QQI Safety & Health at Work

This QQI approved Safety and Health at Work course will provide delegates with the skills and knowledge to promote and maintain safety and health in the working environment.  It will identify best health and safety practice and applicable health, safety and welfare legislation.
It will identify best safety and health practice and applicable safety, health and welfare at work legislation.

To provide the learner with the skills and knowledge to promote and maintain safety and health in the working environment.

Objectives / On completion of this course the participant will be able to:
• Be familiar with core legislation in the area of safety, health and welfare
• Understand the concepts of safety and health
• Recognise the factors that influence health, safety and welfare
• Apply the principles and procedures of health and safety to the workplace
• Understand the importance of hazard identification and risk assessment
• Promote safe working practices and procedures

This course is aimed at employees with health and safety responsibility such as managers or supervisors.  This course will provide information to participants to assist management in the day to day safety requirements within their workplace.
This course is aimed at any employee within the workplace who may be looking to take on a role within health safety in their own company.
Please note this Training Programme will not train personnel to become health and safety professional in a new company or act as health and safety consultants but it may be used as a stepping stone to this career.

Contents Include: 
• Health & Safety Legislation
• Roles and functions of Health and Safety Authority
• Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment
• Safety Statements
• Fire and Emergency Planning
• Accident Causation, Investigation & Reporting
• Ergonomics
• Biological Safety
• Chemical Safety
• Physical Safety including Machine Safety, Abrasive Wheels, Workplace Transport, Tool Safety, Noise and Vibration
• Construction Safety
• Working at Heights
• Lifting Safety
• Health Promotions
• Sensitive Risk Groups
• First Aid at Work
• Communications
• Safety Signage

Requirements for This Course:

• Participants should be familiar and have a good knowledge of their work environment.
• A good understanding of written and oral English is required.

This Course is Delivered Via: 

• PowerPoint presentation
• Practical Demonstrations
• Workshop
• Question & Answer sessions
• Handouts
• Discussions
• Videos
• Visual Aids
• Theory Assessment

This is a 5 Day Course.

This Course is a QQI approved course.

Successful participants will receive a QQI L5 Safety & Health at Work Certificate.

Max Participants: 12 People

Examination: 40%
This is a theory based examination of 90 minutes duration that assesses the candidate's ability to recall and apply theory and understanding of components from all the units. Candidates will be required to complete in writing or orally. 10 short answer questions and 2 structured questions.

Assignments X 2: 60%
Candidates will be required to complete 2 projects that demonstrate their ability to carry out a risk assessment (including identifying hazards, risks and control measures) within their work environment and initiate a health promotion idea within their working environment.

Unemployed

If you are unemployed and seeking work, you may be eligible for funding from the Department of Social Protection to cover all, or some of the costs of your training. (means depending, you may be entitled to up to €1000).

Candidates who wish to avail of this must make an appointment with a case officer in their local Intreo office, discuss their case & apply for funding. The candidate will receive a funding application form which they must sign & bring/post to us. Upon completion, we will send this back to the case officer who will then review the funding application.

Upon receiving funding approval in the post from the Department of Social Protection, candidates must then call us to reserve a place on our course. We cannot confirm a place on our course until funding approval is gained.

Employed

If employed within the private sector or are a sole trader, there may also be funding assistance available through Skillnet funding. Skillnet may fund a percentage of your training, if eligible. For more details on this, please contact us on 074 91 27786.