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CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT · ENGLAND AND WALES Health and Safety Including Risk Assessment and Incident Reporting For practitioners already working in health, social care, education, facilities, hospitality and office roles who need to apply health and safety law day to …
Course Details
Health and Safety
For practitioners already working in health, social care, education, facilities, hospitality and office roles who need to apply health and safety law day to day.
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Overview
This is a continuing professional development course in workplace health and safety, with particular depth on risk assessment and on incident recording, RIDDOR reporting and investigation. It is written for people already in work who need to apply health and safety law day to day: recognise hazards, assess and control risk, respond to and report incidents, learn from them, and understand how their organisation is meant to monitor and review.
The jurisdiction is England and Wales. Almost all of the law covered — the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 and the regulations made under it — are Great Britain-wide and enforced by HSE and local authorities in the same way in both nations. Where England and Wales differ, the slide says so; Scotland and Northern Ireland are out of scope. Every statistic carries its source and date, and all are annual and must be refreshed.
Who this course is for
Not a NEBOSH or IOSH qualification course, a competent-person course, or a substitute for task-specific training such as manual handling, fire warden, first aid, COSHH or working at height.
Team leaders, supervisors and registered managers in care, health, education, hospitality, retail, logistics and facilities
Care workers, healthcare support workers, nurses and allied health staff who work with people, equipment and substances
Housing, maintenance, grounds and site staff
Office managers, HR and operations staff who own health and safety arrangements without being specialists
Safety representatives, fire wardens and first-aiders who want a broader base
Managers who need a structured refresher and a deck they can deliver
Learning outcomes
By the end of the course, learners will be able to:
Explain your organisation’s duties under HSWA 1974 and how HSE and local authorities enforce them.
Distinguish hazard from risk and carry out the five-step risk assessment process.
Recognise common physical hazards — falls, manual handling, transport, DSE and welfare — and the expected controls.
Apply COSHH, fire, electrical, equipment, noise and lone-working duties to your own workplace.
Explain the HSE Management Standards for work-related stress and recognise early signs of stress and MSD-related ill health.
Describe consultation duties, competence requirements and the features of a positive safety culture.
Respond safely to an incident and apply RIDDOR 2013 — what is reportable, who reports, how and by when.
Follow the HSG245 four-step investigation method and distinguish immediate, underlying and root causes.
Explain HSG65’s Plan–Do–Check–Act model and distinguish leading from lagging indicators.
State your personal duties under HSWA and build a personal plan to stay current.
Career path
General health and safety competence is expected of every supervisor and manager and is a foundation for safety-specific roles. It supports, and does not replace, the training your role, employer and regulator require.
Recognition of everyday hazards and RIDDOR confidence now; next into senior roles, task-specific certificates or the Care Certificate
Risk assessment, incident response and investigation basics; next into IOSH Managing Safely or NEBOSH General Certificate
The HSG65 management system, culture and leading indicators; next into NEBOSH diploma, IOSH membership or ISO 45001 lead auditor
The regulations governing equipment, substances, fire and work at height; next into PUWER/LOLER competent-person or fire risk assessor training
A map of the whole field and the regulator’s language; next into NEBOSH Diploma, IOSH Chartered membership or OSHCR registration
Course structure
The Legal Framework: Duties, Regulators and Enforcement
Risk Assessment: Hazard, Risk, Control and Review
Common Hazards I: Slips, Height, Manual Handling, Transport, DSE and Welfare
Common Hazards II: Substances, Fire, Electricity, Equipment, Noise and Lone Working
Health, Wellbeing and Psychosocial Risk
Consultation, Competence, Culture and Leadership
Incident Response, Recording and RIDDOR Reporting
Incident Investigation and Learning
Monitoring, Audit and Review
Your Role, Raising Concerns and Keeping Current
Course delivery
Each module closes with an Apply and Reflect slide. Modules 5 and 7 discuss sensitive material and open with a practitioner-support note, plus a 20-question assessment with a trainer-only answer key.
Frequently asked questions
Q. Is this a qualification or a licence to practise?
No. It is CPD. It does not make you a competent person under MHSWR reg 7, a fire risk assessor, a first-aider or an accredited safety professional.
Q. Is it accredited, and how many CPD points is it worth?
That is for the provider to state, and it must not be claimed unless true. Nothing in this pack claims an accreditation, awarding body or points value.
Q. Does it meet the legal requirement for health and safety training?
It can be part of it, but not all of it. Task-specific training (manual handling, COSHH, work at height, fire, first aid) is still needed where the risk assessment says so.
Q. Does it cover Wales as well as England?
Yes. The law is Great Britain-wide except where a slide flags a difference — fire safety, building safety and some regulators. Scotland and Northern Ireland are out of scope.
Q. Are the statistics current?
As at 19 August 2026, using HSE’s November 2025 and July 2026 releases. HSE publishes annually and the provider must update the figures each cycle.
Q. Does it teach me how to complete a RIDDOR report?
It teaches what is reportable, who reports, how and by when, and points to HSE’s online forms. Submitting a report is a matter of practice with your organisation.
Q. Is there a pass mark?
The provider sets it. A commonly used threshold for a 20-question knowledge check is 15/20 (75%), with the answer key used for a debrief.
Q. Does it cover sensitive material?
Modules 5 and 7 discuss stress, mental ill health, injury and death at work at the level of recognition, response, escalation and referral — never in graphic detail.
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Course Features
- Lectures 12
- Quizzes 2
- Duration Lifetime access
- Skill level All levels
- Language English
- Students 2
- Certificate Yes
- Assessments Self
