Diploma in Health and Safety

This course is designed for experienced health and safety reps (who have completed stage 1 & 2) who wish to further develop their knowledge, skills and expertise.

It supports the development and practice of health and safety and enables safety reps to move to higher levels of study and activism.

The aims of the diploma are:

• To help learners develop their knowledge of health and safety
• To help learners build health and safety organisation in the workplace
• To help learners to tackle health, safety and welfare and environmental issues in the workplace
• To deepen and extend the capacities of learners, enabling them to access union health and safety posts or higher education opportunities 
• To develop personal/study skills, the ability to work collectively and improve the confidence of learners to study at a higher level.

Although there are no entry requirements for the course, other than a commitment to trade unionism, the course does require some significant written work by way of assignments and a project.

The tutor will provide any support necessary to assist the completion of the assignments and the project.