Course description

Course Details
This certificate course comprehensively covers a number of important leadership and management areas including Health and Safety legislation, Hazard management, Risk assessment and control, Risk management, Understanding the organisational culture and context.

By choosing to study this ILM Managing Health and Safety online Course with CMIT, Students have 24×7 access to CMIT eLearning for the duration of the course. This includes a comprehensive Course Manual, Video, Quizzes and personalised Tutor Support. The course documentation for this ILM Certificate in Health and Safety course is detailed and easy to read. You will also be able to upload assessments online and receive online feedback. You can use the eLearning system from any computer that has internet access.

Entry Requirements / Prerequisites
Level 4 certificate or equivalent qualification and/or relevant life and work experience.
As this is a Level 4 (UK) professional qualification, learners
will be expected to reference their assignment work to a high academic standard.
The assessments for this course draw on candidates own practical experience and as such candidates need to be working or have access to an organisation to carry out a health and safety audit.
Candidates must be fluent in English with excellent written English Skills in order to achieve the assessment criteria. Queries on the standard required can be directed to the college.er with internet access is required to do the course.
As this programme is delivered through distance learning, students must be capable of studying on their
own initiative.
A basic working knowledge of computers and access to a computer with internet access is required to do the course.

Topics covered in this health and safety course

Unit 1: Risk Management
Risk management in the organisation
Categories of risks
Legal aspects of risk management
Risk identification
Risk assessment
Risk controls
Monitoring and reviewing risks

Unit 2: Understanding the Organisational Culture and Context
What is the organisation environment?
Political factors
Economic factors
Socio-Cultural factors
Technology factors
Environmental factors
Legal factors
PESTEL case studies
Introduction to corporate culture
Classifying corporate culture
Organisational ethics

Unit 3: Health and Safety Management
The importance of health and safety management
Primary legislation
Industry specific legislation
Health and safety statements and policies
Hazard Identification
Health and safety reviews
Hazard identification
Risk assessment
Risk control
Health and Safety Implementation
Health and safety responsibilities
Communicating about health and safety
Monitoring health and safety in the workplace
SMART health and safety objectives
Assessment

This health and safety course is assessed through a series of tutor-marked assignments.
Learners are required to have access to an organisation in which they can carry out a Health and Safety Audit in a particular area with a view to suggesting improvements.
As part of our quality assurance, learner assessment work will be marked by an Internal Assessor, then checked by an Internal Verifier and an External Verifier.