Occupational Health and Safety Practice Level 6 Diploma

The minimum entry requirement is a good understanding of spoken and written English. Ideally learners should possess a NEBOSH Level 3 or above qualification but not essential.

Additionally, prospective students will be required to undertake a short telephone interview with the course tutor to check their current job role is suitable for the course and completion of the portfolio.

During this course you will study:

• Health and safety emergency procedures
• Health and safety audits
• A positive health and safety culture in an organisation
• Organisational health and safety policy
• Professional development and ethics in health and safety practice
• Systems monitoring and risk control
• Organisational health and safety strategy

By studying this course you will:

• Develop your understanding of how your actions and responsibilities contribute to Health and Safety in the workplace
• Develop and maintain individual and organisational competence
• Learn how to identify and define hazards and risks, how to produce risk assessments and risk control
• Learn how to develop and implement effective communication systems
• Learn how to develop and implement a Health and Safety policy within the workplace
• Understand investigating accidents and incidents
• Understand how to improve the safety performance in your workplace and how Health and Safety plays an active part in protecting the environment
• Understand how to maintain knowledge and improvements of Health and Safety Practice

Assessment is in the form of continual informal assessment throughout the four days and a formal assessment on completion of the four days in the workplace. Learners will be expected to build a portfolio of evidence throughout the duration of the course.

After successful completion of this course, you could progress to be a chartered member of IOSH (CMIOSH) - you can then call yourself a professional safety and health practitioner.