UKQC Level 3 Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety

Description

This qualification is suitable for people to gain an understanding of health and safety practices within a working environment responsibilities in addition to their main duties.

Entry requirements

The UKQC Level 3 Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety can be offered to learners from age 16.

We will work with centres to ensure that learners admitted to the programme have sufficient capability at the right level to undertake the learning and assessment criteria. UKQC centres must ensure learners are recruited with integrity onto appropriate qualifications that will meet their needs, enable and facilitate learning and achievement enable progression. Some working knowledge of health and safety in the work environment would be advantageous

The elective units chosen must be relevant to the work outcome and meet industry needs.

Core units 

• Apply knowledge of legislation in the workplace
• Participate in hazard identification, risk assessment and risk control
• Health and Safety in the Working Environment
• Risk and Incident Management in the Working Environment
• Identify, prevent and report potential workplace emergency situations

Elective units 

• Communicate in the workplace
• Work effectively with diversity
• Organise workplace information
• Contribute to workplace innovation
• Contribute to effective workplace relationships
• Implement and monitor environmentally sustainable work practices
• Assist with responding to incidents
• Organise personal work priorities and development
• Establish effective workplace relationships
• Write simple documents
• Identify wastes and hazards
• Apply first aid
• Provide first aid in remote situation
• Respond to workplace emergencies

Progression

Learners achieving the UKQC Level 3 Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety can aspire to progress towards the UKQC Level 6 Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety qualification with appropriate experience.

Delivery Method

The qualification is delivered face-to-face, through lectures, tutorials, seminars, distance, online by approved centres only.