This Level 5 NVQ Diploma is aimed at health and safety practitioners. It allows candidates to develop and implement health and safety policies, maintain knowledge of improvements, and manage reactive monitoring systems within an organisation.
These are the units ProQual Awarding Body registers against this qualification. It is a catalogue, not a syllabus. Which of them you take depends on the combination the qualification requires, and that is set by the awarding body rather than by us. Every unit here is regulated. Zavmo teaches towards them on your own work, and work done here is recognised as prior learning under the agreements we hold.
Zavmo is not an awarding body, is not an approved centre, and is not affiliated with ProQual Awarding Body. It does the teaching and the mapping. ProQual Awarding Body sets this qualification and awards it, and a qualified human assessor makes the assessment decision.
What each unit actually teaches you to do
Develop and implement effective communication systems for health and safety information Real unit · ProQual Awarding Body
What you'll be able to do
- Evaluate the quality and relevance of health and safety information.
- Produce effective communication systems for disseminating health and safety information within the organisation.
- Control the effectiveness of communication systems for health and safety information being disseminated outside of the organisation.
- Demonstrate knowledge of how to develop effective communication systems for health and safety information.
- Demonstrate knowledge of how to implement effective communication systems for health and safety information.
Develop and implement health and safety emergency response systems and procedures Real unit · ProQual Awarding Body
What you'll be able to do
- Develop health and safety emergency response procedures in line with current legislation and best practice.
- Implement procedures for the control of a health and safety emergency, ensuring the safety of all personnel.
- Understand how to develop comprehensive health and safety emergency response systems and procedures, considering all potential hazards and risks.
Develop and implement health and safety review systems Real unit · ProQual Awarding Body
What you'll be able to do
- Investigate the efficiency of existing health and safety management systems.
- Investigate the cost effectiveness of existing health and safety management systems.
- Confirm that each individual component of the health and safety management system is functioning as intended.
- Confirm that the entire health and safety system is working effectively as a whole.
Develop and implement proactive monitoring systems for health and safety Real unit · ProQual Awarding Body
What you'll be able to do
- Devise inspection systems for proactive health and safety performance monitoring.
- Devise monitoring systems for proactive health and safety performance monitoring.
- Keep stakeholders informed of the outcomes of proactive health and safety performance monitoring activities.
- Understand the processes involved in developing proactive monitoring systems for health and safety.
- Understand the processes involved in implementing proactive monitoring systems for health and safety.
Develop and implement reactive monitoring systems for health and safety Real unit · ProQual Awarding Body
What you'll be able to do
- Develop a health and safety loss event reporting and recording system, ensuring accurate and timely documentation of incidents
- Implement health and safety loss event investigation systems and procedures, identifying root causes and implementing corrective actions
- Conduct statistical and epidemiological analyses of loss event data, identifying trends and patterns to inform preventative measures
- Maintain communication with stakeholders of health and safety reactive performance monitoring outcomes, providing regular updates and feedback
- Explain how to develop and implement reactive monitoring systems for health and safety, including the selection of appropriate indicators and the establishment of performance targets
Develop and implement the health and safety policy Real unit · ProQual Awarding Body
What you'll be able to do
- Define the statutory and workplace health and safety requirements for the organisation, ensuring compliance with current legislation
- Develop the Health and Safety Policy, taking into account the specific risks and hazards within the organisation
- Implement the Health and Safety Policy, ensuring that all employees are aware of their responsibilities and that appropriate control measures are in place
- Describe the steps required to develop and implement the Health and Safety Policy, including consultation, risk assessment, and communication
Develop and maintain individual and organisational competence in health and safety matters Real unit · ProQual Awarding Body
What you'll be able to do
- Assess the health and safety competence needs of the organisation, identifying any gaps in knowledge or skills
- Implement health and safety training to meet identified needs, ensuring that training is relevant, effective, and up-to-date
- Explain how to develop and maintain individual and organisational competence in health and safety matters, including performance monitoring and feedback mechanisms
Identify, assess and control health and safety risks Real unit · ProQual Awarding Body
What you'll be able to do
- Conduct a thorough inspection of the workplace to identify potential hazards.
- Assess the identified risks to health and safety, considering their likelihood and potential severity.
