Skills Certificate in Health and Safety (1100)

Last Updated: 20 Aug 2021
The Skills Certificate in Health and Safety reflects the importance of maintaining health and safety standards in the workplace. It is designed to support the skills and knowledge developed in International Vocational Qualifications and provides a broad introduction to the theory and practical side of health and safety for any person in a work environment. The content of the qualification reflects the international nature of the knowledge, skills and activities needed for different countries or cultures.
These basic health and safety qualifications are suitable for those working in a wide range of roles and industries worldwide.
Available to deliver in the following:
  • Scotland
  • International

Interested in delivering this qualification?

Find out more about how to become an approved City & Guilds centre or fill out our online customer application form. 

General Information

What Is Involved In Studying This Course?

While earning these qualifications, you will cover topics including:

  • understanding your responsibilities for health and safety
  • practising health and safety in the workplace,
  • keeping procedures under review.

You can learn in the work environment or in the classroom. Those who learn at work will be assessed through practical assignments or projects. Those undertaking a course at a school, college or with a training provider will complete a written examination.

Is this level right for me?

Level 1 is suitable for candidates from different backgrounds, with different employment and training experiences. They will usually have no, or very little, formal knowledge of health and safety procedures in the workplace.

What Careers Can This Lead To?

This qualification does not lead to any specific role but is extremely useful for employees in any role or industry.

What Is Involved With Delivering This Course?

To deliver these qualifications, you will need suitably qualified staff to carry out training and assessment.

You will also need suitable facilities to carry out the required training to enable learners to achieve industry standards.

There are two ways of entering candidates for assessment:

Internal candidates
Candidates can enter for examinations if they are taking or have already finished a course at a school, college or similar training institution that has directed their preparation, whether by going to a training centre, working with another institution, or by open learning methods.

External candidates
These are candidates who have not finished a programme as described above. The examination centres must receive their application for entry well before the date of the examination concerned. This allows them to act on any advice you give about assessment arrangements or any further preparation needed.

External candidates must carry out practical assignments and projects if necessary, and they will need extra time and guidance to make sure that they meet all the requirements for this part of the assessment.

If there are no facilities for realistic practical work, we strongly recommend that you develop links with local industry to provide opportunities for hands-on experience.

There are two types of centre approval:

Subject approval
To be approved by us to offer a course for the City & Guilds Level 1 Skills Certificate in Health and Safety for you must send us the application form.

Examination centre approval
For this programme it is possible to act as a registered examination centre only, and accept external candidates. After we have received and accepted an application, we will send an approval letter confirming this. You can then send entries in at any time using the International Directory

There are no eligibility requirements.

Level 1

Candidates for the Skills Certificate in Health and Safety will have come from different backgrounds and will have different employment and training experiences. They usually have no, or very little, formal knowledge of health and safety procedures.

The certificate comprises three mandatory units:

  • Understanding health and safety
  • Using safe working practise
  • Developing health and safety procedures.

For more information, download the qualification handbook from the centre documents section.

What Careers Can This Lead To?

This qualification does not lead to any specific role but is extremely useful for employees in any role or industry.

Skills Certificate in Health and Safety (1100-01)
Last Registration Date: 31 Dec 2024

Skills Certificate in Health and Safety

  • Accreditation No: Data unavailable This is a reference number related to UK accreditation framework
  • Type: VRQ This is categorisation to help define qualification attributes e.g. type of assessment
  • Credits: Data unavailable Credits are a measure of the size of the qualification
  • Guided Learning Hours: Data unavailable This is the average contact time a centre would typically commit
  • Total Qualification Time: Data unavailable The total time for the qualification
  • Key Stage: Data unavailable This shows the equivalent Key Stage level.
  • Last Certification: 31/12/2026 This is the last date that a certificate can be issued
  • Qualification fees in the UK: TBC, please speak to your Account Manager for further information Our typical price is the one that is most often paid by a centre for a completed learner. Some prices are made up of multiple charging points so action like taking difference units or specialisms to complete and resitting assessments may mean the cost for some learners differs.

Here you can find all documents related to this suite of qualifications.

By clicking on the section headings below, you can access a variety of documents such as the qualification handbooks and assessment materials, Statements of Purpose, and recognition letters from industry and employers.

Some documents may be password protected. Passwords can be retrieved by logging in to Walled Garden and visiting the Administration section of the relevant qualification catalogue page.

Interested in delivering this qualification?

Find out more about how to become an approved City & Guilds centre or fill out our online customer application form. 

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