Health and Safety in the Workplace – Highfield Level 4 Award (RQF)

Course Introduction

This qualification is aimed at supervisors and managers with a direct responsibility for health and safety management. The qualification is intended for learners already working in the capacity of supervisor or manager and those who are preparing to start work at this level.

Learners gaining this qualification will know that supervisors and managers have legal and moral obligations to ensure health and safety within a business and that this includes obligations to employees, contractors, visitors and suppliers. Its subject areas are regarded by the Health and Safety Executive as being important to developing safe working procedures in the workplace.

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40 Hours

Topics include:
• duties and responsibilities of employers and employees and the law
• the costs and effects of poor health and safety standards
• health and safety management within organisations
• management and auditing processes
• developing, implementing and recording risk assessments
• developing, implementing and recording safe systems of work

This qualification is assessed in two parts:

Part 1: Learners are expected to undertake the following activities:

• Undertake a risk assessment
• Construct a safe system of work

These activities should be completed during the course and do not need to be in examination conditions.

Part 2: Written examination – total duration 3 hours

The examination will take the form of a written case study and learners must answer the questions set in relation to the case study provided in the exam paper. Learners will not have access to this case study in advance of the examination and may be tested on a sector area with which they are not directly familiar. Learners will be asked to apply their knowledge on the subject of health and safety and will not be expected to demonstrate an understanding of the specific operations of the business outlined in the case study.

Successful learners will have to demonstrate knowledge and understanding across the qualification unit and achieve a pass mark of 60%. Learners will achieve a Merit grade at 70% and a Distinction grade at 80%.

600/1953/0

 

What next?

On successful completion of this qualification, learners may wish to continue their development by undertaking one of the following qualifications:
• Highfield Level 4/5 Occupational health and safety qualifications

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