Applied Health
& Safety
Outline Qualifcations
Specifcation
July 2018
— Applied Health & Safety
Introduction
Every student is allocated a personal tutor when they start a qualifcation. The tutor is
available for support on any aspect of the course, and can be contacted via the support
forum or e-mail, with immediate telephone callback on request.
To reflect the hours that individuals typically study, NCRQ offers full tutor
support until 8pm Monday – Friday, and 12-2pm on Saturday.
Tutor
Support
The primary role of a tutor is to support you when
working though your case studies and activities.
Learning
Style
Welcome
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Specifcation
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National Compliance and Risk Qualifcations – NCRQ – has been
established by a number of leading experts in health and safety. This
includes representatives of some of the UK’s largest employers,
including the BBC, Royal Mail, and Siemens PLC, specialists from the
Health and Safety Executive, legal experts, and academics.
The objective was to develop high
quality, non-sector specifc safety
qualifcations for supervisors and
managers that would give them the real
skills that are desired by employers. This
is provided by the Certifcate in Applied
Health and Safety, which can be built
upon by the Certifcate in Personal Injury
Liability for those organisations with
public interaction or a higher likelihood of
civil claims. This can be extended even
further to the Diploma in Applied Health
and Safety for safety practitioners or
managers of higher risk activities.
Employers require safety practitioners that can effectively manage health and safety;
not necessarily those that can answer exam questions that test recital of safety
knowledge. An effective safety practitioner is one that can apply legal duties to any
workplace scenario from basic principles, can independently undertake research on
topics beyond their knowledge, can confdently determine suitable and sufcient risk
control measures that are sensible and proportionate to the risks, and can then justify
any additional costs to senior management. The Certifcate in Applied Health and Safety
provides assurance that an individual has these skills.
One of the driving forces behind safety management by employers in the 21st century
is actually not compliance with statutory legislation and the fear of prosecution, but to
reduce exposure to civil claims, which can have signifcant direct and indirect fnancial
implications to any size of organisation. The NCRQ suite of qualifcations includes
a Certifcate in Personal Injury Liability, that gives supervisors and managers the
knowledge and skills to be able to prevent or reduce liability in relation to such claims.
This forms an integral part of the full Diploma, but can also be taken as a standalone
qualifcation for those working in that area, or an additional qualifcation for experienced
and qualifed safety practitioners.
The Diploma in Applied Health and Safety includes both of the Certifcate level
qualifcations, so that an individual working towards the Diploma will receive recognition
for the knowledge and skills as they are learned. The additional unit of the Diploma
teaches the detail of more complex and higher risk activities and legislation, and will
provide recognition to employers and HSE that an individual has all of the skills and
knowledge required to advise or manage health and safety in an organisation of any size.
NCRQ qualifcations are delivered through self-directed learning with full tutor
support. Students work through a series of real life case studies – each one
introducing new legislation, risks, and concepts. The emphasis is on problem-based
learning – giving students the skills and confdence to teach themselves.
Students receive a full colour workbook, which will guide them through each
case study. The workbook contains a number of activities to undertake – such as
researching some legislation, reading some HSE guidance, analysing a scenario and
giving their opinions, or simply re reflecting on a problem for a few moments.
NCRQ has developed an online learning environment – called myNCRQ. Here,
students can complete online learning activities, discuss questions with other students
and tutors via the online forum, and request and submit completed assignments.
In order to add an additional level of independent oversight and scrutiny,
NCRQ have entered into an exclusive partnership with AIM Awards – an
Ofqual recognised awarding organisation.
Whilst NCRQ have developed this suite of health and safety qualifcations, and are responsible for
the delivery, assessment, and quality assurance, the fnal qualifcation cation will be awarded by
AIM Awards in partnership with NCRQ. This ensures that the qualifcation cation will be regulated
by Ofqual and will be recognised throughout the UK and EU.
Certifcate in applied health and safety
AIM Awards level 6 certifcate in applied health and safety (QCF)
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Specifcation
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To give the knowledge and skills to be able to:
• supervise or manage a workforce in a safe way
• undertake risk assessments and develop sensible and proportionate control
measures
• carry out investigations into workplace accidents or ill-health
• establish and develop a safety management system for any size of organisation
• understand and improve behaviours and attitudes that foster a positive safety
culture
• manage health and safety in a low risk organisation.
