Highfield Level 3 Award in Health and Safety in the Workplace (RQF) 600-0645-6

Highfield Level 3 Award in Health and Safety within the Workplace (RQF) 10 • Health and safety audits • Health surveillance • Reviewing accident/incident records • The different types of risk assessment that can be used o Qualitative risk assessment o Quantitative risk assessment o Dynamic • Where specific risk assessments may be required o Young persons o Lone workers o New of expectant workers o General risk assessment o Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) o Manual handling o Fire o Display Screen Equipment (DSE) • The steps to be taken to complete a simple risk assessment o The 5-step process for risk assessment o Employee consultation o Risk evaluation methods LO4: Understand the risks and control methods for common workplace hazards • How the risks from different hazards may be affected by occupational, environmental, human and organisational factors o Examples of hazards for: ▪ Human factors ▪ Environmental factors ▪ Occupational factors ▪ Organisational factors o Control measures for each factor • How injuries, ill health and other damage may result following exposure to common workplace hazards o How the hazards can realise their potential in the workplace o Identifying what harm can occur from workplace hazards: • Manual handling • Slips, trips and falls • Working at height • Noise • Machinery • Vehicles • Fire • Electricity • Hazardous substances (including Asbestos) • Stress • Workplace violence • The workplace (temperature, design, housekeeping, lighting, ventilation, doors and windows) • Workstation and task design • Suitable risk control measures using the principles of the hierarchy of control