NEBOSH Health and Safety at Work Award Online (E-learning)

An Entry-Level NEBOSH Qualification for Everyone in the Workplace

The NEBOSH Health and Safety at Work Award is a Level 2 qualification that introduces the essentials of workplace health and safety. Rather than concentrating on the law of one country, it focuses on principles: why health and safety needs managing, how to deal with the hazards found in most workplaces, and how to prevent incidents and ill health before they happen. Applied well, that knowledge helps organisations cut accident and injury rates.

NEBOSH assessment fees are included in the course price. There is no written exam: you are assessed by a practical review of your own workplace.

It replaces the earlier NEBOSH Award in Health and Safety at Work, and more than 35,000 people around the world hold it. This version is studied online by self-paced e-learning.

Who Is the Course For?

It suits employees at any level who need to understand health and safety and apply it in their day-to-day work, for example:

• Team leaders and supervisors
• HR professionals
• Facilities managers
• Anyone looking for a first step into health and safety

No previous knowledge or qualifications are required. NEBOSH recommends an English language level equivalent to IELTS 5.0 or above.

Course Duration and Delivery

Around 24 hours of online learning in total: about 21 hours of course content plus a 3-hour assessment. Learners have 6 months' access to the course.

What Does the Course Cover?

The award is a single unit, HSA1: Workplace safety foundations, split into four elements:

• Why and how health and safety is managed
• Dealing with common workplace hazards
• Preventing incidents and ill health before they occur
• Learning from incidents

Learning Outcomes

Applying what is learned on the course helps organisations to:

• Reduce incidents, injuries, lost time and absence
• Raise health and safety awareness among employees
• Improve engagement and build a stronger safety culture
• Achieve better compliance with workplace safety measures
• Protect the business from the reputational harm that follows safety failures

Assessment and Certification

Assessment is a practical review of your own workplace. You look at how health and safety is currently managed and how it could be improved, identify hazards and the controls already in place, judge whether risks could be reduced further, and choose the most important issue to tackle.

NEBOSH issues results 10 to 12 weeks after assessment, and a qualification parchment follows for successful learners. If you do not reach the required standard first time, the Phoenix Pass Pledge lets you keep studying at no extra cost until you are ready to try again.

Key Benefits

• For employers: fewer absences through illness or injury, better productivity, lower costs from avoided accidents and a visible commitment to employee safety
• For learners: practical skills in spotting and recording risks that transfer to many roles, and a recognised NEBOSH qualification

FAQ

What level is the NEBOSH Health and Safety at Work Award?

It is a Level 2 qualification.

What is the difference between a NEBOSH Award and a NEBOSH Certificate?

Awards are Level 2 introductions. Certificates, such as the NEBOSH National General Certificate, are Level 3, go into much more detail and can lead on to Level 6 qualifications such as the NEBOSH Diploma.

Is the award based on UK law?

No. It concentrates on health and safety principles rather than the law of a particular country, so it suits learners in the UK and overseas.

When will I get my results?

NEBOSH releases results 10 to 12 weeks after assessment, and certificates follow the results.

What can I study next?

Many learners go on to the NEBOSH National General Certificate, the core qualification for anyone considering a career in health and safety.

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• NEBOSH Health and Safety at Work Award courses
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For accredited courses such as NEBOSH and IOSH a certificate will be sent directly to you from the appropriate awarding body.

For short health and safety courses a completion certificate is available at the end of the course. You can screenshot this or print it out to confirm completion of the training.

All you need to complete our health and safety e-learning courses is a computer, tablet or smartphone and an internet connection.

Connection quality is the responsibility of the delegate. If you need to download free video conferencing software please visit our video conferencing software page where you can download the software specified by Phoenix H&S.

Online learning courses provide flexible learning experiences so that you study whenever, easily fitting learning around other commitments.

Our e-learning courses include interactive activities, real-life scenarios, and practice exam questions, all designed to provide an informative and engaging learning experience. The programmes can be bookmarked, making it easy for learners to pick up where they left off and study around their schedule. 

Our short health and safety courses also help employers to demonstrate that they have fulfilled their legal duties to ensure their personnel have been adequately trained.

Once the courses have been completed, a confirmation of results can be saved or printed as evidence. This can then be kept on record as evidence of suitable training. 

You will instantly receive a confirmation email with your order details and your course login details will follow within one business working day.

Please note that course bookings can not be processed outside of normal working hours, over weekends or on bank holidays and will be processed the next business working day.

Step 1

Click the 'Buy' or 'Add to cart' button and you will be taken to our payment/booking page where you can choose to pay online now using a debit/credit card or you can pay later by invoice.

Step 2

Once you have paid for your course(s), you will receive an email from our team advising how to begin your training.

Step 3

You will be provided with a username and password which will enable you to access the e-learning portal. Login to start your course, once you have completed and passed the course, you will be able to download and print your certificate straight away.

Founded in 2005, Phoenix Health & Safety are one of the nation's leading health and safety training providers, and are committed to providing an unbeatable service and learning experience to students.

We deliver NEBOSH, IOSH, NVQ, Construction, First Aid and general health and safety courses to your organisation and employees. Our courses are available online, at a training centre, in-house or via distance learning. Our training courses are comprehensive and cover all aspects of health, safety and environmental management.

Envico is working in partnership with Phoenix Health & Safety offering NEBOSH training and is not accredited by or associated with NEBOSH, IOSH or any other examination bodies, awarding bodies, institutions or organisations in any way whatsoever.