NEBOSH Award in Health & Safety at Work eLearning
The NEBOSH Award in Health & Safety at Work Award is an accredited health and safety qualification that introduces the principles and application of health and safety management with a view to preventing accidents and associated costs.
The three-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.
Delegates will have 3 months to complete the eLearning course.
Who should attend?
This course is relevant to team leaders, supervisors, HR professionals, facilities managers, or others who need to understand the principles and application of health and safety as part of their job.
Pre-requisites
There are no entry requirements for this course.
Course content
The NEBOSH Health and Safety at Work Award looks at everyday solutions for general workplace health and safety issues. Studying this course will enable learners to:
- understand why health and safety needs to be managed, ensuring effective processes are in place
- inspect the workplace, recognising common hazards, evaluating risk, recommending controls measures and assigning actions
- understand why incidents happen and how to investigate them.
Duration
The NEBOSH Health and Safety at Work Award course has a minimum of eighteen taught hours, two hours of self-study and three hours for the assessment.
Assessment
After completing the course, you will be asked to complete a workplace health and safety review which:
- Considers how health and safety is managed, and how it could be done better
- Identifies health and safety issues, how they are controlled and if the risk can be reduced
- Select the most important issue for improvement
Outcome / Next Steps
A certificate will be provided upon successful completion of the course.
If this is your first NEBOSH qualification, you may be interested in progressing on to the NEBOSH General Certificate in Occupational Health.
Delivery method
This course is delivered via eLearning.
eLearning, sometimes called Online, enables learners to study when and where they want. Delegates will have 3 months to complete the course.
Alternatively, we can provide this course in-company, for a group of people from your organisation at a time and date to suit. Please click the In-company button for more details.
Benefits of NEBOSH Health and Safety at Work Award
For the learner
- Supports academic and career progression
- Build confidence in your ability to manage health and safety
- Contribute to the creation of a safer and healthier workplace
For the business
- The assessment is carried out in the workplace, so can add instant value to your organisation.
- Ensure your organisation has valuable in-house risk management expertise
- Demonstrate your commitment to health and safety, which can help win business
More details
This course is provided through our trusted partner Astutis (NEBOSH Gold partner 807).