COVID-19 Infection Prevention, Identification and Control
This eLearning course is designed to provide learners with an understanding of COVID-19 infection prevention, identification, and control measures. The course aims to equip learners with the knowledge required to minimize, prevent, and control the spread of COVID-19 infection. The course covers topics such as the signs and symptoms of COVID-19, how the virus spreads, and measures that can be taken to prevent its spread. The training takes 1 hour to complete and is mapped to NICE Guideline 191, which guides infection prevention and control in healthcare settings.
Learning Objectives
- Understand what Coronavirus (COVID-19) is
- List the signs and symptoms
- List who is at risk of infection
- General advice for COVID-19/safe practice
- Understand the chain of infection
- Understand measures for preventing and limiting the spread
- Demonstrate effective hand hygiene
- Demonstrate effective use of disinfectant hand rubs
- Understand appropriate PPE
- Understand appropriate waste segregation
Health and Safety Courses
HABC Level 2 Award in the Prevention and Control of Infection in Health and Care Settings (RQF)
Learning Objectives:
- Explain the need for infection prevention
- Outline and describe a range of microorganisms capable of causing infections
- Define infection and describe the ‘chain of infection’
- Explain and practise a range of infection prevention procedures, including handwashing and decontamination
- State sources of useful additional information.
IOSH Managing Safely
Learning Objectives:
- To give managers and supervisors an understanding of everyone's safety and health responsibilities in the workplace
- To enable managers and supervisors to recognise how they can influence, control and monitor risk to improve safety and health issues in the workplace
IOSH Working Safely
Learning Objectives:
- Introducing working safely
- Defining hazards and risk
- Identifying common hazards
- Improving safety performance
Level 2 Award in Abrasive Wheels
Learning Objectives:
- To understand what an abrasive wheel is and typical causes of accidents
- Be able to explain common hazards and control measures
- To know main, relevant legislation
- Understand how to use an abrasive wheel safely and demonstrate how to fit one
Level 2 Award in Accident and Incident Investigation
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the moral and legal obligation to investigate accidents
- Understand RIDDOR requirements
- Understand and be able to apply accident and incident investigation procedures
- Understand the importance of reviewing performance and learning lessons
- Understand the benefits of implementing control measures to prevent accidents
Level 2 Award in Asbestos Awareness
Learning Objectives:
- Be able to explain what asbestos is and its uses
- Know how to avoid risks from ACMs
- Understand what processes release fibres and how the law has been applied to the risk from ACMs
- Explain why ACMs are harmful and what diseases it can cause
- Understand what to do if you have unintentionally come into contact with ACMs
Level 2 Award in Confined Spaces
Learning Objectives:
- To introduce the learners to the trainer and First Response training
- To outline the health and safety requirements and basic housekeeping for the course
- List the policies of the client organisation and First Response Training
- Outline the contents of the course
Level 2 Award in Conflict Resolution and Breakaway
Learning Objectives:
- Understand workplace violence and aggression
- Know the laws that apply to both employers and employees regarding the subject
- Consider how to resolve confrontational situations using effective communication
- Understand factors regarding workplace safety
- Understand the importance of personal safety
- Understand reducing restrictive interventions by using a range of physical techniques to break away from aggressive situations
Level 2 Award in Conflict Resolution and Personal Safety
Learning Objectives:
- Understand workplace violence and aggression
- Know the laws that apply to both employers and employees regarding the subject
- Consider how to resolve confrontational situations using effective communication
- Understand factors regarding workplace safety
- Understand the importance of personal safety
Level 2 Award in Handling Hazardous Substances COSHH
Learning Objectives:
- Define ‘substance hazardous to health’
- Identify the main legislation relevant to COSHH
- Identify common hazardous substances
- Describe ways that hazardous substances enter the body
- List safe practices for handling hazardous substances
Level 2 Award in Hazard Identification in the Home
Learning Objectives:
- Have an awareness of relevant legislation
- Understand how to identify hazards and prepare the home environment
Level 2 Award in Health and Safety
Learning Objectives:
