Online Health and Safety in the Workplace Level 2 (VTQ) Certification

Take your Health and Safety Training to the next level and learn how to keep everyone more safe in your workplace.

CPD Certified Provider of Training Excellence Online Training Approved by Skills for Care

Health and Safety in the Workplace Level 2 (VTQ) at a Glance

  • 3-year nationally recognised certificate
  • 3 hours and 24 minutes of engaging video training
  • Video access for 8 months
  • Printable wall certificate
  • Certified CPD time credit conformation
  • SCORM Ready! Integrates with your LMS
  • Includes manual & other downloads
  • Free weekly video refresher
  • Evidence Based Training certificate
  • Videos include subtitles
£24.95 + VAT

This course is aimed at anyone who requires a comprehensive course in health and safety awareness. It is designed to meet the Health and Safety regulations and covers regulations, precautions, planning, risk assessing, PPE, individual sectors, what causes accidents, employer/employee responsibilities, RIDDOR, COSHH, first aid, workstation/VDU safety, working at heights, gas safety, occupational health, infection control, electricity, enforcement and the dangers and links in the regulations in fire and manual handling.

Includes the latest HSE guidance on Coronavirus COVID 19 and enforcement

This course is available fully online or nationally through our network of approved instructors as a one day course.  

Please note that learners undertaking a ProTrainings Trainings Course have the option to choose to take a regulated qualification.

  • Employers
  • Business owners
  • Managers
  • Health and Safety reps
  • Employees 
  • Higher risk businesses for induction
  • Fire Wardens
  • Fire marshals 

This course comes with 4.0 hrs (5.0 class) of CPD, although the time to complete the course online may be less than this. Total course time includes 3 hours and 24 minutes of video training as well as knowledge reviews, final test, remedial help and reviewing downloaded material.

The content of this and all our courses has been independently certified as conforming to universally accepted Continuous Professional Development (CPD) guidelines and come with a Certified CPD Statement as well as a ProTrainings Certificate and for online courses an Evidence Based Learning statement.

For the contents of our video online course, visit the Health and Safety in the Workplace course.

The contents included in the classroom course are:

  • What is Health and Safety
  • Why is Health and Safety Important
  • Causes of Accidents
  • Workplace Illness
  • Good Housekeeping
  • Acts and Regulations
  • RIDDOR
  • Accident Reporting
  • COSHH Regulations & Data Sheets
  • Health and Safety Regulations and Policy
  • Employee Welfare
  • Employer and Employee’s Responsibilities
  • HASAWA and MHSWR Law Regulations
  • Employee’s Training
  • Manager’s Role
  • Self Employed
  • Enforcement
  • Penalties for Non-Compliance of H&S Laws
  • Workplace Policies and Procedures
  • Risk Assessment
  • Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
  • Safety Warning Signs
  • Fire – Causes and What to Do
  • Manual Handling
  • Guidelines for Lifting
  • Working at Height
  • Work-related disorders and diseases
  • Hazards and Control Measures
  • Reporting Problems
  • First Aid Planning and Basic Advice

Learning Outcomes
1     Understand roles and responsibilities for health, safety and welfare in the workplace
1.1  Outline employers and employees duties relating to health, safety and welfare at work
1.2  Outline the consequences for non-compliance with health and safety legislation
1.3  Outline the requirements for training and competence in the workplace
1.4  Outline the ways in which health and safety information can be communicated
2     Understand how risk assessments contribute to health and safety
2.1  Define the terms 'hazard' and 'risk'
2.2  Outline the process for carrying out a risk assessment
2.3  Describe how risk assessment can be used to reduce accidents and ill health at work
3     Understand how to identify and control the risks from common workplace hazards
3.1  Describe the hazards that may be found in a range of workplaces
3.2  Describe how hazards can cause harm or damage to people, work processes, the workplace and the environment
3.3  Describe the principle of the risk control hierarchy
3.4  List examples of risk controls for common workplace hazards
4     Know the procedures for responding to accidents and incidents in the workplace
4.1  State the common causes of workplace accidents and ill health
4.2  Identify the actions that might need to be taken following an incident in the workplace
4.3  List the arrangements that should be in place in a workplace for emergencies and first aid
4.4 Outline why it is important to record all incidents, accidents and ill health

  • Student Manual (V3.0) - DSE/VDU Operator Safety
  • Student Manual (V8.1) - Health and Safety
  • Adult CPR Flowchart handout/poster
  • Catastrophic bleeding and trauma First Aid Guidance From ProTrainings
  • Confined Spaces Regulations 1997. Approved Code of Practice, Regulations and guidance from the HSE
  • Control of legionella bacteria in water systems - Audit checklists
  • Conveyor belt workstation design - HSE leaflet for guidance
  • Coronavirus (COVID-19) link to the NHS website
  • Costs to Britain of workplace fatalities and self-reported injuries and ill health, 2015/16 - link to an HSE document
  • Essentials of health and safety at work link to HSE website
  • Example risk assessment for an office-based business from the HSE link
  • Find a classroom course locally
  • Find out what other courses are available as video online, blended and classroom courses nationally on our course finder
  • First Aid at Work Regulations 1981 HSE document
  • Free student first aid program leaflet
  • Getting to Grips with Manual Handling link to HSE website
  • HSE 5 steps to Risk Assessing link to HSE website
  • HSE CHIP Regulations
  • HSE COSHH Work Place Exposure Limits Leaflet
  • HSE DSE/VDU safety leaflet
  • HSE Manual Handling Regulations Guide - link to HSE website
  • HSE Using electric storage batteries safely INDG139
  • HSE Working with substances hazardous to health A brief guide to COSHH
  • HSE brief guide to the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR)
  • HSE details on PAT testing leaflet link
  • HSE guide to COSHH
  • HSE guide to PPE
  • HSE guide to safety signs in the workplace
  • HSE guide to the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 19
  • HSE guide to working at height
  • HSE leaflet on How the Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations apply to health and social care
  • HSE leaflet on finding Asbestos
  • HSE leaflet on lone working
  • HSE newsletter on the use of ladders
  • Health and Safety in Care Homes HSE document link
  • HeartSine 350 Information Leaflet
  • Home Emergency Contact Sheet
  • How to register to call EMS by text
  • Legionnaires’ disease - Control of legionella bacteria in water systems
  • Legionnaires’ disease A brief guide for duty holders
  • Link to the HSE website
  • Manual Handling Assessment Chart Guide to MAC - link to HSE website
  • ProTrainings - Using an AED Leaflet
  • RIDDOR October 2013 Changes
  • RIDDOR link to the HSE guide
  • Regulated - COVID 19 Pre-Screen Student Evaluation Form
  • Sign up for free Student First Aid - use code SCH-376-61-571
  • Statistics on fatal injuries in the workplace 2011/12
  • Step by Step Guide to COSHH HSE Guide - Link to HSE website
  • The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations Approved Code of Practice and guidance
  • The Fire Safety Act 2021
  • The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005
  • Visit the First Aid Show free for first aid and medical videos
  • Working at Height - HSE guide link
  • Workplace Accident Book
  • Workplace Emergency Contact Sheet
  • Workplace Exposure Limits (WEL) HSE leaflet
  • Workplace health, safety and welfare A short guide for managers from the HSE
  • Workplace health, safety and welfare A short guide for managers from the HSE
  • Woundclot - haemostatic gauze for all types of bleeding

What People are Saying

“Excellent health and safety awareness training session. I will recommend that all my operatives should have this type of training.”

- Sean, HSEQ Director from Middlesex

“Very happy with this course, thank you!”

- Elizabeth, Aesthetic Doctor from london