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Concise description: 
A free course consisting of 6 lessons in workplace safety and health. The following lessons are presented: 1. Hazards in the workplace, 2. Measuring Risk, 3. Controlling Risk, 4. Safety Statement, 5. Reporting Accidents and Incidents, and 6. Responsibility. The course is developed towards young people (post primary education) to introduce them into the health risks of work. After the course, they are able to define safety hazards in the workplace, make a basic risk assessment and estimate risks, know the principles of prevention and identify control measures, know the content of a safety statement, identify key elements in reporting of accidents and the responsibilities of all people involved in the workplace. The course is presented in English only. It is necessary to register before the course can be approached. Apart from the course described here, the website offers other free courses also: see below: Related Material. Each lesson consists of simple texts, illustrations and questions, and an assessment. The questions and assessment are interactive and feedback is given on the answers. One may continue without answering the questions. In that case, however, no feedback is provided. The lessons can be followed effectively on-line only. That is, the text presented can also be printed, but the questions, assessment and feedback cannot. The material is primary meant for students. The level of the material is that of awareness and does not ask for any specific pre-knowledge in health care and / or occupational health. Teachers can monitor the progress of students using a free manager service (also available on the website). Some specific terms used are explained in a glossary. On start of each lesson, an advertisement (ad) appears on the screen for a considerable period (10-15 seconds). The user may choose for the (paid) option to not let these ads appear.

Language(s): 

  • English
Training level(s) of the material: 
Awareness
Aggregation level: 
Module
Certificate: 
Yes
Direct link to: 
Get safe – work safe
Major discipline(s): 
Safety
Key terms on the content: 
Hazard, risk assessment, safety, control, accidents, incidents

Intended user: 

  • Learner
Context: 
Individual setting
Time demand to complete: 
< 3 h (each lesson can be completed within approximately one half hour)
Coverage of the content of the material: 
Basic introduction in the field of workplace safety

Industrial sector(s): 

  • Agriculture, forestry and fishing
  • Mining and quarrying
  • Manufacturing
  • Construction
  • Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles
  • Transportation & storage
  • Professional, scientific and technical activities
  • Activities of household as employers; undifferentiated goods- and services-producing activities of housholds for own use

Countries: 

  • Multiple
Content overview: 
Yes.
Educative text: 
Yes.
Instruction: 
Yes.
Learning objective(s): 
Yes.
Valuation of previous knowledge: 
No.
Assignments: 
No.
Self test: 
Yes.
Help function: 
Yes.
Glossary: 
Yes.
Illustrations: 
Yes.
Links within: 
Yes, towards illustrating videos.
References: 
No.
Further reading: 
No
Interaction: 
Active
Flexibility: 
Yes.
Stimulating: 
Yes.

Material type: 

  • Online and interactive

Format: 

  • Not indicated
Size of download (Mb): 
No download
Requirements: 
<p>Online Internet connection is required. Spoken text, so loudspeaker of headphones required.</p>
Original author(s): 
Not indicated
Original affiliation: 
Health and Safety Authority, James Joyce Street, Dublin

Original country: 

  • Ireland
Owner / intellectual property: 
Health and Safety Authority, Dublin, Ireland
Terms of use / restrictions / licensing: 

The lessons can be attended and completed online for free after personal registration. The ALISON Services are for personal use only and may not be used commercially. The complete Terms of use description can be found here.

Version: 
01-07-2009
Status: 
Completed
Date added to the website: 
Wednesday, 25 April 2012

Collection (part of): 

  • This is part of the free courses provided by ALISON
Related material: 
See also the separate course on the Alison website about Back safety, Behavior-based safety, Managing safety and health in schools (International), Workstation ergonomics, Safety and health in construction, etc
Charge for use?: 
No
Comments: 

See also the separate course on the Alison website about Back safety, Behavior-based safety, Managing safety and health in schools (International), Workstation ergonomics, Safety and health in construction, Safety and health in the science laboratory for teachers, Safety and health in the technology classroom for teachers

Alison homepage: http://alison.com/

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