Course Duration: Approximately 4 hours
This IOSH Working Safely course gives frontline workers a practical understanding of occupational health and safety concepts and methods.
IOSH Working Safely provides workers at every level with a fundamental understanding of occupational health and safety. Over four modules, this IOSH course covers the essentials of safe working, including identifying hazards and implementing risk controls. Trainees will be better equipped to prevent accidents and play an active role in workplace safety.
| Course Duration | Approximately 4 hours |
|---|---|
| Approval body | IOSH |
| Format | Fully online |
| Assessment | Multiple choice |
| Certification | Certificate available within 28 days* |
| Certificate Valid For | No expiry |
* for a paper certificate, please select the option at the checkout, additional fees will apply.
This course contains the following modules:
Disclaimer: This programme provides knowledge and supporting guidance. Completing it does not by itself make you competent, qualified or authorised for workplace tasks. Follow your employer’s procedures, risk assessments and supervision. Your certificate confirms completion of this training only.
The IOSH Working Safely course certificate includes:
Human Focus will claim the trainee’s digital certificate directly from IOSH.
IOSH will issue the certificate within 28 days.
Note: If you require a paper certificate, please select the option at the checkout, additional fees will apply.
Users must complete an assessment before earning their certificate.
The end-of-course test is:
A score of 80% is required to pass.
IOSH Working Safely gives employees practical health and safety knowledge they can use during everyday work. It develops awareness of hazards and risks, explains how individual actions affect other people and shows workers where they can contribute to safer working practices. This makes the course useful as a foundation for employees who need to understand health and safety without taking on specialist or management responsibilities.
Health and safety awareness is most useful when employees can connect it with the work happening around them. A hazard may be familiar, such as a trailing cable, a manual handling task or a piece of work equipment, but familiarity can make risks easier to overlook.
The course helps employees examine everyday work more carefully. Learners develop an understanding of hazards, risks and the basic principles used to reduce the chance of harm. This knowledge can help them recognise when conditions have changed, when an existing control is no longer suitable or when a task needs to be checked before work continues.
Workers are often close to the activities where hazards arise. They may notice damaged equipment, blocked access routes, unsafe working practices, changes to a task or other problems before these issues are picked up through a formal inspection.
The course develops the basic hazard-recognition skills employees need to spot these concerns and understand why they matter. It covers common workplace hazards and explains the difference between a hazard and the level of risk associated with it.
This distinction matters. Recognising that something could cause harm is only part of the picture. Employees also need to understand that risk depends on factors such as how people are exposed, the work being carried out and the controls already in place.
Training does not replace risk assessments, safe systems of work or suitable supervision. It can, however, help employees understand why these measures exist and recognise when something does not appear to match the agreed way of working.
Many workplace incidents arise during ordinary tasks rather than unusual events. Repetition can make a job feel predictable, even when the conditions surrounding it have changed.
IOSH Working Safely encourages employees to pay attention to the way work is actually being carried out. A task may need another look if equipment has changed, the work area is congested, access is restricted or an existing control is unavailable.
This awareness can also support better conversations between workers and supervisors. Employees who understand basic safety concepts are better equipped to describe a concern clearly, ask relevant questions and understand the instructions they are given.
IOSH describes Working Safely as practical, jargon-free training that helps employees understand workplace hazards, make safer decisions and take an active role in creating safer places to work.
For organisations with different sites, shifts or working patterns, arranging classroom training for every employee can be difficult. IOSH Working Safely eLearning provides another way to deliver the course without requiring learners to attend the same physical session.
The Human Focus IOSH Working Safely online course can be accessed digitally, allowing organisations to assign training to employees who may work in different locations or at different times. This can be particularly useful when businesses need a consistent foundation of safety knowledge across a dispersed workforce.
Online delivery also lets learners work through the material individually rather than relying on a single scheduled training date. Employers still need to consider whether employees require additional instruction, practical training or supervision for the hazards and tasks associated with their specific roles.
For organisations comparing IOSH working safety training options, delivery method is only one consideration. Training should fit the learner’s role and sit alongside the organisation’s own procedures, risk controls and workplace-specific instruction.
The course provides a structured introduction to safety and health for employees without turning general awareness training into specialist technical instruction. Its focus on hazards, risk and practical workplace behaviour makes it relevant across a wide range of working environments.
The course is designed and quality-assured by IOSH, the Chartered body for occupational safety and health. Successful completion also provides employees with an IOSH Working Safely certificate, giving organisations a record that the learner has completed the recognised programme.
An IOSH certificate records completion of the training; it should not be treated as proof that someone is competent or authorised to carry out every workplace task. Role-specific training, experience, supervision and other competence requirements may still apply.
Used for the right purpose, IOSH certification can form part of a broader workforce training programme. It gives employees a common starting point for understanding safety while employers continue to manage the specific risks, procedures and competency requirements associated with their work.
This is an introductory IOSH health and safety course for employees. It covers basic hazard awareness, risk and safer working practices without going into specialist health and safety management.
The course is suitable for employees across a wide range of roles and sectors who need a basic understanding of workplace health and safety. IOSH Working Safely courses can also help employers provide a consistent level of safety awareness across teams.
Yes. Human Focus deliversthe course fully online, so learners can complete the training and assessment remotely on a compatible device.
The price starts at £85 + VAT for an individual digital-certificate programme. Volume discounts are available for larger purchases.
The course is assessed through a fully online multiple-choice test. Learners need a score of 80% to pass and earn their certificate.
The certificate has no formal expiry date. Human Focus recommends refreshing knowledge every three years to keep up with current health and safety practice.
The Human Focus course is approved by IOSH. If you want an IOSH Work Safely Certification, successful learners of this course receive an IOSH certificate.
The certificate does not formally expire. Refresher training is recommended every three years, although employers may choose an earlier refresh where work, risks or procedures change.
