Highfield Level 4 International Award in Principles of Health and Safety

• The duties and responsibilities of employers, employees and others in relation to health and safety at work internationally
• The potential cost and effects of poor health and safety standards
• The role of training, maintenance and workplace layout in reducing risks

• The role of health and safety polices in managing health and safety
• Methods to ensure employers and employees communicate and co-operate on health and safety issues effectively
• The role of risk assessments and safe systems of work in the management of health and safety
• Management and audit processes and documentation used to maintain and improve health and safety standards
• Outline sources of information and instructions on health and safety and where they are found

• Procedures for the development, implementation and recording of risk assessments. The term ‘suitable and sufficient’ and ‘significant findings’ regarding a risk assessment
• Construct risk assessments for a range of tasks and procedures, such as manufacturing/construction tasks, general hazards of the working environment

• Procedures for the development, implementation and recording of safe systems of work (method statement or standard operating procedures)
• Construct a safe system of work for a range of tasks and procedures, such as manufacturing/construction tasks, general hazards of the working environment

• Explain procedures for reviewing an organisation’s practices and policy with regards to health and safety at work
• Explain the principles of incident investigation
• State how changes can be implemented following a review of risk assessments, safe systems of work and incidents

• Fire safety and the prevention of fire
• The principles of electrical safety
• The main requirements of workplace equipment safety
• The main requirements of lifting equipment safety and requirements
• Musculoskeletal hazards in the workplace and risk control
• Safe manual handling practices in the workplace
• • The requirements for assessing the risks posed by manual handling activities by focusing on factors outlined in the schedule attached to the regulations:
• The requirements for Display Screen Equipment, risk assessment and risk reduction. Including:
• The factors that must be considered in an ergonomics-based approach to health and safety at work including:
• Safety when working at height
• Chemical and biological health hazards and risk control
• Control of Asbestos Requirements
• The causes of occupational diseases and conditions including:
• Legionella growth in water systems increasing the risk of Legionnaires’ disease
• Physical and psychological health hazards and risk control
• Control of noise at work
• Stress
• Radiation
• The employer and employee responsibilities with regards to Personal Protective Equipment at work:
• Construction, design and management responsibilities
• Working in confined spaces and associated hazards
• Transportation safety
• Drugs, alcohol and lifestyle initiative
• Violence at work
• Control of vibration at work