Health & Safety Retail Standards Course

Understand the importance of reporting potential causes of slips, trips and falls within the education environment.

Understand the importance of regular workplace inspections to ensure that hazards are identified in order to pro-actively reduce risk.

Learn about the 5 step guide on how to approach conflict within the industry. Gain an understanding of anger and the strategic tools for preventing violence such as de-escalation techniques.

Understand the key principles of fire safety and how workplace fires can cause significant harm before reaching you. Learn about good housekeeping practices and other emergencies such as bomb threat and how they should be addressed in an emergency plan.

Understand the identification, reporting and effective management of harassment and bullying instances at work.

A summary of the subject in a brief statement of key information with 'takeaway points'.

Learn about an employers legal duty to protect pregnant women and their unborn children from any work-related risks and understand the elements to be considered within a risk assessment that might affect women who are pregnant, breast feeding or have given birth within the past six months.

Understand why portable or moveable equipment may suffer additional wear, potentially causing harm to workers, we describe the factors which might contribute to this and actions to be taken by day-to-day workers and also by management such as user checks, formal visual examinations, and formal inspections/tests.

Understand the different types of work equipment machine guards including; Fixed, Adjustable, Automatic and Interlocking. Learn about Emergency Stop, Trip and Two Handed control devices and the types of harm that can occur if they are removed or tampered with.

Learn about negative stress, positive stress and pressure along with it's various sources and how they can be work or home related. Understand how to recognise the symptoms and which actions can achieve a healthy work/life balance.

Understand that young persons should be considered within risk assessments for events or activities within the workplace.

Understand the types of hazardous substances that may be found in the workplace, and their potential impacts upon health. Also provides an understanding about the types of hazard warning symbols and their meaning.

Understand the potential harm of driving for work and how to take a proactive role in health and safety when driving.

Understand the dangers of disabling or bypassing safety features and safeguards on electrical equipment.

Understand what working at height within the work environment actually means with examples to demonstrate suitable types of equipment and good practice.

Understand who constitutes a lone workers and which safe systems of work can be complimented.