Which Courses Are in the Astutis Workplace Safety Suite?

The Workplace Safety Suite currently includes twelve accredited workplace safety courses: 

• Asbestos Awareness
• COSHH Awareness
• DSE Awareness
• Fire Safety
• Managing Contractors
• Introduction to Manual Handling Risk Assessment
• Manual Handling
• Mental Health and Workplace Safety
• Office Safety, Introduction to Risk Assessment
• Slips Trips and Falls
• Work at Height

All are accredited by IIRSM and RoSPA, and the library grows over time with new courses and updates included in the subscription.

That is the list. The more useful question is why those twelve, and which of them your workforce actually needs, because buying a library and assigning it indiscriminately is a good way to waste everybody's time.

Why These Twelve Courses?

The selection is not arbitrary. It maps onto where people actually get hurt.

HSE figures for 2024/25 record 680,000 people sustaining an injury at work and 1.9 million suffering work-related ill health. Slips, trips and falls on the same level remain the largest single category of non-fatal injury, with handling, lifting and carrying close behind. Provisional 2025/26 fatality figures show falls from height accounting for 31 of 126 worker deaths, around a quarter of the total. Historic asbestos exposure continues to kill: 2,218 mesothelioma deaths were recorded in 2023.

Line those up against the library and the logic is visible. Slips Trips and Falls, Manual Handling, Work at Height and Asbestos exist because those four hazard groups account for a substantial share of the harm done to workers in this country. The rest cover legal duties that apply almost universally, such as Fire Safety and COSHH, or competence gaps that create risk indirectly, such as Managing Contractors.

What Does Each Course Cover?

Rather than list features, here is what each one is for and who should sit it.

Hazard-Specific Awareness

• Manual Handling covers the principles of avoiding, assessing and reducing the risks of lifting, carrying, pushing and pulling. Relevant to a very large share of most workforces.
• Introduction to Manual Handling Risk Assessment is the supervisor-facing companion, introducing the assessment side rather than the handling technique itself.
• Work at Height addresses the hazard responsible for around a quarter of workplace fatalities. Relevant wherever people work above ground level, including on ladders and platforms.
• Slips, Trips and Falls tackles the single most common cause of non-fatal workplace injury. Deceptively mundane, and consistently underestimated.
• COSHH covers the control of substances hazardous to health, supporting the decisions employers must make about exposure and control measures.
• Asbestos covers protection of employees, contractors and the public from asbestos-containing materials. Relevant to anyone whose work could disturb them.

Environment and Premises

• Fire Safety provides a grounding in fire safety principles, hazard identification and the evaluation of associated risks.
• Office Safety covers the hazards of office and hybrid environments, which are routinely overlooked because they feel low-risk.
• DSE addresses display screen equipment, workstation setup and the musculoskeletal problems that follow poor arrangements. HSE recorded 511,000 workers suffering work-related musculoskeletal disorders in 2024/25.

Management and Oversight

• Introduction to Risk Assessment builds the core competence underpinning nearly every other duty. If your supervisors cannot assess risk properly, no amount of hazard-specific training compensates.
• Managing Contractors covers a genuine blind spot. Organisations often manage their own people well and their contractors poorly, despite carrying duties towards both. Contractors sit explicitly within the Suite's intended audience.
• Mental Health and Workplace Safety recognises that psychological health sits inside the safety remit. HSE recorded 964,000 workers suffering work-related stress, depression or anxiety in 2024/25.

Rolling this out across several locations? Read our practical guide to scaling health and safety training for multiple sites.

Which Courses Does Your Workforce Actually Need?

Assigning all twelve to everyone is the mistake I see most often. It buries the courses that matter under ones that do not apply, and learners disengage accordingly.

Use this as a starting point for mapping courses to roles and triggers:

Three courses are close to universal in most organisations: Fire Safety, Slips Trips and Falls, and Manual Handling. Beyond those, assign by exposure. Asbestos matters enormously in a maintenance team working on pre-2000 buildings and not at all in a purely office-based function.

One further point on intervals, because it is the question that follows immediately. There is no single statutory refresher period for awareness training. The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 require refresher training at appropriate intervals, and appropriate is determined by risk, competence decay and any change to the work. Whatever interval you set, write it down and apply it consistently across sites, because an interval that exists only in somebody's head is not a policy.

How Do These Courses Fit Alongside NEBOSH and IOSH?

This confuses people, so it is worth being clear. The Suite courses are awareness and competence-level training. They are not qualifications.

NEBOSH and IOSH certificates serve a different purpose entirely. IOSH Working Safely and Managing Safely build role-based safety management capability. The NEBOSH General Certificate develops people carrying genuine safety responsibility. Those sit above the Suite, not inside it.

The practical relationship is straightforward. Suite courses handle the recurring, workforce-wide awareness training that everybody needs and that needs refreshing. Qualifications handle the deeper competence your safety-responsible people require. Most organisations need both.

Where I see this go wrong is organisations putting a supervisor through an awareness course and treating that as sufficient preparation for a role that carries genuine decision-making responsibility. Awareness training tells someone a hazard exists and what good practice looks like. It does not equip them to weigh competing risks, challenge a method statement, or defend a decision to an inspector. If a role involves those judgements, it needs qualification-level training, and no quantity of awareness modules substitutes for it.

What Accreditation Do the Courses Carry?

All courses in the Suite are accredited by IIRSM and RoSPA.

That matters more than it might appear. Accredited content demonstrates that your training was designed against a recognised external standard rather than assembled internally to fill a gap. RoSPA course assurance confirms that content is relevant, pitched at the appropriate level, and meets standards for trainer competence and course quality.

When an inspector or an insurer asks what your training consisted of, being able to point at an external accreditation is a materially stronger position than describing a slide deck somebody made.

• IIRSM and RoSPA accreditation across the library.
• Content revised as legislation and guidance change, with updates included.
• Built on secure, award-winning learning platforms with real-time tracking and analytics.
• Learning experiences designed to WCAG 2.2 AA accessibility standards.
• Multi-language options available for international and diverse workforces.

The delivery side matters as much as the content. Courses are structured around modules, videos, activities and scenario-based learning rather than slide decks with a quiz bolted on, and progress is visible through reporting and analytics as learners work through them. Because everything is online, the travel, accommodation and venue costs attached to classroom delivery come out of the equation entirely, which is usually where the cost comparison is won.

Is the Library Fixed?

No, and this is one of the more commercially significant details. The library grows over time, and new courses and content updates arrive as part of the subscription rather than as separate purchases.

Your curated selection can also be tailored. Organisations can agree a course selection and bespoke learning pathways that fit their workforce structure, rather than taking the full library as a fixed block.

Because the list moves, treat the twelve courses above as accurate at the time of writing rather than permanent. If you are building a training matrix around it, confirm the current library on a demo call. And if the question behind your question is really about budget, I have set out the cost, benefits and ROI case for the Workplace Safety Suite separately.

Frequently Asked Questions

How Many Courses Are in the Workplace Safety Suite?

Twelve courses at the time of writing: Asbestos, COSHH, DSE, Fire Safety, Managing Contractors, Introduction to Manual Handling Risk Assessment, Manual Handling, Mental Health and Workplace Safety, Office Safety, Introduction to Risk Assessment, Slips Trips and Falls, and Work at Height. The library grows over time, so confirm the current list before building a training matrix around it.

Are the Workplace Safety Suite Courses Accredited?

Yes. All courses in the Suite are accredited by IIRSM and RoSPA, which provides external assurance that content is relevant, pitched appropriately and meets recognised standards for course quality.

Can We Choose Only Some of the Courses?

Yes. The Suite can be tailored through curated course selections and bespoke learning pathways, so you can align the library with your workforce structure and compliance requirements rather than deploying everything to everyone.

Do the Courses Replace NEBOSH or IOSH Qualifications?

No. Suite courses are awareness and competence-level training covering recurring workforce-wide needs. NEBOSH and IOSH qualifications develop deeper capability for people carrying safety responsibility. They work alongside each other rather than as alternatives.

Are New Courses Added to the Library?

Yes. The library grows over time, and new courses and content updates are included as part of the subscription rather than charged separately.

Are the Courses Available in Other Languages?

Yes. Multi-language options are available to support international and diverse workforces, helping organisations deliver consistent safety training across global teams.

The library grows over time, and your curated selection can be tailored to your workforce. A short demo is the quickest way to see the current course list and work out which ones your teams actually need. Explore the Workplace Safety Suite and request a demo with an advisor.