40 health & safety awareness training courses

Category A asbestos awareness: what asbestos is, where it is found, the health risks, and what to do if you might disturb asbestos-containing materials.

Working safely with hazardous substances under COSHH, plus infection prevention basics such as hygiene, PPE and safe cleaning.

Setting up your workstation safely: posture, screen and chair adjustment, taking breaks, and how to report display screen equipment problems.

Everyday electrical safety awareness: common hazards, visual checks, damaged equipment, and what to do if something is unsafe.

A general health and safety induction: your duties, common workplace hazards, emergencies, reporting, and where to get help.

Infection prevention and control basics: hand hygiene, PPE, cleaning, safe handling of waste, and reducing the spread of infection.

Staying safe when working alone: assessing the risks, keeping in contact, planning for emergencies, and knowing when to stop.

Safe manual handling: assessing the load, good lifting technique, avoiding injury, and using aids and team lifts where needed.

Protecting hearing at work: how noise causes damage, exposure action values, the hierarchy of control, hearing protection and health surveillance.

Preventing the most common workplace injuries: spotting slip, trip and fall hazards, good housekeeping, dealing with spills, and reporting.

Working safely at height: choosing the right equipment, the hierarchy of control, ladders and platforms, and preventing falls.

Awareness of legionella and basic water hygiene: stored water, little-used outlets, temperature checks and flushing. Awareness only, not a legionella risk assessment qualification.

Safe use of ladders and stepladders: when to use them, pre-use checks, correct angle and three points of contact, and inspection records.

Personal protective equipment: where it fits in the hierarchy of control, types, selection and fit, care and maintenance, and PPE issue records.

Hand-arm vibration syndrome: symptoms, exposure action and limit values, trigger time, practical controls and health surveillance.

Vehicle movement safety: separating people and vehicles, reversing risks, forklifts and mobile plant, and site traffic rules.

Fire safety basics: how fires start, prevention, what to do if you discover a fire, raising the alarm and evacuating safely.

The fire warden role: assisting evacuation, sweeping areas, using assembly points, basic fire prevention and supporting the responsible person.

Emergency evacuation and PEEP awareness: alarms, escape routes, assembly points, roll call, Personal Emergency Evacuation Plans, visitors and drills. Awareness only.

Fire door awareness: what fire doors do, why they must not be wedged open, common defects, basic visual checks and reporting. Awareness only, not competent inspection.

For managers: hazard vs risk, who may be harmed, existing and further controls, responsible person, review dates, and dynamic vs formal risk assessments.

Managing contractors safely: pre-checks, RAMS, inductions, signing in and out, permit-to-work basics, high-risk activities and monitoring on site.

Protecting young workers and work-experience students: why they are more at risk, young-person risk assessments, tasks to restrict, induction and supervision.

Awareness for managers and supervisors: their responsibilities, leadership, setting expectations, monitoring unsafe work, acting on hazards, recording actions and escalating serious issues. Awareness only, not legal advice.

The basics of equality, diversity and inclusion at work: the Equality Act, protected characteristics, and treating colleagues and customers fairly.

Handling personal data responsibly under UK GDPR: lawful basis, data subject rights, keeping data secure, and reporting breaches.

Licensing law awareness for selling alcohol: the licensing objectives, age verification, Challenge 25, and refusing sales responsibly.

Accident, incident and near-miss reporting: internal reporting, what may be reportable under RIDDOR, and why serious incidents must be escalated. Awareness only, not legal advice.

Understanding dementia, how it affects people, and how to communicate with and support people living with dementia respectfully.

Awareness of safe medication handling in care settings: the rights of administration, storage, record-keeping, and reporting errors.

Moving and handling people safely in care: risk assessment, safe techniques, using equipment such as hoists, and protecting yourself and the person.

Recognising and responding to abuse and neglect of adults at risk: types of abuse, the signs to look for, and how to raise a safeguarding concern.

Workplace inspections and hazard spotting: unsafe conditions vs unsafe acts, common hazards, recording findings, corrective actions, prioritising risk and close-out.

PUWER and work equipment awareness: safe use, pre-use checks, guarding, isolation basics, training and authorisation, maintenance and reporting unsafe equipment.

Noise awareness: how workplace noise harms hearing, early signs, when noise is a concern, reducing exposure, hearing protection and noise zones. Awareness only, not a noise assessment.

Emergency response basics: getting help, finding first aiders, AED awareness and accident reporting. Awareness only; does not replace Emergency First Aid at Work or First Aid at Work certification.

Driving for work and grey fleet awareness: what counts as driving for work, licence, MOT and insurance checks, journey planning, fatigue, phones, vehicle condition and reporting.

Food hygiene and allergen awareness for food handlers: contamination, temperature control, cleaning, and managing the 14 named allergens.

Recognising, de-escalating and safely managing conflict and challenging behaviour at work, and knowing when to withdraw and report.

Understanding workplace stress and mental health: recognising the signs, supporting yourself and colleagues, and where to find help.