Course Duration: 30+ minutes
Our IIRSM-approved Hazard Awareness and Identification Training presents simulated workplace scenarios and asks users to spot common hazards.
The course covers key hazard categories and hazards across different work settings, including factories, warehouses, construction sites, and domestic and office environments. It facilitates a stronger culture of workplace health and safety that involves everyone.
| Course Duration | 30+ minutes |
|---|---|
| Approval body | IIRSM |
| Format | Fully online |
| Assessment | Multiple choice |
| Certification | Same-day digital certificate |
| Certificate Valid For | 3 years |
This course contains the following sections:
Provides an understanding of what hazards and categories are and why hazard spotting is everyone’s duty.
Presents several scenes of factory and warehouse environments, introduces common hazards in those environments and asks users to correctly identify them.
Presents several scenes of construction environments, introduces common hazards in those environments and asks users to correctly identify them.
Presents several scenes of office working environments, introduces common hazards in those environments and asks users to correctly identify them.
Presents several scenes of domestic working environments, introduces common hazards in those environments and asks users to correctly identify them.
The course certificate includes:
An IIRSM-approved certificate will be available for download and printing instantly upon course completion.
Users must complete an assessment before earning their certificate.
The end-of-course test is:
A score of 80% is required to pass.
Identifying hazards and ensuring control measures are working properly is not the job of health and safety managers alone. It’s the job of everyone in the workplace regardless of their role. After all, it’s those at the front line who are best positioned to spot when something goes wrong. This is why it’s fundamental that staff understand what hazards are and are trained to be engaged in the hazard identification process.
Our Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment Training equips workers with essential skills to identify hazards in diverse work environments, including homes, offices, factories, warehouses and construction sites. It empowers them to identify and assess risks, fostering a sense of responsibility and confidence. The course not only helps improve employees’ safety and well-being but also reduces costs, enhances business operations and supports legal compliance.
Under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 Act and the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, employers have several responsibilities regarding hazard identification. Their responsibilities include:
By fulfilling these responsibilities, employers can ensure legal compliance and contribute to creating a safer and healthier work environment for their employees. Failure to fulfil these duties can result in legal repercussions, including fines, penalties or legal action.
This unique Hazard Awareness and Identification Training presents simulated workplace scenarios and asks users if they can spot the hazard. The training programme covers key hazard categories and offers practical exercises to enhance hazard identification skills, fostering safer work environments.
Hazard Identification Training is designed to equip employees with skills to identify workplace hazards. It utilises simulated workplace scenarios to assess users’ proficiency in identifying common hazards in various settings such as domestic environments, offices, factories, warehouses and construction sites.
By taking this course, you will learn about key hazard categories and be able to identify common risks across diverse work environments.
This course is suitable for employees across all industries and levels. It empowers them to recognise potential dangers in their work environment and take appropriate precautions to mitigate risks.
Yes. This Hazard Identification Training course is approved by IIRSM (the International Institute of Risk and Safety Management).
The training certificate is valid for three years. After this, it’s necessary to retake the training to renew your certification and refresh your knowledge.
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