Who Is This Course Intended For?

People who wish to gain a better understanding of health & safety in the workplace, including managers and safety representatives to enable them to carry out tasks with confidence while actively risk assessing and reviewing work processes. 

Entry Requirements

The entry requirements are a Level 4 FETAC Certificate, Leaving Certificate or equivalent qualifications and/or relevant life and work experiences.

 Course Content

• Introduction to Law

• Safety, Health & Welfare at Work Act 2005

• Risk Assessment & Management

• Safety Management

• Fire Safety, Emergency Planning & First Aid

• Ergonomics, including Manual Handling

• Physical Hazards : Electricity, Machinery, Noise, Vibration and Radiation

• Chemical Safety

• Psychosocial Hazards, including stress management and bullying in the workplace

• Occupational Health, including promotion and surveillance.

• Accident Causation and Investigation

• Construction Safety

• Agriculture Safety

  Participants: Duration:

Up to 15 personnel 4/5 Days

Booking For Individuals:

This course is available as an open course for individuals to join, just call us or join our email list for updates of new courses and check our main page for details of our next open course.

Need A Course Urgently:

If you require this course urgently for work or safety audit, we can arrange this course at any time and in any location. This is possible even if it's just for one person. Just contact us for a quote.

Equality, Access, Transfer and Progression

Place on the course are provided on a first come basis. If a course is full additional courses may be scheduled if there is adequate demand. Safety Ireland will at all times ensure equality in our service provision. We therefore ask any learner that has specific learning requirements to contact our office on callsave 1850 555 999 or at the time of booking the training and we will ensure that all possible measure are taken to meet requirements. English is the language that the training in provided in and participants must have a good understanding of the English language, in the case where this is not so participants are permitted to bring an interpreter they may do so but prior notice must be give to Safety Ireland. This course is a modular course and each module has a specific timetable. Participants are not encouraged to attend later modules or exam days on alternative course, but we will try to accommodate participants that cannot complete the course due to circumstances beyond their control on an alternative/ later course.

FETAC Certification / Assessment

Assessment

Assignments (2) 60%

Examination (Theory-Based) 40%

All assessments are carried out in accordance with FETAC requirements and are both internally and externally authenticated before certification is issued. All participants have the right to appeal their results, the appeals procedure is also in accordance with FETAC regulation.