This SafeCert Level 3 Award in Supervising Health and Safety in the Workplace qualification is aimed at supervisors or managers in the workplace.  The award has 5 learning outcomes as follows:

1. Understand the requirements for health, safety and welfare in the workplace
   • Outline the main legal framework and laws relating to health and safety at work
   • Outline the welfare provisions that should be made by the employer
   • Understand the sources and nature of information that demonstrate compliance and best practice with health and safety requirements
   • Outline ways that health and safety information can be communicated
   • Define the terms ‘incident’, ‘accident’ and ‘occupational ill health’
   • Understand the main causes of injuries and ill health at work
2. Understand the benefits of using a safety management system
   • Outline the costs associated with accidents and ill health
   • Know the typical elements of a safety management system
   • Outline the benefits of using a safety management system
3. Understand the principles of risk assessment
   • Outline the benefits of assessing and controlling risks at work
   • Understand the different types of risks assessment that can be used
   • Know where specific risk assessments may be required
   • Know the steps to be taken to complete a simple risk assessment
4. Understand the risks and control methods for common workplace hazards
   • Understand how the risks from different hazards may be affected by occupational, environmental, human and organizational factors
   • Know how injuries, ill health and other damage may result following exposure to common workplace hazards
   • Identify suitable risk control measures using the principles of the hierarchy of control
5. Understand how to manage the effects of accidents and incidents
   • Understand the actions that need to be taken following an accident or incident in the workplace
   • Understand how simple accident investigation techniques can reveal immediate and root causes