ECITB - IHSP Training

ECITB International Health & Safety Passport

ecitbCourse Objectives:

The course aims to ensure delegates have an appropriate understanding of the key health and safety principals and best practice needed to help equip them for a safer world of work.

Course Contents

On completion of the course, learners will have an appreciation and awareness of the following key topics:

  • Understand the Moral, Legal and Financial Imperatives that Drive Health & Safety
  • Be Aware of How Human Factors can Impact upon Health & Safety
  • Understand Why Perception and Behaviours are Important
  • Be Aware of the General Legal Framework (Criminal and Civil) and the Function of Law Enforcers
  • Be Aware of the Consequences of Failure on the Individual, Task and Organisation
  • Understand the Concepts of Hazard, Risk and Risk Control
  • Be Aware of Risk Assessment and Safe Systems of Work (Including Permits)
  • Be Aware of the Hierarchy of Risk Control (ERICPD Model)
  • Understand the Need for PPE as ‘Last Resort’
  • Be Familiar with Safety Signage
  • Understand a Range of Common Workplace Hazards and their Typical Risk Controls:
    • Work at height
    • Excavations
    • Confined space entry
    • Work equipment
    • Asbestos
    • Site transport
    • Electricity and ‘lock out – tag out’
    • Lifting operations
    • Hazardous substances
    • Noise and vibration
  • Understand Why Incidents/Accidents Happen (Causal Factors)
  • Understand the Need to Report and Investigate Incidents/Accidents