About this course
Health and safety legislation places certain legal duties on employers and employees to ensure a good standard of health and safety in the workplace.
Legal Island’s Workplace Health & Safety eLearning course is tailored specifically to Great Britain law and to provide your employees with comprehensive training on health and safety practices in the workplace.
This course has been recently updated and now includes the most recent health and safety statistics from Great Britain, a new ‘Meet the colleagues’ section, and real life examples of organisations that have encountered health and safety issues in the workplace.
To enhance our ability to provide cutting-edge learning solutions, we have integrated AI tools for eLearning into this course.
Why is workplace health and safety training important?
Good health and safety practices in the workplace are essential in the prevention of injuries and ill health. Unsafe conditions and unsafe behaviours may lead to personal harm and they will have an adverse effect on the business as a whole.
The impact of an accident on an organisation includes:
- The cost of an accident investigation can be expensive
- Prosecutions
- Fines
- Imprisonment
- Costs to recruit temporary staff
- Bad publicity
36.8 million working days were lost in Great Britain due to work-related ill-health and non-fatal workplace injury between 2021 and 2022.
Who needs health and safety training within the workplace?
To reduce the likelihood of injuries and ill health within the workplace, it is good practice to provide all staff with health and safety training on, or shortly after starting employment with regular refresher updates throughout their employment.
The purpose of the course is to provide an overview of common health and safety issues. An employer is primarily responsible for managing health and safety, but all employees have a duty to take care of their own health and safety and that of anyone who could be affected by what they do at work.
It is vital employees have an understanding of their responsibilities under health and safety law and the dangers which may be present in the workplace.
According to HSE’s Health and Safety at Work Summary Statistics for Great Britain 2022, 123 workers were killed in work-related accidents in Great Britain between 2021 and 2022.
How long does this Health and Safety training take?
The course will take no longer than 45 minutes to complete including an assessment. Each member of staff will receive their own personalised certificate upon successful completion.
Price
Topics covered within the course include:
The importance of health and safety in the workplace
Your responsibilities under health and safety law as an employer
Staff responsibilities under health and safety law
Common hazards and risks that can cause accidents and ill-health
What to do if you spot a hazard