Earning Criteria

• Learners will complete the following mandatory units:  Ensure responsibility for actions to reduce risks to health and safety  Develop procedures to safely control work operations Monitor procedures to safely control work operations Promote a culture of health and safety in the workplace Conduct a health and safety risk assessment of the workplace
• Learners will also take a number of optional units, choosing from a broad range that includes:  Investigate and evaluate health and safety incidents and complaints in the workplace Make sure actions in the workplace aim to protect the environment Review health and safety procedures in the workplace Supervise the health, safety and welfare of a learner in the workplace
• They are able to:  identify the hazards and evaluate the risks in the workplace reduce the risks to health and safety in the workplace. Know how to reduce risks to health and safety in the workplace
• They are able to:  develop procedures for maintaining a healthy and safe workplace. review the effectiveness of health and safety procedures in the workplace. communicate health and safety procedures to others in the workplace Know the legal responsibilities for health and safety
• They are able to:  check that health and safety instructions are followed recommend changes to health and safety workplace instructions make sure that hazards and risks are controlled safely and effectively Know how to monitor procedures to safely control work operations
• They are able to:  develop plans to promote a health and safety culture in the workplace. implement the plan to promote a health and safety culture in the workplace monitor and review plan to promote health and safety culture in the workplace. Know reasons for promoting a health and safety culture in the workplace
• They are able to:  prepare for a workplace risk assessment identify hazards in the workplace conduct a risk assessment of the workplace review risk assessment Know the employers responsibility for risk assessments as required by current legislation
• They might be able to:  investigate and report workplace incidents and complaints in accordance with legal and workplace requirements. Make recommendations as a result of workplace investigations Know the employers’ and employees’ legal responsibilities for health and safety in the workplace
• They might be able to:  identify risks to the environment arising from the workplace minimise the risks to the environment arising from the workplace. Know the legislation relating to environmental matters that affect own workplace
• They might be able to:  undertake a review of health and safety in the workplace carry out a review of workplace health and safety Know how to review health and safety procedures in workplaces
• They might be able to:  prepare for and receive a trainee in the workplace supervise, monitor and review the health, safety and welfare of a learner in the workplace Know how to introduce a trainee to the workplace
• This programme has been accredited by the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH), the only organisation in the world that offers Chartered membership to health and safety practitioners. On successful completion, learners will meet the academic requirements for Associate (AIOSH) or Technical (Tech IOSH) membership.