It is suitable for those who:
• have no safety knowledge or experience and want a good foundation in safety
management
• are working in a safety related role and want to improve your knowledge and skills
• have general management responsibilities and want to be able to maintain a safe
and healthy workplace.
Aims
Who is it
for?
As with all NCRQ qualifcation cations, assessments are designed to re reflect
real workplaces, and test the skills that are actually required by employers.
Assessments will take the form of a series of assignments. Each assignment will
consist of a scenario, a task, and supporting information. Students will then have
two to four weeks to complete the assignment in their own time.
An example assessment programme for this qualifcation cation may include:
Reports can be written using any approach or presentation – so that students
can work in a style that they are familiar, or adopt the methods used by their
employer. And as in real life, there are sometimes no black and white solutions
– and the assessors will look at the process and justifcation, as well as the fnal
recommendation.
How is it
Assessed
A Typical
Assignment
Assignment
Undertake and write a risk assessment
Prepare an accident investigation report
Reply to a number of requests for advice
Complete a professional development plan
Approximate time
required
5 hours
15 hours
5 hours
2 hours
Completion
period
2 weeks
4 weeks
2 weeks
2 weeks
Scenario:
You are the safety advisor in a small organisation. An accident has occurred in
the workplace.
Task:
E-mail from the Chief Executive asking you to investigate and prepare
a report highlighting the immediate and root cause, together with
recommendations to prevent a recurrence. You are also asked to comment
on potential outcomes of any HSE investigation. There may also be an ethical
challenge, such as asking you to not recommend an expensive solution.
Supporting information:
This may include a number of witness statements, risk assessments,
manufacturer’s instructions, etc, which you will need to analyse and review.
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Unit
Summary
Learning
Outcomes and
Assessment
Criteria
This qualifcation consists of one unit:
• HSD1: Principles of health and safety (QCF level 6, 14 credits)
The aim of this unit is to give students the skills to recognise how an employer may be liable
in tort for personal injury, and the factors that may reduce or prevent such liability.
Students can then advise an employer of appropriate steps to help reduce the number of
successful civil claims and their associated costs. This unit will look at the law of tort and
consequences of a successful claim, and require learners to apply this to a range of scenarios.
Be able to apply the law of tort to a work related scenario
• Apply the law of negligence and occupiers liability to a given situation in the workplace
• Critically evaluate a situation in the workplace in relation to liability
Be able to improve a risk control system to reduce the risk of accidents and successful
civil claims
• Critically examine an established risk control system from a civil claims perspective
• Identify where there may be insufcient evidence to defend a claim
• Recommend to an employer suitable additional measures for a given scenario
• Justify the recommended measures against any fnancial, technical, operational and
societal impacts
Be able to quantify the total costs of a successful claim in tort
• Analyse a scenario where personal injury has resulted from the negligence of an
employer
• Apply the appropriate legal principles and guidelines to the scenario
• Estimate an appropriate fnancial remedy to the scenario
• Apply the terms of a simple insurance policy to the scenario
• Report to an employer the range of additional costs in relation to a civil claim
Understand the concept and importance of social utility in risk assessment
• Evaluate public activities to determine the beneft of the activity to the individual and
society balanced against the risks Note: this is an outline of the learning outcomes and assessment criteria only,
and not intended to re reflect the full content of the syllabus.
Entry
Requirements
All of these qualifcation cations are at QCF Level 6 – effectively the same
academic level as a degree, although a much shorter duration.
Accordingly, it is necessary for us to ensure that students have sufcient
abilities to be able to complete the qualifcation cations without excessive
effort.
A student with a qualifcation cation in any subject at QCF Level 3 – equivalent
to A-level standard – should fnd the qualifcation cations a moderate but
achievable challenge.
Before commencing with any of the qualifcation cations, there is a short
e-learning module on the legal system in the UK. In addition to ensuring that
they have the background legal knowledge to understand the qualifcation
cation, there is also a short initial assessment for you to undertake after this
preliminary e-learning module.
This will only take ten minutes or so, and does not form part of the formal
assessment, however will allow a tutor to check that each student is capable
of working at the necessary level.
