Raising Skills for Work: Introduction to Health and Safety

Employer engagement is a key government priority for colleges and training providers. Tribal has developed the Raising Skills series to meet this agenda providing standardised, high-quality learning and support materials for full-cost delivery. The courses are comprehensive, yet concise, and focus on key issues for employers. This series of courses is suitable for a range of delivery models, including face-to-face, distance or blended learning.

Who is it for?

The Introduction to Health and Safety programme will be ideal for employees, within any setting in almost any industry, who have no previous formal training in health and safety at work.

Course Outline

The course will help raise awareness of health and safety legislation and examines a range of practical health and safety issues that arise in the workplace. It promotes a preventative approach to hazards and risks and will enable learners to understand the principles of current health and safety legislation and risk assessment. It also demonstrates basic health and safety requirements in relation to the following aspects of workplace practice: fire safety; control of hazardous substances; manual handling; electricity; display screen equipment; use of work equipment; accident reporting; protective equipment; and first aid.

Course content

For the learner, materials include:

• Individual student workbook
• Optional written assessment
• Evaluation form

For the tutor, materials include:

• A PowerPoint™ presentation
• Downloadable tutor manual

A comprehensive tutor guide is supplied to accompany these materials. To view a sample of a tutor guide, click here.

Progression opportunities

This programme aims to provide learners with a sound introduction to the fundamentals of health and safety. Those wishing to build on this introductory knowledge may want to embark on further study in this area, including Awards, Certificates, Diplomas and NVQs, depending on their situation and previous experience. Click here to view a sample.

An online version of this course is also available. Click here for more details.