Safety Awareness Training Course

What's Included

Your course fee includes:

• Course Materials - printed handouts (on-site) or digital materials (remote)

• CPD-Accredited Certificate - Phoenix STS Safety Awareness Certificate valid for 3 years

• Interactive Training Session - engaging presentation with practical examples and group discussion

• Hazard Identification Exercise - practical exercise to reinforce learning

• Post-Course Email Support - direct access to your instructor for guidance after the course

• Renewal Reminder Service - we'll contact you before your 3-year certificate expires

What You'll Learn

The course covers the core knowledge every employee needs to work safely.

Your Legal Responsibilities

Understanding your duties under the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005. What employers must provide, what employees must do, and what happens when the rules are broken.

Hazard Identification

How to recognise common workplace hazards. These include physical, chemical, and biological hazards, strain from poor workstation or task design (ergonomic), and stress-related (psychosocial) hazards. You learn practical ways to spot hazards in your own workplace.

Risk Assessment Basics

An introduction to risk assessment. In plain terms, you ask how likely it is that something goes wrong and how serious the harm could be. You then learn how control measures cut that risk.

Safe Working Practices

Good housekeeping, equipment care, correct use of safety signs, how to report concerns and near-misses, and what to do in an emergency.

Learning Outcomes

On completing the course, you will be able to:

• Understand your duties under Irish health and safety law
• Recognise common workplace hazards and potential risks
• Protect yourself and your colleagues through safe working practices
• Report safety concerns and near-misses through the correct channels
• Understand the basics of risk assessment and control measures
• Respond correctly to workplace emergencies

Course Programme

The 1.5-hour programme is delivered as a single focused session.

Session Content

• Welcome and introduction to workplace safety
• Why health and safety matters: statistics and real-world examples
• The Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005: key duties
• Employee responsibilities and employer obligations
• Hazard identification: types of workplace hazards
• Risk assessment basics: likelihood, severity, and controls
• Eight key safety principles for the workplace
• Safety signage, labels, and colour coding
• Housekeeping, equipment checks, and reporting procedures
• Emergency procedures and incident response
• Questions, discussion, and certification information

Irish Compliance Context

Employers have a legal duty to ensure employees understand workplace safety:

Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005

The 2005 Act requires employers to provide instruction, training, and supervision to keep employees safe and well. Section 10 requires training in a form, manner, and language that staff are likely to understand. In plain terms, safety training must actually make sense to the people receiving it.

Employee Duties

Section 13 of the 2005 Act places duties on employees too. Staff must take reasonable care of their own safety and the safety of others. They must cooperate with their employer on safety matters. They must also report any workplace defects that could put safety at risk.

General Application Regulations 2007

The General Application Regulations 2007 set out detailed rules on areas such as workplace design, manual handling, display screen equipment, and personal protective equipment. This course introduces each of these areas. In plain terms, the regulations turn the general duty into practical rules for everyday work.

Assessment and Certification

Assessment is based on taking part throughout the session. There is no written exam.

• Phoenix STS Safety Awareness Certificate - issued on completing the course, valid for 3 years

• CPD Certificate - confirming CPD hours (CPD Standards Office, Provider No. 22657)

• Refresher Training - recommended every 3 years or when work practices change significantly

• Renewal Reminder - Phoenix STS will contact you before your certificate expires

Our Instructors

All Phoenix STS health and safety instructors are experienced professionals. They have worked across many industries and hold memberships with recognised professional bodies:

• IOSH - Institution of Occupational Safety and Health
• IIESMS - Institute of Industrial Engineers and Safety Management Systems
• IIRSM - International Institute of Risk and Safety Management
• L&DI - Learning and Development Institute of Ireland

Available Nationwide Across Ireland

Phoenix STS delivers the Safety Awareness Training Course on-site at your premises anywhere in Ireland, or via live remote sessions through Microsoft Teams.

We have delivered this course to organisations in Dublin, Cork, Galway, Limerick, Waterford, Kilkenny, Athlone, Sligo, Dundalk, Longford, and locations across Ireland.

Contact us for a training quotation or call 043 334 9611.

Using Safety Awareness Training Properly

Awareness is the starting point

Safety awareness training gives employees a practical introduction to common workplace hazards, personal responsibilities, reporting routes and safe behaviour. It supports the employer's wider safety management system. It does not replace risk assessments, safety statements, task-specific training or supervision.

Make it relevant to the workplace

The course is strongest when examples are linked to the work people actually do. Offices, care settings, warehouses, schools and service businesses have different hazards. Staff need to understand the hazards they are likely to meet and who to tell when something is wrong. They also need to know which actions sit outside their role or training and should be left alone.

Good records matter

Employers should keep attendance records, course dates, refresher dates and any actions raised during the session. If staff identify repeated problems such as blocked walkways, poor housekeeping, missing reporting routes or unclear procedures, those issues should be recorded and followed up after training.

Limits of the course

This is not a manager competence course, manual handling practical course or risk assessor course. It builds baseline awareness so staff can take sensible day-to-day action and raise issues early.

After the Course

After safety awareness training, managers should check whether staff know the practical reporting route and whether recurring issues raised during the session have been followed up. The course should lead to simple improvements. Examples include clearer housekeeping expectations, better defect reporting, safer movement around the workplace, and more confidence to stop and ask before a task becomes unsafe. That follow-up is what turns awareness into useful day-to-day behaviour.

Induction and role changes

For new starters, temporary staff and staff moving into different work areas, the course can also support induction. It gives people a clear baseline before they receive any task-specific training, site rules or supervision. That distinction matters. Awareness helps people recognise and report issues. Task-specific instruction tells them exactly how a particular job must be done safely. The course also gives supervisors a useful check that basic site rules are understood before role-specific training begins. It keeps the basic safety message consistent across teams and work areas.