Certifcate in personal injury liability
and absence reduction
AIM Awards level 6 certifcate in personal injury liability (QCF)
Outline Qualifcations
Specifcation
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To give the knowledge and skills to be able to:
• recognise how an employer may be liable in tort for personal injury claims
• understand the factors that may reduce or prevent such liability, and the
implications of these on insurance costs and premiums
• appreciate the often signifcant differences between keeping people safe and
compliance with statutory duties, and recording and retaining the evidence to be
able to successfully defend a civil claim
• be able to advise an employer of appropriate steps to reduce both the number of
civil claims and their associated costs, both generally and in relation to speci c risks
• understand the risks and control measures associated with the biggest causes of
lost time and civil
• claims: work-related stress, manual handling, slips and trips and asbestos
• be able to develop and implement strategies and procedures to reduce sickness
absence and lost time
• know how to apply sensible risk control measures that allow activities to take place
in a safe manner, without unnecessary bureaucracy.
It is suitable for those who:
• have no knowledge or experience
in dealing with or reducing
personal injury claims, and want a
good foundation in this area
• are already an experienced safety
practitioner wanting to improve
your skills and knowledge in this
area, or
• work in an insurance or claims
handling related area and want to
improve your understanding and
knowledge.
Aims
Who is it
for?
As with all NCRQ qualifcation cations, assessments are designed to re reflect
real workplaces, and test the skills that are actually required by employers.
Assessments will take the form of a series of assignments. Each assignment will
consist of a scenario, a task, and supporting information. Students will then have
two to four weeks to complete the assignment in their own time.
Reports can be written using any approach or presentation – so that students
can work in a style that they are familiar, or adopt the methods used by their
employer. And as in real life, there are sometimes no black and white solutions
– and the assessors will look at the process and justifcation, as well as the fnal
recommendation.
How is it
Assessed
Why has
this been
Developed?
Many employers already do enough to comply with
their statutory duties, and to keep their employees and
members of the public safe from harm.
The biggest fnancial costs to employers
in relation to accidents and ill-health are in
relation to civil claims – and the awards for
compensation are often dwarfed by the legal
fees.
A civil claim in a small organisation can
have a signifcant fnancial impact
and cause real increases in insurance
premiums. Larger organisations may
deal with a high volume of claims.
This qualifcation cation has
been developed in response to
demand from industry, and
can be taken as an individual
qualifcation cation as well
as integrated into the full
Diploma.
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Specifcation
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Unit
Summary
Learning
Outcomes and
Assessment
Criteria
Entry
Requirements
This qualifcation consists of one unit:
• HSD1: Principles of health and safety (QCF level 6, 14 credits)
Be able to apply general duties on employers and individuals to any work related
scenario
• Critically evaluate the duties on employers and employees under current legislation to a
work-related scenario
• Evaluate the risks of a given scenario
• Identify potential control measures to achieve legal compliance in a given scenario
• Recommend to an employer suitable risk control measures for a given scenario
• Justify the recommended control measures given to an employer against any fnancial,
technical, operational and societal impacts
Understand how to improve a safety management system
• Critically examine an established safety management system
• Identify weaknesses that may result in inadequate or inefcient risk control of the
safety management system
• Propose actions to improve the safety management system
Know how to improve the safety culture of an organisation
• Identify indicators of a poor safety culture of an organisation
• Recommend improvements to promote a positive safety culture of an
organisation
Understand how to investigate a workplace accident
• Evaluate a collection of evidence
• Determine the possible root cause and contributory factors of a workplace accident
• Create an action plan to address failures
• Analyse the range of potential consequences of non-compliance with legislation
• Report to an employer the consequences of non-compliance with legislation
• Predict the likely outcome of a non-compliant scenario
Understand key workplace hazards and basic control measures
• Explain the key hazards and control measures arising from common activities in a
workplace
Be able to devise own professional development plan
• Reflect upon own learning experience
• Compile a personal development portfolio
• Devise a professional development plan
Note: this is an outline of the learning outcomes and assessment criteria only, and
not intended to reflect the full content of the syllabus.
All of these qualifcation cations are at QCF Level 6 – effectively the same
academic level as a degree, although a much shorter duration.
Accordingly, it is necessary for us to ensure that students have sufcient
abilities to be able to complete the qualifcation cations without excessive
effort.
