This course examines the key areas relating to everyday health and safety practice in schools. It focuses on explaining not only the employer's responsibilities, but also the responsibilities of the employees towards the employer and towards one another.

It examines the major concepts in health and safety and explains the terminology and provides guidelines for good practice by relating the concepts to everyday activities. It provides structures to encourage you to examine your own role in assessing the school's health and safety culture and how you can promote a positive approach to health and safety in your workplace. It provides practical guidance and advice to enable individuals to approach risk assessment confidently and use this as an aid in planning activities.

Aims and outcomes

  • Understand the reciprocal nature of health and safety responsibilities within the workplace.
  • Recognise the importance of a positive health and safety culture.
  • Understand the key terminology used in relation to health and safety documentation.
  • Recognise the different types of risk assessment and know how to carry out risk assessment processes.
  • Demonstrate safe manual handling techniques.
  • Understand safe practice in relation to maintaining fire safety standards.
  • Use the risk assessment process as part of your day-to-day planning.

Course content

  • Unit 1: Health and safety responsibilities
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  • Unit 2: Policy and practice
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  • Unit 3: Enforcement and penalties
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  • Unit 4: Understanding risk
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  • Unit 5: Understanding hazards
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  • Unit 6: Risk assessment
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  • Unit 7: Fire safety
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  • Unit 8: Manual handling
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  • Unit 9: Off-site activities
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  • Unit 10: Fire safety - additional guidance for school leaders
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Author

A former teacher, Gill O'Donnell now works alongside her husband as a health and safety consultant on everything from large international exhibitions through to small local charities. Her ethos is to demystify Health and Safety issues by making...