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Workplace Safety for Trades: Hazard Identification and Risk Prevention

Online
3-4 hours
Free

Course Content

This free online course will teach you about critical workplace safety practices across various environments and tasks. Are you prepared to protect yourself and your team from workplace hazards? Every day, countless employees face risks that can lead to accidents and injuries. This H&S course empowers you to identify and mitigate these risks, enhancing workplace safety. Master hazard identification, risk assessment, and proven safety practices to ensure protection and compliance. Equip yourself with the skills needed to create a more secure work environment.

Course Details

CollegeAlison
Course ID195950
Course TypeOnline Learning
Course QualificationCPD Certificate
Course Duration3-4 hours
Course FeeFree
Entry RequirementsLike all courses on the Alison Free Learning platform this is a free, CPD-accredited course. A Graduate can choose to buy a certificate or diploma upon successful completion of a course, but this is not required or necessary.

At Alison we believe that free education, more than anything, has the power to break through boundaries and transform lives.

Alison is the world’s largest free online empowerment platform for education and skills training, offering over 5000 CPD accredited courses and a range of impactful career development tools. It is a for-profit social enterprise dedicated to making it possible for anyone, to study anything, anywhere, at any time, for free online, at any subject level. Through our mission, we are a catalyst for positive social change, creating opportunity, prosperity, and equality for everyone.
Career PathWhat You Will Learn In This Free Course
• Define what constitutes a workplace accident and its common causes.
• Explain the role of fostering a strong safety culture on job sites.
• Identify the physical and health-related workplace hazards.
• Describe the roles and responsibilities of the Workers’ Compensation Board.
• Outline the short-term and long-term hazards encountered in trades.
• Recognize both direct and indirect costs of workplace injuries.
• Discuss the purpose of accident investigations and their contribution to safety improvement.
• Summarize the minimum first aid requirements for various job sites and key resources.
• Indicate the tasks requiring job-specific permits, including hot work and confined space entry.
• List the steps involved in lockout/tagout (LOTO) procedures.
Course Code7528

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