A student with a qualifcation cation in any subject at QCF Level 3 – equivalent
to A-level standard – should fnd the qualifcation cations a moderate but
achievable challenge.
Before commencing with any of the qualifcation cations, there is a short
e-learning module on the legal system in the UK.
In addition to ensuring that they have the background legal knowledge to
understand the qualifcation cation, there is also a short initial assessment for
you to undertake after this preliminary e-learning module.
This will only take ten minutes or so, and does not form part of the formal
assessment, however will allow a tutor to check that each student is capable
of working at the necessary level.
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Specifcation
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This qualifcation builds upon the knowledge and skills in the previous
two certifcate-level qualifcations. In addition to the aims of those
qualifcations, on completion of the full Diploma you will be able to:
• confdently manage employees undertaking higher risk activities
• have the skills to advise an employer as a “competent person” or register as a
health and safety consultant
• be able to undertake a safety management role in an organisation dealing with
complex or higher risk activities
• have a comprehensive understanding of a wide range of risks to safety and
occupational health in the workplace, and know the detail of speci c legislative
requirements.
As with all NCRQ qualifcation cations,
assessments are designed to re reflect
real workplaces, and test the skills that
are actually required by employers.
Assessments will take the form
of a series of assignments. Each
assignment will consist of a scenario,
a task, and supporting information.
Students will then have two to four
weeks to complete the assignment in
their own time. The fnal unit HSD3
is assessed by completion of online
activities throughout the course and
one fnal long research and analysis
assignment – which you are given six
weeks to complete.
Reports can be written using any
approach or presentation – so that
students can work in a style that they
are familiar, or adopt the methods
used by their employer. And as in real
life, there are sometimes no black and
white solutions – and the assessors will
look at the process and justifcation, as
well as the fnal recommendation.
Aims
How is it
Assessed
Diploma in applied health and safety
AIM Awards level 6 diploma in applied health and safety (QCF)
Unit summary
Learning
Outcomes and
Assessment
Criteria
This qualifcation consists of three units:
• HSD1: Principles of health and safety (QCF level 6, 14 credits)
• HSD2: Personal injury liability and absence reduction (QCF level 6, 14 credits)
• HSD3: Further workplace hazards (QCF level 6, 14 credits)
These are in addition to the learning outcomes from units HSD1 and HSD2
Be able to develop control measures to achieve legal compliance, reduce the risk of ill health
and reduce personal injury claims arising from work-related health hazards
• Identify possible risks to health arising from a wide range of workplace:
(a) agents
(b) chemicals
(c) activities
• Research and interpret information relating to the identifed risks
• Apply relevant legislation to a work–related scenario
• Determine appropriate control measures to reduce risks, ensure compliance, and
reduce exposure to personal injury claims
Be able to develop control measures to achieve legal compliance, reduce risk of injuries, and
reduce personal injury claims arising from work-related safety hazards
• Identify possible risks of injury arising from a wide range of workplace equipment and
activities
• Research and interpret information relating to the identifed risks
• Apply relevant legislation to a work-related scenario
• Determine appropriate control measures to reduce risks, ensure compliance, and
reduce exposure to personal injury claims
Be able to develop control measures to achieve legal compliance and reduce risks
associated with fre safety
• Identify possible risks of re
• Determine appropriate preventative and protective measures
• Record the measures in a re risk assessment
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Additional
Information
Grading
Structure
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Passing a qualifcation
Many qualifcations, especially in higher education, use numerical marking for exams or
assessments, with an arbitrary threshold set for a pass, merit, or distinction. This is often
quite appropriate for purely academic subjects, where the emphasis is on the knowledge of
the student.
Where a qualifcation is used to demonstrate competence in a particular feld, numerically
marked qualifcations are much less valid. Pass marks are usually set at a low level, often
40%, which means that a student can be awarded a qualifcation having failed to achieve
most of the marks available, and perhaps not having adequate knowledge of over half of
the syllabus. An employer can not rely on these qualifcations as evidence of competence.
Because of this, NCRQ qualifcations have been developed under the Qualifcations and
Credit Framework (QCF). Rather than using numerical marking, with arbitrary thresholds
and which can reward “selective learning”, a student must demonstrate competence in
every assessment criteria.
