Health and Safety at the Office
St. Bernard's Safety Training Institute


Start dateFlexible |
BasisPart-Time |
CertificationShort Course |
PrerequisiteNone |
LocationRemote |
Duration3.5 Hours |
Introduction
This course is suitable for anyone who would like to increase their awareness about health and safety matters in an office environment as well as for people whose main role would be that of improving and maintaining Health & Safety issues in an office environment. It provides clear information on what should be done to anticipate and avoid accidents and work-related illnesses from occurring. This course is also suitable for renewing an already existing qualification.
What you'll learn
Course Assessment
At the end of the Health and Safety for the Office course, participants are assessed by a multiple choice assessment sheet to assess understanding of main topics and any weaknesses are addressed.
Certification
Upon completing the Health & Safety for the Office course, each participant will be issued with a certificate of competence in the subject
Validity of Certificate
3 years
Course Modules
- Investigating and analysing
- Prevention of accidents
- The accident book
- Risk assessment
- Hierarchy of control
- Safe use of electricity
- Slips, trips and falls
- Local legislation and regulations
- EU legislation and regulations
- Employer's legal requirements
- Employee's legal requirements
- The importance of health and safety
- Common causes of accidents
- Costs for businesses of poor health and safety
- Costs for employees of poor health and safety
- Benefits of good health and safety
- Ergonomics and seating postures
- Clothing
- Repetitive tasks
- Visual display equipment and desks
- Stacking and shelving
- Hand-powered tools and equipment
- Office machines and chemicals
- Furniture layout
- Office environment health hazards
- Health and safety factors
- Health and safety signs
Course Provider
At St. Bernard’s Safety Training Centre, we believe in teaching the true essence of safety. We provide a variety of health and safety training, such as:
- Fire safety risk and assessments
- Lifting equipment training
- First aid training
- Health and safety training
- Food handling courses - registered with the Food Safety Commission of Malta
- Security guard training - registered with the Maltese Police Department.
We offer a variety of Safety Courses to suit your needs; both accredited and non-accredited courses. St. Bernard’s Safety Training Centre is licensed as a Further Education Institution with the Malta Further and Higher Education Authority. License No. 2014-FHI-002