HEALTH AND SAFETY COURSES
RoSPA approved online health and safety courses, designed to teach your staff how to keep themselves and their colleagues safe at work.
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Whether your employees work on a construction site, in hospitality or an office, everyone needs health and safety training. Ensure staff know what to do in the event of an accident or fire, how to look after their mental health or industry specifics such as food safety.
Build an engaging health and safety training programme so your employees are equipped to carry out their jobs safely.
Courses A - G Courses H - P Courses Q - Z
COURSES A - G
ABRASIVE WHEELS
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The hazards and risks of working with abrasive wheels.
The elements of an abrasive wheel, the wheel markings and the functions of flanges, bushes, nuts and blotters.
How to store, handle, transport, inspect, assemble, mount, test and use abrasive wheels properly.
ADULT SAFEGUARDING
What safeguarding is and your role in the safeguarding process.
How to recognise signs of abuse and neglect.
How to respond to a disclosure or suspicion and how to report safeguarding concerns.​
ASBESTOS AWARENESS
The health impacts of asbestos, including the increased risk of lung cancer for smokers.
The types, uses and likely occurrence of asbestos and asbestos containing materials.
How to avoid asbestos exposure, and what to do if you suspect an uncontrolled release of asbestos.
CONTRACTOR SAFETY
Your duty to minimise the risks of workplace accidents.
Specific health and safety requirements and legislation.
The responsibilities of both contractor and the organisation.
CORONAVIRUS
How Covid-19 spreads.
How you can help stop the spread of Covid-19.
What the symptoms of Covid-19 are and what to do if you have, or suspect you might have, Covid-19.
COSHH HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES
Different forms of hazardous substances.
The health risks associated with different hazardous substances.
How to assess the risks from hazardous substances and common control measures for hazardous substances.
DRIVER SAFETY ONLINE
The legal requirements for driving on UK roads, including the law on seat belts, handheld devices and speed limits.
What to look for in a basic safety check.
Safety tips for driving on motorways, as well as urban and rural roads.
DRUGS AND ALCOHOL AT WORK
What substance misuse is, how to recognise the signs, and the potential harm to health and safety.
Tips on how to help yourself if you are, or think you are, misusing drugs or alcohol.
Your responsibilities around alcohol and drug use in the workplace and which work-related situations would require your employer to intervene.
DSE ONLINE TRAINING
The key issues associated with working with display screen equipment.
The importance of good posture and varying your posture.
Practical guidance on the safe set-up and use of computer workstations
ELECTRICAL SAFETY
The potential dangers of electricity.
The common danger signs in electrical equipment and how to use appliances safely.
Advice on electricity-related injuries and what to do if an accident occurs.
EMERGENCY FIRST AID AWARENESS
How to use the primary survey (DR ABC) with a casualty and perform life-saving techniques, such as CPR, the recovery position, back blows and abdominal thrusts.
How to carry out the secondary survey using SAMPLE.
Signs and symptoms of minor, severe and life-threatening injuries and illnesses and how to administer care.
ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS
The major environmental problems our planet is facing.
What greenhouse gases are and what human activities emit them.
How human activities affect natural resources, biodiversity and human health.
EVACUATION AWARENESS
The need for prompt evacuation on hearing an emergency alarm.
The priorities for action on discovering a fire.
What to do during a silent evacuation or in the event of a terrorist attack.
FIRE SAFETY
The importance of understanding how fires start and spread.
The actions that should be taken on discovering a fire or on hearing a fire alarm.
The use of Personal Emergency Evacuation Plans (PEEPs) and the appointment of buddies.
FIRE WARDENS
How the duties and responsibilities of a Fire Warden fit into the overall process of fire safety.
The actions a fire warden should take on discovering a fire and on hearing a fire alarm.
The use of Personal Emergency Evacuation Plans (PEEPs) and the appointment of buddies.
FOOD SAFETY
Basic food safety standards and hygiene principles.
