Safety for supervisors and team leaders

What the course covers

1. Your role and the law

   What the law expects of supervisors, why your example sets the standard, and how to protect new and vulnerable workers.

   • The supervisor's legal role
   • Leading by example
   • New starters and workers at particular risk

2. Running a safe shift

   Start-of-shift briefings, delivering toolbox talks that work, and daily checks and walk-rounds.

   • Starting the shift safely
   • Delivering toolbox talks that work
   • Daily checks and walk-rounds

3. Spotting and stopping unsafe work

   How to challenge unsafe behaviour well, use permits and isolation, and handle changes and non-routine work.

   • Challenging unsafe behaviour
   • Permits and isolation: the supervisor's part
   • Changes and non-routine work

4. When things go wrong

   Responding to incidents on your shift, building a reporting culture, and a worked example of a supervisor's day.

   • Responding to an incident
   • Building a reporting culture
   • Worked example: a supervisor's shift

Assessment and certificate

• A short quiz after each unit, with the reason for every answer.
• A final assessment of 20 questions; the pass mark is 70%.
• Pass it on a paid plan for a certificate of completion with a QR code anyone can check.

This is online awareness training, not an accredited qualification. It doesn't on its own show someone is competent for a task.