- Understand roles and responsibilities for health, safety and welfare in the workplace
- Know how risk assessments contribute to health and safety
- Understand how to identify and control the risks from common workplace hazards
Level 2 Award in Health, Safety and Fire
Learning Objectives:
- Understand roles and responsibilities for health, safety and welfare in the workplace
- Know how risk assessments contribute to health and safety
- Understand how to identify and control the risks from common workplace hazards
- Know the procedures for responding to accidents and incidents in the workplace
- Understand fire safety in the workplace and the roles and responsibilities of those working there
Level 2 Award in Manual Handling
Learning Objectives:
- Know the importance of spinal health and wellbeing and the impact this has on any working activity
- To identify the importance of taking a balanced risk assessment approach and what needs to be considered prior to undertaking the activity
- To describe the legal framework and key guidance and how this influences safer person centred manual handling
- To demonstrate safer principles of handling whilst completing practical aspects of your role
Level 2 Award in Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Learning Objectives:
- Detail the relevant Legislation
- Explain the Risk Assessment process involved in selecting PPE
- Explain when and where the use of PPE is required
- Explain the different types of PPE
- Know employee responsibilities with PPE
Level 2 Award in Personal Safety, Lone Working and De-escalation
Learning Objectives:
- Understand workplace violence and aggression
- Know the laws that apply to both employers and employees regarding the subject
- Consider how to resolve confrontational situations using effective communication
- Understand factors regarding workplace safety
- Understand the importance of personal safety
Level 2 Award in Principles of Health and Safety
Learning Objectives:
- Understand roles and responsibilities for health, safety and welfare in the workplace
- Know how risk assessments contribute to health and safety
- Understand how to identify and control the risks from common workplace hazards
- Know the procedures for responding to accidents and incidents in the workplace
Level 2 Award in Sharps Awareness
Learning Objectives:
- Explain the term ‘sharps’
- List the legislation associated with sharps awareness
- List the infections associated with sharps
- Explain the importance of risk assessments in sharps awareness
- Describe how to treat a sharps injury
Level 2 Award in the Principles of Risk Assessment
Learning Objectives:
- Identify related health and safety legislation
- List common causes of accidents
- Know the meaning of ‘risk’ when it comes to health and safety
- List the steps to a risk assessment
- Explain how to support the risk assessment process
Level 2 Award in Working at Height
Learning Objectives:
- To understand the Working at Height Regulations 2005
- Describe your responsibilities under the Working at Height Regulations 2005
- Know the risks of working at height
- Understand how to work safely on ladders and step ladders
Level 3 Award in DSE Assessment
Learning Objectives:
- Explain the main requirements of current DSE legislation
- Identify hazards from working with DSE
- Conduct a DSE risk assessment
- Identify and initiate the implementation of control measures
- Record and review the risk assessment process
Level 3 Award in Managing and Supervising Risk
Learning Objectives:
- To know why it is important to manage safely
- Explain the law systems of the UK
- Identify what the law requires you to do
- Identify common hazards
- Explain ‘risk’
- Know how to complete a risk assessment
- Explain how risk can be reduced
Level 3 Award in Managing and Supervising Safety
Learning Objectives:
- To know why it is important to manage safely
- Understand how the law applies
- Be aware of legal requirements
- Be able to implement a health and safety management system
- Understand why accidents and incidents should be investigated
Level 3 Award in Safety Representatives
Learning Objectives:
- Know the importance of managing health and safety
- Understand how the law works
- List relevant Legislation
- Know the functions of a safety representative
- Understand hazards and risk
- Understand the role of safety committees
- Have an awareness of accident reporting and investigation
Supervising Safely (IOSH Approved)
Learning Objectives:
- Key reasons for supervising safety and health
- Supervisor’s health and safety responsibilities and influence on culture
- Common workplace hazards, unsafe acts and unsafe conditions and their controls
- Risk assessment in the workplace
- Key benefits of management systems
- Incident reporting and investigation
- The importance of communication and the different methods used