Workplace Health & Safety 100 Hours Certificate Course

There are 10 lessons:

1. Introduction
   • Nature and Scope of Workplace Health and Safety
   • Work Related Fatalities
   • Duty of Care: employer, employee, other person, manufacturer
   • Significance of Illness
   • Protective Equipment; personal protection, machinery, equipment, signs and information
   • Further Information and Resources
2. Legislation
   • Legislation across different countries: Australia, UK, Canada, USA, NZ etc
   • Examples: Worksafe Australia, Health & Safety Commision UK, Occupational Health & Safety Commission USA, etc
   • International Commission on Occupational Health
3. Protective Equipment
   • Introduction
   • Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
   • Selecting and Maintaining PPE
   • Hand Protection
   • Eye Protection
   • Hearing Protection
   • Respiratory Protection
   • Body Protection
   • Knee Protection
   • Foot and Leg Protection
   • Sunscreen
   • Head Protection
   • Machine and Equipment Guards
   • Flooring
   • Protective and Temporary Barriers
   • Temporary Signs
   • Protecting Hearing
4. Handling Chemicals
   • Storage and Disposal
   • Transporting Chemicals
   • Protecting theEnvironment
   • Protective Clothing
   • Safe Use and Mixing Chemicals
   • Toxicity of Pesticides
   • Safe Application of Pesticides
   • Hazardous Substances
   • Personal Protective Equipment Plan
5. Handling Equipment
   • General Safety Rules
   • Manual Handling
   • Employer Responsibilities
   • Employee Responsibilities
   • Safety with Different Types of Equipment
   • Handling Tools and Equipment Safely
   • Machinery Safety
   • Machine Hazards
   • Machine Guards
   • Welding Equipment, Compressors, Conveyor Belts
   • Horticultural Equipment; Mulchers, bruch cutters, mowers, chainsaws
   • Tool Maintenance
   • Safety with Electricity
6. Handling Objects
   • How to Lift
   • Strategies for Manual Handling
   • Skin Penetrating Injuries
   • Risk Categories
   • Preventative Measures
   • Treating Wounds: First Aid
   • Case Studies of Manual Handling Injuries
7. Using Computer Work Stations
   • Using VDU's
   • Eyesight
   • Repetative Strain Injuries
   • Carpel Tunnel
   • Headaches
   • Radiation
   • Creating a Healthy Work Station
   • Rest Breaks, Stretching, Posture
8. Working Alone
   • Duty of Care, Responsibilities
   • Common Tasks Undertaken by a Lone Worker
   • Mobile Workers
   • Risk Assessment
   • Risk Management
9. Standards and Rules
   • Introduction
   • Identifying Risks
   • Hazard and Risk Management
   • Workplace Policy
   • Risk Assessment Safety Audits
   • Identifying Risks
   • Audit Forms
   • Safety Audit
   • Safety Outdoors; fire, bites, potential accidents, cuts, strains, poisoning, allergies, etc
   • First Aid; Shock, Fainting, Fractures, Strains, Sprains, Heat Exhaustion, etc
   • Skin Cancer
   • First Aid Supplies
10. Signs and Signals
    • Introduction to standard signs and signals
    • Conventions in different countries; UK, Australia