as you like within a year.
This course is completed online within the college online learning portal. Access details and password are emailed direct to students within 2 Working days of enrolment. We use audio visual, interactive animation to deliver our courses in an enjoyable and refreshing format.
Please note that you will need speakers or headphones as it is an interactive audio-visual course.
This course has a multiple-choice assessment. The questions are randomly selected from a bank of questions. The assessment can be taken as many times as needed to pass. Once passed the trainee can instantly print their certificate proving succesful completion.
Course Notes
We have added an additional feature to our Food Safety, Health & Safety, Fire Safety and Hazard Awareness courses whereby, after successfully completing the assessment at the end, you are able to download a full set of course notes. These can be saved to your computer or printed out. They contain the key points from the course content and are useful as a quick reference guide.
Management
For supervisors with multiple trainees we provide a management control panel. The control panel allows supervisors to add trainees, monitor their progress and print certificates.