Level 4 Award in Health and Safety in the Workplace

Successful completion of the training programme, assignments and examination will ensure candidates are able to:

• Manage health and safety in most businesses
• Develop auditing and monitoring programmes
• Design safe practices and procedures
• Liaise with enforcement officers
• Identify specific legal requirements
• Train staff and establish risk assessment projects (with additional training where necessary)
• Deliver level 1 and level 2 health and safety qualifications (with appropriate training skills)

This qualification will cover the following topics:

• Health and safety management
• Health and safety culture
• Workplace and work equipment
• Hazardous agents
• Legislation

In addition to the training, candidates are required to submit two assignments from the list set by the. The required standard of 30 marks must be achieved in each assignment before the candidate is eligible to sit the examination.

The examination of the Level 4 Award in Health and Safety in the Workplace will consist of an examination paper with 2 parts. Candidates will be given 2 1/2 hours to complete this.

The final mark is made up of marks achieved in both the written examination and the assignments. Candidates must gain at least 60% in the written examination and an accumulative mark of 60–74% to achieve a pass, 75–89% and above to achieve a merit and 90% and above to achieve a distinction.
 

Train the Trainer qualification. This will allow candidates to deliver the Level 2 Award in Food Safety.