NEBOSH Health & Safety at Work Award

Do you need to understand the principles of health & safety as part of your role?

The NEBOSH Health & Safety at Work Award is a 3 day course aimed at at anyone who needs to understand the principles of health & safety as part of their role including:

Team Leaders/ Supervisors
HR professionals
Facilities Managers
Those working with young people in a training environment

The NEBOSH Award in Health and Safety at Work has been developed to be “broadly comparable” to a vocationally related qualification (VRQ) at level 2 in the Qualifications and Credit Framework (QCF) (comparable to GCSE standard).

See Dates & Venues for NEBOSH H&S at Work Award

VRQs are nationally recognised, flexible qualifications that offer a route for academic and career progression. They are designed to provide practical skills as well as subject knowledge.

Why Choose Astutis?

Our consultants are professional Health and Safety practioners with excellent track records in training delivery.
We develop our own training materials to ensure quality, currency of information and flexibility in meeting your needs.
The Astutis Management Team have delivered thousands of courses to hundreds of thousands of delegates.
All of our Training Solutions Advisors are trained to give you accurate and informed information regarding your choice of course.

What will I learn?

The course consists of two units: ‘Workplace Safety Foundations’ and ‘Workplace Risk Assessment Activity’.

"Workplace Safety Foundations" covers the foundations of health & safety including:

Responsibilities for health & safety
The principles of risk assessment and control
Hazards and controls in the following areas: work equipment, transport, electricity, fire, manual handling, hazardous substances and the working environment
Assessed by a 1 hour, 40 question, multiple choice test paper

"Workplace Risk Assessment Activity" requires candidates to complete a 1 hour practical workplace risk assessment to demonstrate:

The abilities to identify workplace hazards
Determine the adequacy of existing controls
Make prioritised recommendations for additional controls
Determine an appropriate review date

Candidates need to successfully complete both units within a two year period to obtain the overall qualification.

NEBOSH Health & Safety at Work Locations

Astutis offer the NEBOSH Health & Safety at Work at the following locations at our training centres from January 2012 or it can be delivered in-company on your organisation's premises:

* Courses at Birmingham & Edinburgh centres are delivered through our trusted partner RoSPA