Understanding Health and Safety in the Business Workplace

Learning Objective

What You'll Learn

• To enable the learner to identify and explain key health and safety legislation and regulations relevant to a business working environment.
• To enable the learner to outline the requirements for maintaining healthy, safe, and productive working conditions within a business setting.
• To enable the learner to define the roles and responsibilities of key personnel in ensuring health and safety in a selected workplace.
• To enable the learner to conduct a basic risk assessment for a given administrative work environment.
• To enable the learner to analyse how specific regulations impact a business's health and safety policies and procedures.

Learning Outcomes

• Understand how health and safety legislation and regulations affect a business working environment
• Know the requirements for healthy, safe productive working conditions
• Understand the role and responsibilities of key personnel
• Be able to assess and manage risk

Assessment Methods

• Coursework
• Portfolio of Evidence
• Practical Demonstration/Assignment

Units & Credit Structure

This unit provides learners with knowledge of health and safety regulations and how they impact the workplace.