Each assignment will be used to assess one or more of the learning outcomes, listed in the
previous sections, by looking at the assessment criteria. Where a student can demonstrate
adequate competence in every assessment criteria, they will be awarded the qualifcation.
In this way, NCRQ qualifcations provide evidence that the student is competent in every
area, and can provide assurance to employers that they have the necessary skills and
knowledge to undertake a particular role.
Additionally, employers and individuals consistently report that many qualifed safety
practitioners do not have the skills required to actually undertake their functions effectively.
By using competence-based assessments, NCRQ qualifcations focus on the skills and
understanding, rather than the recital of knowledge required in traditional exams.
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Specifcation
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“I though the qualifcation was
fantastic! The good thing about
this qualifcation, is it’s all case
studies, you work at your own
pace and I just thought it was
absolutely brilliant! I’ve learnt
so much.”
Recognising
Higher
Achievement
As explained, the Certifcate or Diploma will be awarded when adequate competence
is demonstrated in every assessment outcome. However, many students may well
perform at a level above “adequate”. To recognise this, it is possible for an NCRQ
qualifcation to be awarded with merit or distinction.
Where a student has demonstrated adequate competence in every assessment
criteria, each criteria will also be looked at holistically to determine if there is evidence of
a higher level of achievement.
The outcome of this will be recorded as a pass, merit or distinction, in accordance with
the defned grade descriptors.
When all of the assessment criteria for the award of a qualifcation have been met, the
pass/merit/distinction outcomes will be reviewed and the “average” grade awarded for
the fnal qualifcation.
Validation
Interview
Examination-based qualifcation cations are able to verify
the identity of students very easily – the student must bring
some photographic identifcation to each exam, which is
checked by an invigilator.
NCRQ qualifcation cations have been designed to be
assessed by assignments only – so that the assessment
reflects the real life skills that are being tested, and to
improve accessibility of the qualifcation cations – so that
there is no need for students to travel to an exam centre in a
city every time they want to be assessed.
The disadvantage of this is that it is not as easy to validate
the identifcation of the students. In order to ensure that our
qualifcation cations are properly awarded, and to prevent
malpractice by students submitting work completed by
someone else, every student must undertake a validation
interview before being awarded a qualifcation cation.
A validation interview will take place only after all of the
assessment criteria have been met – so that a student will
already have demonstrated that they have the knowledge and
skills to be awarded a qualifcation cation.
The interview is not assessed, and has no impact on the
award or grading of a qualifcation cation.
At a pre-arranged time, a Student Support Ofcer will
contact the student via a video call. This can take place via
a smart phone, tablet, or computer with a web-cam, and
a student without these facilities could borrow one from a
colleague or family member for this one-off call (as a last
resort, we can post a device out to you, however there will be
a fee for this).
The student must have an acceptable form of photographic
identifcation available for viewing and comparison over the
video call.
They will then be asked some simple questions about
the course and their assignments to ensure that they are
genuine. It is nothing to worry about, is very informal, and has
no bearing on the fnal results. No preparation is required.
Thank you
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Fees
Discounts
The fees below are correct from 1 April 2018.
In order to cover the signifcant additional postage costs, a higher fee is chargeable for
students outside the UK and EU. Note that individual UK and EU students are charged
VAT, however no VAT is payable for students outside of the EU.
Discounts are available for employers purchasing qualifcations for
three or more individuals. Contact us for further details.
Qualifcation
Level 6 Certifcate in Applied Health and Safety
Consists of unit HSD1: Principles of health and safety
Level 6 Certifcate in Personal Injury Liability
Consists of unit HSD2: Personal injury liability
Level 6 Diploma in Applied Health and Safety
Consists of unit HSD1, HSD2, and HSD3
Level 6 Diploma in Applied Health and Safety
(if HSD1 and HSD2 already awarded)
Consists of unit HSD3: Further workplace hazards
Other services
Assignment re-submission
To cover costs of re-marking an unsuccessful assignment
Hire of smart phone for validation interview
Only required if not able to access a smart phone, tablet, or computer
with web-cam. UK only.
UK/EU
£550
(£660 inc VAT)
£550
(£660 inc VAT)
£1500
(£1800 inc VAT)
£550
(£660 inc VAT)
Int’l
£660
£660
£1800
£660
Cost
£30
(£36 inc VAT)
£60
(£72 inc VAT)
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