What is this course?
This is an introductory awareness course designed to provide insight into incident investigation. While it will enhance your understanding of how incidents are analysed and reviewed, it is not intended to equip you to conduct investigations independently.
Who is this course for?
- Employees and Team Members – Anyone in the organisation who may be involved in reporting incidents or affected by the outcomes of investigations.
- Human Resources Professionals – Those who may need to understand incident investigation processes to address workplace safety concerns and manage compliance.
- New Health and Safety Practitioners – Beginners in the health and safety field who need to build awareness of incident investigation processes as part of their foundational knowledge.
This course would benefit anyone in an organisation seeking a general understanding of incident investigation to support safety, compliance, and organisational learning. This would typically be small businesses and general staff.
Why choose British Safety Council
- We create a positive learning environment for all our students.
- We provide high quality tutorial support, excellent materials and a supportive learning journey.
- Our expert trainers create interactive sessions that are informative and engaging and help support learning by applying knowledge using real world scenarios.
- Unlimited dedicated study support with additional resources, tutor guidance and forums to talk with tutors and other students
- Our pass rate is well above the national average, which means you have a greater chance of passing the first time around.
- For over 60 years, the British Safety Council has been educating millions of workers and making hundreds of thousands of workplaces safer around the world.
- We are a not-for-profit membership organisation, a trusted brand and a leader in driving health, safety and wellbeing innovation and engagement across our global community.
Course overview
What’s the outcome?
Upon completing the assessment, you will receive a certificate recognising your completion of this awareness course.
Course information
The course covers:
- The key terms used are accident, near miss and incident.
- The six steps followed after an incident.
- Explanation of immediate, underlying and root causes.
- Identify how to evaluate and respond to an incident.
Course requirements
There are no entry requirements for this qualification.
Assessment and results
There is a graded assessment at the end of the short course that must be passed to complete this training.
Qualification level
n/a
Related training courses
British Safety Council Certificate in Risk Assessment
British Safety Council Certificate in COSHH Risk Assessment
British Safety Council Certificate in DSE Risk Assessment
British Safety Council Certificate in Fire Risk Assessment
British Safety Council Certificate in Manual Handling Risk Assessment
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Study methods and booking
Digital Learning
If you can’t find time in your busy schedule to attend a classroom course, then online training is the answer.
Why digital learning?
- Study wherever and whenever suits you
- Perfect for people with busy lives
- Most cost-effective way to study