- Implement appropriate risk control measures to minimise or eliminate identified hazards.
- Implement safe systems of work within the organisation to ensure employee safety.
- Demonstrate knowledge of how to identify health and safety risks in the workplace.
- Demonstrate knowledge of how to assess health and safety risks in the workplace.
- Demonstrate knowledge of how to control health and safety risks in the workplace.
Maintain knowledge of improvements to influence health and safety practice Real unit · ProQual Awarding Body
What you'll be able to do
- Identify new developments in health and safety, keeping up-to-date with changes in legislation, best practice, and technology
- Influence colleagues on health and safety matters, promoting a positive safety culture and encouraging safe working practices
- Explain how to maintain knowledge of improvements in health and safety practice, including methods for continuous professional development and information sharing
Promote a positive health and safety culture Real unit · ProQual Awarding Body
What you'll be able to do
- Advocate commitment to a positive health and safety culture throughout the organisation.
- Develop links with appropriate individuals on Health and Safety matters.
- Develop links with appropriate groups on Health and Safety matters.
- Understand the importance of promoting a positive health and safety culture within the organisation.
The national standards these units are built against
What the job actually needs, in the words employers and awarding bodies already use for the work itself.
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Carry out risk assessments and understand control measures in the offshore oil and gas industry
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Communicate risks to health, wellbeing and safety to a range of individuals and advise how the risks can be prevented, reduced or controlled
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Contribute to the formulation of policy specifically focused on improving health and wellbeing
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Control work operations safely
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Develop a healthy and safe organisational environment
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Develop and Implement Health and Safety Emergency Response Systems and Procedures
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Develop and implement effective communication systems for health and safety information
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Develop and implement health and safety audits
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Develop and implement health and safety induction processes
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Develop and implement health and safety review systems
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Develop and implement the health and safety policy
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Develop and maintain individual and organisational competence in health and safety matters
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Develop materials for information and education for specific audiences to support their engagement and participation in health protection processes
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Develop, implement and review proactive monitoring systems for health and safety
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Develop, implement and review reactive monitoring systems for health and safety
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Develop, implement and review the organisation's health and safety strategy
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Gather information to identify people who may have been exposed to a hazard to health
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Identify Workplace Health and Safety Hazards and Control Risks in Asbestos Surveying and Analysis
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The jobs these credits are mapped to
A qualification is never a dead end here. Each of these is a job record this qualification is a mapped route into.
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Where this can lead
Risk Control Manager
This work can lead in different directions. It can lead towards deep technical expertise as a Lead Risk Control Analyst. It can also lead towards managing teams and budgets as a Risk Control Manager overseeing a site or region.
See the whole journeyThe credits, and who awards them
Level 5 credits are regulated, and they are awarded by ProQual Awarding Body rather than by Zavmo. They don’t vanish when a subscription ends or a website closes. They travel to any employer, and Zavmo keeps the map of what you have covered and what is next.
What you would be collecting
Develop and implement effective communication systems for health and safety informationDevelop and implement health and safety emergency response systems and proceduresDevelop and implement health and safety review systemsDevelop and implement proactive monitoring systems for health and safetyDevelop and implement reactive monitoring systems for health and safetyDevelop and implement the health and safety policyDevelop and maintain individual and organisational competence in health and safety mattersIdentify, assess and control health and safety risks
Each one is a real unit registered against this qualification.
What you leave holding
The standards this credential builds, in the shape the product keeps them
Nothing here is marked learned. There is no learner on a public page, so the map shows what the qualification covers rather than what anybody has done.
- Carry out risk assessments and understand control measures in the offshore oil and gas industry
- Communicate risks to health, wellbeing and safety to a range of individuals and advise how the risks can be prevented, reduced or controlled
- Contribute to the formulation of policy specifically focused on improving health and wellbeing
- Control work operations safely
- Develop a healthy and safe organisational environment
- Develop and Implement Health and Safety Emergency Response Systems and Procedures
- Develop and implement effective communication systems for health and safety information
- Develop and implement health and safety audits
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This qualification is no longer awarded.
Ofqual lists it as no longer awarded, so it cannot be started today. The last day to be awarded it was 29 March 2023. It is here because people still hold it.
These are open to new learners in the same subject.
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