Health and Safety Training Package

This Virtual College CPD approved Health and Safety Training Package includes two of our most popular courses in one convenient place. Covering essential Health and Safety and Fire Safety knowledge such as outline accident and incident investigation, recognising common hazards, how to react in a fire and understanding which type of fire extinguishers to use.

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Package Overview

Format

  • Intermediate
  • 2-4 Study Hours
  • Online Study
  • Self-Printed Certificate

Accreditation

  • 2-4 CPD Hours
  • CPD Certified

Package description

This Health & Safety training pack is perfect for any individual or business that wants cost-effective compliance training. The training pack includes two of our popular courses, Awareness of Health and Safety at Work and Fire Safety.

According to the Health and Safety Executive, in 2015/16 30.4 million working days were lost due to self-reported work-related illness or injury. By giving employees good Health and Safety training, you reduce the risk of workplace accidents and adhere to your legal obligation of preventing accidents in the workplace.

The Awareness of Health and Safety at Work course demonstrates the key principles of workplace health and safety, emphasised the importance of risk assessment and outlines incident reporting and communication.

The Fire Safety course teaches staff about the causes of fire, detection and warning systems, evacuation procedure and how to tackle small fires when necessary, covering key required knowledge.

The courses that make up this training pack are CPD certified and are ideal as part of an induction for new employees or for those needing to refresh their knowledge. No previous qualifications or experience is necessary.

What courses are included in this training package?

Within this training package are two of our most popular health and safety courses in Awareness of Health and Safety at Work and Fire Safety Training.

You will learn

  • Understand the key principles of health and safety at work
  • Recognise the importance of risk assessment to Health and Safety and how it is undertaken
  • Be able to outline accident and incident investigation and reporting best practice
  • Be able to communicate health and safety information clearly
  • Recognise common health and safety hazards and how they can be controlled.
  • Understand the key legislation involving fire safety
  • Understand the legal requirements for workplace safety
  • Understand the "Fire Triangle" and how it may be used
  • Know how to react in a fire and understand the different warning systems
  • Understand the importance of an evacuation plan and key evacuation legislation
  • Understand the different types of fire and what the causes may be
  • Understand which type of fire extinguishers to use
  • Be able to take steps to minimise the risk of a fire occurring

Who is it for?

Roles including:

  • This training is aimed primarily at businesses who want to train their staff in health and safety and fire safety procedures in the workplace

How the online courses work

  • Find a course

    To begin searching for your online training you can click on the course category section on our website and browse through all of our training categories.

    Alternatively if you already know the title of the training you’re looking for you can use the search bar located in the centre of the homepage and go directly to the course you want.

  • Buy the course

    When buying one of our courses, you will need to enter a valid email address which will be used to create your account with our Learning Management System – Enable – where you will take the training. We will also send your purchase receipt to this email address, and any additional courses purchased in future using the same email address will be added to your system account.

    Once you have purchased a course, you will be able to send this course to other people using your system account with Enable by entering the new learner’s email address so that they may access the training and set up their own system account with our Learning Management System.

    If you are not 100% satisfied with your course then we offer a 30-day, no hassle money-back guarantee. To request a refund, you should email our learner support team with your receipt stating why you would like to be reimbursed. You, or your learners, must not have completed the training in order to make a valid refund claim. Any claim made after the training has been completed will be invalidated.

  • Take the course

    This online course consists of a series of pages in which an instructor will talk learners through the lesson material. Pages may include supporting pictures, graphs, animation or extra sounds to help with the learning where appropriate. Some lessons will include challenges/quizzes to help learners stay engaged and interested in the material. Lessons can be taken in any order and each lesson may be paused and resumed at any stage.

    The course is self-paced so learners decide how fast or slow the training goes. There is no deadline for completion but some of our courses have a test at the end to check that learners have understood the material. If the course has a test at the end then learners are required to achieve a 75% pass mark to successfully complete the course. Once learners have passed the test they are awarded a certificate, which can either be downloaded digitally or sent as a physical copy if this option was chosen when purchasing the course.

  • Your Certificate

    Upon completion of any of our courses, learners will be able to download a digital certificate from Virtual College and will include the accrediting bodies logo where applicable.

    If you have bought the posted certificate option (available on select courses), a high quality, seal embossed, certificate will be sent out at the beginning of the following working week.