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OTHM Level 3 Technical Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety
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OTHM Level 3 Technical Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety
Instructor:
syedwahabali58@gmail.com
04 April, 2022
Description
The OTHM Level 3 Technical Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety has been developed to help learners understand health and safety practices within a working environment.
It introduces the responsibilities, systems, communication methods and practical controls commonly encountered in workplace health and safety roles. Learners develop an understanding of legal and organisational requirements, safety-management systems, risk assessment, workplace hazards, accidents, incidents and monitoring.
The qualification is awarded by OTHM Qualifications, an awarding organisation approved and regulated by Ofqual. Its qualification number is 603/7346/5.
OTHM states that qualifications at Level 3 represent practical knowledge, skills and competence assessed academically at a level equivalent to GCE AS/A Level study. This describes the academic level and does not mean the qualifications are identical.
Who Is This Course For?
- Learners aged 16 or above who want to begin studying occupational health and safety
- Employees who support workplace safety responsibilities
- Supervisors and team leaders who want a structured safety foundation
- Individuals preparing for entry-level health and safety roles
- Professionals moving from another field into occupational health and safety
- Learners seeking a regulated Level 3 qualification before further study
Entry Requirements
According to the current OTHM qualification information:
- The qualification can be offered to learners from age 16
- There are no formal academic entry requirements specified for this qualification
- Learners must have sufficient capability to understand the programme and complete the learning and assessment criteria
- Some working knowledge of health and safety in a work environment would be advantageous
- The qualification and its assessments are offered in English
- Learners from a non-majority English-speaking country must provide evidence of English-language competency in line with current OTHM requirements
Admission and learner registration remain subject to the approved centre’s review and current OTHM requirements.
Lessons
Unit Details
- Unit reference number: L/618/6932
- Credits: 10
- Total Qualification Time: 100 hours
- Guided Learning Hours: 60 hours
- Assessment: Short Answer Questions
Official Learning Outcomes
- Understand requirements for health, safety and welfare in the working environment
- Understand roles and responsibilities for health and safety in the workplace
- Understand the advantages of a safety-management system
Key Topics Covered
- Legal requirements underpinning health and safety at work
- Workplace welfare provisions and their maintenance
- Arrangements for vulnerable workers
- Communication of workplace health and safety information
- Causes of workplace injuries and ill health
- Consequences of non-compliance with health and safety requirements
- Alignment of occupational health and safety with business strategy
- Employer, employee and other-person responsibilities
- Training, competence and personal performance goals
- Moral, financial and legal costs of accidents and ill health
- Elements and benefits of safety-management systems
Unit Details
- Unit reference number: R/618/6933
- Credits: 14
- Total Qualification Time: 140 hours
- Guided Learning Hours: 100 hours
- Assessment: Assignment Tasks and Short Answer Questions
Official Learning Outcomes
- Understand the need for health and safety management
- Be able to contribute to the application of the correct processes to the management of health and safety in an organisation
- Understand how to review health and safety across an organisation
- Be able to communicate effectively when contributing to the maintenance of a healthy and safe work environment
- Understand the importance of working with others to maintain a healthy and safe workplace
- Be able to manage work priorities whilst maintaining health and safety
Key Topics Covered
- Legal, financial, organisational and social reasons for effective health and safety management
- Professional behaviour, continued learning, collaboration and stakeholder involvement
- Health and safety policies, safe systems of work and employee cooperation
- Management processes, audits, inspections, reporting and decision support
- Reliable sources of safety information and guidance
- Innovation, creativity and management of change
- Review of workplace practices, documentation, recurring patterns and themes
- Principles of incident investigation, recordkeeping and evidence
- Communication of technical safety information to different audiences
- Conflict resolution, active listening and the trusted-advisor role
- Working relationships, commercial awareness and professional integrity
- Leadership styles, performance indicators, workload planning and prioritisation
Unit Details
- Unit reference number: Y/618/6934
- Credits: 10
- Total Qualification Time: 100 hours
- Guided Learning Hours: 60 hours
- Assessment: Assignment Tasks and Short Answer Questions
Official Learning Outcomes
- Understand the principles of risk assessment
- Understand risks and control methods for workplace hazards
- Understand how to manage the effects of accidents and incidents
- Be able to monitor risk and incident management
Key Topics Covered
- Benefits of assessing and controlling workplace risk
- Risk prioritisation and different risk-assessment methodologies
- Qualitative, quantitative, dynamic, generic and specific risk assessments
- Situations requiring specific assessment, specialist knowledge or equipment
- The five-step risk-assessment process
- Biological, chemical, ergonomic, physical, psychosocial and safety hazards
- How workplace hazards cause injury, ill health and damage
- Risk-control measures and the hierarchy of controls
- Causes of accidents and incidents and the difference between an accident and a near miss
- Actions following an accident, incident or near miss
- Accident and incident investigation and reporting
- Contractor activities, risk assessments and method statements
- Monitoring, reporting responsibilities, training needs and continual improvement
What Will You Learn?
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Benefits
- Recognised Regulated Qualification: Study an OTHM qualification regulated by Ofqual and listed on the Regulated Qualifications Framework.
- Strong Safety Foundation: Develop knowledge of health and safety duties, welfare arrangements, safe systems of work and safety-management principles.
- Practical Workplace Knowledge: Connect learning with workplace hazards, risk controls, incident reporting, inspections, audits and organisational procedures.
- Improved Risk-Assessment Skills: Understand different forms of risk assessment, risk prioritisation, the five-step process and the hierarchy of controls.
- Better Communication and Collaboration: Strengthen your ability to explain safety information, work with stakeholders, resolve concerns and support safe practice.
- Coursework-Based Assessment: Demonstrate learning through assignment tasks and short-answer questions instead of relying on one final written examination.
- Professional Membership Opportunity: Successful learners may apply for the IOSH membership grades stated by OTHM, subject to current IOSH membership and experience criteria.
- Progression to Further Study: Build underpinning knowledge for employment and further occupational health and safety qualifications, subject to the entry requirements of the next programme.
Assessment Overview
- All three units are internally assessed by the approved centre
- Assessment is externally verified by OTHM
- The qualification is criterion referenced
- Learners must meet every specified learning outcome and assessment criterion
- Assessment uses coursework, including assignment tasks and short-answer questions
- The overall grading type is Pass/Fail
- Assessors maintain an audit trail showing how achievement decisions were reached
Assessment requirements, assignment briefs, submission rules and opportunities for reassessment are governed by current OTHM and approved-centre policies.
What We Offer
- Structured live online instructor-led learning
- Complete coverage of all three mandatory units
- Unit-by-unit learning plans and assessment guidance
- Clear explanations of workplace health and safety principles
- Practical examples of risk assessment, hazard control and incident management
- Guidance on safety-management systems, audits, inspections and communication
- Support with understanding assignment briefs and assessment criteria
- Academic writing, research and referencing guidance
- Formative feedback designed to support improvement
- Study materials, presentations and supporting learning resources
- Recorded learning support, where applicable
- Progress monitoring and learner-support sessions
- Registration and documentation guidance
- Support throughout the agreed learning period
All learner work must be original and comply with OTHM and approved-centre academic-integrity requirements.
$90.00
Course Information
- Lessons: 9
- Duration: 15h 30m 36s
- Course level: Beginners
- Study Mode: Online
- Language: English, Arabic & Urdu
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