IOSH Working Safely® Course

If you work in the construction industry, even if you have completed IOSH Training, you need a CSCS card. They are mandatory to gain access on a Construction site. 

On 5th May 2017 the Construction Skills Certificate Scheme (CSCS) announced that it suspended the recognition of the IOSH Working Safely certificate via e-learning as an approved route to obtaining the green Labourer card.

Please visit the Labourer card page on the CSCS website for further details on approved qualifications that lead to the green Labourer card.

To see the CSCS announcement, click here.

There is no expiring date on the certificate you get for completing IOSH Working Safely. