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) 8 Learning Outcomes Assessment Criteria The learner will The learner can 5. Understand how to manage the effects of accidents and incidents 5.1 Describe the actions that need to be taken following an accident or incident in the workplace 5.2 Describe how simple accident investigation techniques can reveal immediate and root causes Additional assessment guidance LO1: Understand the requirements for health, safety and welfare in the workplace • The main legal framework and laws relating to health and safety at work o Common and civil law o Criminal law o Acts of Parliament o Regulations o European law o The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 o The term ‘ so far as is reasonably practicable’ o Enforcement, notices and penalties • The welfare provisions that should be made by the employer o Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 o Duties of employees and employers o Provide a healthy and safe place to work ▪ Ventilation ▪ Temperature ▪ Lighting ▪ Noise ▪ Room space o Provide safe plant and equipment o Safe systems of work o Safe handling, storage and transport of articles and substances o Information, instruction, training and supervision o Safe access and egress and traffic routes o Adequate welfare facilities, such as number of toilets and providing drinking water o First aid • The sources and nature of information o HSE website o HSE Approved codes of practice (ACOPs) o HSE statistics o Internal documentation including Accident/Incident records • Ways that health and safety information can be communicated o Safety signs – types, shapes and colours o Toolbox talks o Team meetings or briefings o Representatives of employee safety o Safety representatives/committees