Understanding the common legal framework for health and safety can help you create a safe work environment based on your responsibilities as a responsible person for others.
The Certificate in General Health and Safety will teach you many skills that you can apply in the workplace. Qualifications can help in broadening your horizons and can be very helpful in advancing your leadership career.
Some of the areas covered in the course, apart from studying the legal side, are the development of safety techniques and guidelines as well as successful communication with employees.
You can learn online or through your tutor about the importance of risk mitigation and how to make an assessment to identify potential hazards.
This will help you determine whether current practices are satisfactory or whether new practices need to be introduced to create a safer environment.
Other learning outcomes that will benefit your management include: