The British Safety Council has launched an e-learning version of the well established IOSH Working Safely course. The course provides people at any level, in any sector, with a sound grounding in the essentials of health and safety.

Delivered over the internet, the course brings home exactly why health and safety is such an important part of everyone’s job, providing the information needed to encourage people to work safely. It covers personal responsibilities for working safely; identifying common hazards at work; the organisation’s responsibilities for protecting workers and others from harm; basic risk assessment principles; basic risk controls for different situations; and the importance of reporting incidents and near misses. There is also a session on how to prevent pollution and minimise waste, meaning that health and safety and environmental basics are covered in a single course.

The course can be accessed online 24 hours a day, seven days a week, allowing delegates to learn at their own pace and convenience. No prior knowledge of the subject is required and the course focuses on best practice, rather than legislation, making it suitable for both UK and international candidates.

The course has been approved by the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH), the biggest professional health and safety body in the world, making it a highly respected training programme.

Upon completion of the course, delegates who go on to successfully complete an online multi-choice assessment and online hazard spotting exercises will be awarded a certificate from IOSH.

The launch of the course follows the development last year by the British Safety Council of an e-learning version of IOSH Managing Safely, a highly popular course aimed at managers and supervisors in all organisations and all sectors.

The IOSH Working Safely e-learning course costs just £85 + VAT.

To book this course visit www.britsafe.org/IOSHWS or contact the British Safety Council on +44 (0)20 8741 1231 or [email protected] About the British Safety Council