Foodborne illness, food allergens, food safety law and who enforces it.
The responsibilities of food businesses and food handlers.
COURSES H - P
HAND ARM VIBRATION
The impact of vibration injuries and how vibration injuries are caused.
How to recognise signs and protect against vibration injuries.
Examples of health surveillance that might be provided.
HEALTH AND SAFETY INDUCTION
Employee and employer health and safety responsibilities.
Basic health and safety information and how to avoid accidents and ill-health at work.
The importance of reporting accidents, near misses, hazards and symptoms of ill-health.
HOMEWORKING
What homeworking is and the advantages and disadvantages of it.
The various contract, policy and expense implications of homeworking.
The health and safety requirements homeworkers and their employers must comply with.
HYBRID WORKING
Ways you can adjust where you work to best suit your personal and work needs.
How to set up your workstation and work environment and keep equipment and data safe.
How to boost communication and productivity and take care of your wellbeing with hybrid work.
LADDER SAFETY
How to decide when you can use ladders.
How to protect yourself and other people when moving and using ladders.
Basic visual and functional checks of a ladder before use.
LEGIONELLA
The impacts of legionella bacteria on health.
The conditions that allow legionella bacteria to grow and spread in different types of water systems.
The controls needed to prevent Legionnaires’ disease.
LOCK OUT TAG OUT
Isolation processes for powered equipment, including lock out, tag out (LOTO) procedures.
What can go wrong without a successful isolation process.
Steps required before starting work on powered equipment and when returning equipment to normal operations.
MANAGING HEALTH AND SAFETY
The plan, do check, act framework for managing health and safety in the workplace.
The need for worker participation and engagement in developing a positive safety culture.
A manager’s responsibilities in managing the health and safety of employees under their supervision.
MANUAL HANDLING
Manual handling tasks that could cause harm.
What to do to avoid harm when moving items.
How to apply an understanding of manual handling risks in different situations.
NEW AND EXPECTANT MOTHERS
Some of the entitlements of new and expectant mothers.
Typical workplace hazards that could have a greater impact on new or expectant mothers.
Strategies to avoid or manage common health problems during pregnancy.
NOISE AT WORK
How to recognise harmful exposure to noise.
The importance of reducing noise exposure at source.
How to select and wear hearing protection.
PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT
The role of PPE as one of many controls to keep you safe in the workplace.
Employers’ and employees’ responsibilities for the use and care of PPE.
The importance of correctly using, wearing, maintaining and storing PPE.
COURSES QÂ - Z
RESOURCE EFFICIENCY
How you can use resources more efficiently at work, at home and when travelling.
The steps in the waste hierarchy and the circular economy.
Ways to prevent waste and reuse, repurpose and recycle items.
RISK ASSESSMENT
How the terms hazard, risk, risk factor and reasonably practicable relate to the risk assessment process.
The role that risk assessment plays in meeting regulations and improving health and safety in the workplace.
The steps in carrying out a risk assessment, including how to identify and prioritise hazards.
SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN
What safeguarding is and the part everyone plays in protecting children from harm and promoting their welfare.
The different types of abuse and the signs that abuse or neglect might be occurring.
Appropriate ways to respond to a disclosure of abuse and how to report suspected or known abuse.
SLIPS, TRIPS AND FALLS
Common hazards that can cause slips, trips and falls.
Everyone’s responsibilities to reduce the risk of slips, trips and falls at work.
Guidance on the safe use of kick stools and ladders.
STRESS MANAGEMENT
How to use the HSE Management Standards approach to identify, assess and manage the risk of work-related stress (WRS).
Line manager responsibilities and competencies for managing stress in their team.
How to handle individual and team-specific concerns of WRS.
WORKING AT HEIGHT
Case studies and examples of the dangers of working at height.
Learn how the selection of equipment (including ladders) and methods can reduce the risk from working at height.
Discover the latest EN131 ladder standards.