Qualsafe Level 1 Health and Safety in the workplace

The Qualsafe Level 1 Award in Health and Safety in the Workplace (RQF) has been designed for all employees working in different types of environments to help raise their awareness of health and safety in the workplace.

During this half day course, Learners will develop a basic knowledge of health and safety issues such as: hazards and risks in the workplace, workplace conditions that can affect health and safety, and the requirements for workplace procedures.

Topics covered:

• Health and Safety roles and responsibilities of employers and employees
• The importance of health and safety in the workplace Workplace hazards and risks:
  • Slips, trips and falls
  • Working at heights
  • Manual handling
  • Hazardous substances
  • Machinery and vehicles
  • Electricity
  • Fire
  • Stress
• Workplace conditions that can affect health and safety
• Health and safety signage
• Personal Protective Equipment and its uses
• Importance of personal hygiene
• The purpose of first aid provision
• The need for reporting incidents and ill health