Award in Occupational Health & Safety (Level 2)

Award in Occupational Health & Safety (Level 2)

North East Scotland College
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This is a self study course which means you can study at home, workplace or wherever you choose at times that are convenient for you. You do not have any classes to attend.

The Award in Occupational Health and Safety is an NCFE Level 2 qaulification (QCF). This is roughly equivalent to Level 5 in Scotland (SCQF).

This qualification aims to give learners an overview of Health and Safety, focusing on the following areas:

  • General Health and Safety requirements
  • Fire safety
  • Display screen equipment
  • Control of hazardous substances
  • Manual handling

This qualification consists of 5 mandatory units:

  • Unit 01 Health and Safety in the workplace
  • Unit 02 Fire safety principles
  • Unit 03 DSE risk assessmen…

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This is a self study course which means you can study at home, workplace or wherever you choose at times that are convenient for you. You do not have any classes to attend.

The Award in Occupational Health and Safety is an NCFE Level 2 qaulification (QCF). This is roughly equivalent to Level 5 in Scotland (SCQF).

This qualification aims to give learners an overview of Health and Safety, focusing on the following areas:

  • General Health and Safety requirements
  • Fire safety
  • Display screen equipment
  • Control of hazardous substances
  • Manual handling

This qualification consists of 5 mandatory units:

  • Unit 01 Health and Safety in the workplace
  • Unit 02 Fire safety principles
  • Unit 03 DSE risk assessment
  • Unit 04 COSHH risk assessment
  • Unit 05 Manual handling safety at work

To be awarded the NCFE Level 2 Award in Occupational Health and Safety learners are required to successfully complete all the mandatory units.

The materials for this course are paper based and will be posted to you. You will be supported throughout the course by a specialist Distance Learning Tutor. Your tutor will contact you (via your Aberdeen College email account) within 7-10 working days of receiving your welcome letter and materials. As you progress they will continue to make regular contact to offer support and guidance, usually by e-mail but sometimes by phone, to ensure you are making good progress and to support your learning throughout. Please note that you must be able to study independently through the course materials.

HOW WILL I BE ASSESSED?

Each candidate creates a portfolio of evidence which demonstrates achievement of all learning outcomes associated with each unit which is assessed by their tutor and then externally assessed before certification can be given.

The qualification is accredited by NCFE (an English awarding body) www.ncfe.org.uk and has no end test.

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

You must be in employment to complete this course.

There are no specific recommended prior learning requirements for the qualification. However, a basic level of numeracy and literacy is required to comply with the Health & Safety and assessment aspects of the qualification.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

You must be in employment to complete this course.

If you have any individual study needs please contact our Student Development Centre 01224 612164.

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