Highfield Level 4 International Award in Health and Safety in the Workplaces
This qualification is aimed at supervisors and managers with a direct responsibility for health and safety management. The qualification is intended for learners already working in the capacity of supervisor or manager and those who are preparing to start work at this level. Learners gaining this qualification will know that supervisors and managers have legal and moral obligations to ensure health and safety within a business and that this includes obligations to employees, contractors, visitors and suppliers. Its subject areas are regarded by the health and safety executive as being important to developing safe working procedures in the workplace
Qualification content
1.1 Explain the duties and responsibilities of employers, employees and others in relation to health and safety at
work
1.2 Explain the moral, social and economic reasons for maintaining and promoting good health and safety
standards within the workplace
1.3 Explain the role of training, maintenance and workplace layout in reducing risk
2.1 Explain the role of health and safety policies in managing health and safety
2.2 Explain methods to ensure employers and employees communicate and co-operate on health and safety issues
effectively
2.3 Explain the role of risk assessments and safe systems of work in the management of health and safety
2.4 Describe management and audit processes and documentation used to maintain and improve health and
safety standards
2.5 Outline sources of information and instructions on health and safety and where they are found
3.1 Outline procedures for the development, implementation and recording of risk assessments
3.2 Construct risk assessments for a range of tasks and procedures, such as manufacturing/construction tasks, substances hazardous to health,
general hazards of the working environment
4.1 Outline procedures for the development, implementation and recording of safe systems of work
4.2 Construct a safe system of work for a range of tasks and procedures, such as manufacturing/construction tasks, substances hazardous to health,
general hazards of the working environment
5.1 Explain procedures for reviewing an organisation’s practices and policy with regards to health and safety at work
5.2 Explain the principles of incident investigation
5.3 State how changes can be implemented following a review of risk assessments, safe systems of work and incidents
6.1 Outline International standards and conventions such as International Standards Organisation (ISO) and the International Labour Organisation
(ILO)
Guidance on Assessment
Part 1: Learners are expected to undertake the following activities:
• undertake a risk assessment
• construct a safe system of work
Part 2 : is assessed by a multiple-choice examination, containing 60 questions. The exam must be
completed in 2 hours. Successful learners will have to demonstrate knowledge across the unit
content and correctly answer 36 questions or more to achieve a pass, 42 questions to achieve a
merit and 48 questions to achieve a distinction