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51 - Health and Safety Awareness for Committee Members Course

An organisation’s Health and Safety Committee are a key force in improving health and safety practices, and by providing members with the proper training, employers can facilitate this effectively.

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What is Phoenix's Health & Safety Awareness for Committee Members Training?

A Health and Safety Committee is an integral part of maintaining effective health and safety practices in your organisation. They provide a way for safety concerns to be raised by any member of the organisation and then addressed.

Phoenix’s Training for Health and Safety for Committee Members provides the core knowledge needed for members to carry out these responsibilities. The one-day course will teach delegates about health and safety legislation and legal requirements, accident causation, and the hierarchy of statute law, among other topics that will aid committee members in fulfilling their responsibilities.

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Benefits for Employers

  • Reduce absence from workplace illness or injury, raising productivity

  • Demonstrate your commitment to ensuring the health and safety of your employees

  • Improve the effectiveness of your organisation’s health and safety committee

Benefits for Learners

  • Help promote a positive health and safety culture in your workplace

  • Learn core health and safety knowledge applicable to a variety of roles

  • Contribute to improving safety standards across the workplace

Pass rates  

With pass rates above industry average for our one-day courses, taking a Phoenix health and safety course provides you with all the tools you need to succeed when studying.  

Designed by the Experts  

Each of our in-house are designed by our experts according to leading health and safety legislation, providing candidates with the information they need in compact and interactive courses.  

Student Approved  

With its unbeatable service, Phoenix provides industry-leading health and safety courses to thousands each year, earning us a 4.9/5-star rating on Trustpilot. 

This course is suitable for anyone required to sit on a health and safety committee.

The Health and Safety Training for Committee Members course is a one-day course which can be studied in your workplace. 

The Training for Health and Safety Committee Members course covers the following topics:

  • Moral, economic and legal reasons for managing health and safety

  • The hierarchy of statute law

  • The Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 and the management of Health & Safety at Work Regulations 1999

  • Legal requirements for consulting with employees

  • Enforcements of health and safety law

  • Hazard and risk

  • Accident causation and near misses

  • 5 steps to risk assessment

  • Objectives and functions of a health and safety committee

  • Roles and responsibilities of health and safety committee members

The learning outcomes of the Health and Safety Awareness for Committee Members course are:

  • To provide delegates with an understanding of their responsibilities as a member of a health and safety committee

  • Understanding of relevant legislation

  • Ability to perform risk assessments effectively

Upon completing the Training for Health and Safety Committee Members, many successful candidates study additional courses with Phoenix in order to further their knowledge of health and safety. Suitable courses include:

  • When and how will I receive my certificate?

Once you complete the course, a confirmation of results is available immediately. This certificate can be printed or saved as proof of completion.

  • Is the Phoenix Training for Health and Safety Committee Members course assessed?

The course is not assessed, however on request an assessment can be produced and delivered at the end of the course.

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