Preventing Accidents

Course Details

Course category: Management, Business and Accounting

Location: Online, self-paced, self-assessed

Duration: 12 months

Cost: £199.99

Qualification: Online Academy Certified Diploma

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About This Course
We all know that workplace health and safety is important and many of us would be able to act if an emergency occurred. But how many of us actually know how to minimise the hazards to prevent accidents in the first place? If you’re guilty of not giving the hazards at work a second thought, Preventing Accidents is the online course for you. It will teach you how to identify and assess hazards and put effective prevention measures in place to reduce the risk of accidents.

Who is this course for?
Preventing Accidents is ideal for staff and managers alike, as everyone has the responsibility of creating a safe environment to work in.

What will you get from this course?
By completing Preventing Accidents, you will have the ability to make your workplace a safer space. You’ll possess the skills to assess the severity of a hazard, take appropriate action to control and minimise the risks involved and know how to cope with accidents and dangerous incidents if they do arise.

When you have completed this course, you will be able to:
- Spread awareness of risks and hazards throughout your organisation
- Recognise the common workplace hazards and assess their associated risks
- Carry out risk assessments and job safety analyses with confidence
- Use suitable management tools to reduce the likelihood of workplace accidents
- Implement safe systems of work to minimise risks in your working environment
- Respond appropriately if an accident does occur and understand your priorities
- Report and investigate accidents and learn from them for the future
Course features
- Case study-based material for an engaging study programme
- Bookmark feature so you can easily return to certain pages
- Notepad feature where you can type in your thoughts
- Additional resources so you can take your study further
- Printable material so that you can continue your study without a wifi-connection
- ‘And Finally…’ section allows you to put your learning into practice
- Glossary of useful terms
Course lessons
- Introduction to Preventing Accidents
- Understanding Safety
- Managing Safety at Work
- Coping with Accidents

Accreditation

This course has been accredited by Online Academies. On successful completion of this course you will be able to download or print off a PDF of your Online Academies Certificate (please note: you will also be given the opportunity to have a hard copy of the certificate printed off and posted out to you for a small additional charge). If you would like to view a sample of the certificate, please click here.

Online Academy work with Quality Licence Scheme (Quality Licence Scheme). The Quality Licence Scheme is part of the Skills and Education Group, a charitable organisation that unites education and skills-orientated organisations that share similar values and objectives. With more than 100 years of collective experience, the Skills and Education Group’s strategic partnerships create opportunities to inform, influence and represent the wider education and skills sector.

Assessment

At the conclusion of each module there is a multiple choice question assessment. This will help you remember the main points of the lesson and act as a check that you have retained the essential knowledge and understanding of that particular section. The results can be seen instantaneously and you can correct wrong answers. When the result is satisfactory you can progress to the next module.

Course Outcomes

Once you have successfully completed all the modules for your course you will be awarded:

A Diploma issued by Online Academies

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