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Here are the different sections within this course. By clicking expand you can see the topics that will be discussed within each section, once you have completed the section you will have the opportunity to complete a mini quiz to help you revise for your end of course exam.
To start your course please click section one and then scroll down to the first lesson, click the first lesson and you will be taken to your first topic.
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This Level 2 Health & Safety course is designed to be concise and informative, and to allow learners to gain a general understanding of health and safety. It covers a wide range of health and safety concerns, and details the control measures that can be taken to help eliminate or reduce hazards that may be faced in the workplace. Completing the Level 2 Health & Safety ensures that you have practiced due diligence.
The course is divided into six distinctive sections.
Section One: Responsibilities, Laws and Regulations
Section Two: Fulfilling Responsibilities
Section Three: Disastrous Hazards
Section Four: Hazardous Substances
Section Five: Human Hazards
Section Six: Everyday Hazards
Each section has specific learning objectives.
Section One: Responsibilities, Laws and Regulations
1a. About Responsibilities
The health and safety of workers is of paramount importance- an issue that should be at the forefront of every business. Every single worker, regardless of their job role, should be aware of the proper health and safety measures that should be in place, and should do their best to follow them in order to create a safe working environment.
In this section, you will learn:
Section Two: Fulfilling Responsibilities
2a. About Fulfilling Responsibilities
Being aware of what your responsibilities are is one thing- the most important part is actually being able to fulfil your responsibilities and take actions that maintain the health and safety of yourself and others.
In this section you will learn:
Section Three: Disastrous Hazards
3a. About Disastrous Hazards
All hazards can pose as disastrous- whether in terms of their immediate effects, or long-term effects. The disastrous hazards in this section refer to those that happen on a large scale and can have immediate, tragic effects. That being said, it is vital that you treat all hazards with sincerity and understand that all hazards are dangerous, not just those in this section.
In this section you will learn:
Section Four: Hazardous Substances
4a. About Hazardous Substances
Nearly all workplaces deal with hazardous substances. These can include cleaning chemicals, flammable liquids and fumes, as well as naturally occurring materials such as silica, which whilst widely used, can be dangerous to people. This is because hazardous substances can enter the body in multiple ways- through the eyes, the skin, through inhalation or ingestion and can make you ill.
In this section you will learn:
Section Five: Human Hazards
5a. About Human Hazards
Human hazards involve those hazards that are, in some way, caused by humans. The dangers of the workplace are not restricted to those that you can physically see, such as dangerous equipment or fire hazards- there are also social and humanitarian hazards.
In this section you will learn:
Section Six: Everyday Hazards
6a. About Everyday Hazards
Everyday hazards are those that are commonplace in the workplace, and that every worker will encounter on a regular basis. They include more obvious hazards, such as slippery surfaces, but also less obvious hazards, such as bad ergonomics or inadequate displays. All of the hazards in this section should be taken just as seriously as the hazards in the rest of the course, as some can have rather debilitating, long-term effects.
In this section you will learn:
At the end of each main section you will have the opportunity to be able to answer a series of summary questions aimed to allow learners to consolidate their knowledge. This is good practice for the examination which you will complete at the end of the course. The examination is consisted of 25 multiple choice questions which cover each of the three sections. In order to pass the course, you must score at least 21/25. If you score 20 points or less, you must repeat the course and examination until you score sufficiently. Retakes of the Level 2 Health & Safety examination are limitless with no extra costs; so you can try as many times as is necessary.
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