Health and Safety for Employees Level 1
Course last updated: August 2026
Course certificate valid for 3 years
UK & EU accredited training
Course duration: 3 hrs
Download your Level 1 Health and Safety Certificate as soon as you’ve completed the online training.
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Course format: Three video training modules, with a multiple-choice section at the end of each module.
Entry requirements: Anyone can complete this Health and Safety for Employees Course, Level 1, whether they have previous experience or not.
This Level 1 Health and Safety at Work course explains the foundations of maintaining a safe UK workplace.
It covers:
The importance of protecting employees, contractors, visitors and the public from physical harm, ill health and psychological risks.
- The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 and supporting regulations, including COSHH, PUWER, manual-handling regulations and RIDDOR.
- Employer duties, such as conducting risk assessments, maintaining safe equipment and workplaces, providing training and consulting workers.
- Employee duties, including following instructions, using equipment correctly, reporting hazards and not misusing safety provisions.
- Common physical, chemical, biological, ergonomic and psychosocial hazards.
- Risk assessment: identifying hazards, determining who may be harmed, evaluating risk, implementing controls and reviewing their effectiveness.
- The hierarchy of controls: elimination, substitution, engineering controls, administrative measures and, finally, PPE.
- Safe systems of work, including clear procedures, competent supervision and suitable training.
- Accident and near-miss reporting, investigation and legally reportable incidents under RIDDOR.
- Emergency arrangements, including evacuation procedures, fire safety, first aid, drills and communication.
- PPE selection, correct fitting, training, inspection, maintenance and replacement. PPE is emphasised as the last line of defence rather than the primary control.
- Standard safety signs: red prohibition signs, yellow warnings, blue mandatory instructions and green emergency or first-aid information.
- Practical hazard spotting and prompt, accurate reporting.
The central message is that workplace safety is a shared and continuing responsibility. Employers must establish effective systems and controls, while workers must cooperate, remain alert and report problems. Strong safety practices protect people, support legal compliance, reduce costs and improve morale, productivity and organisational reputation.
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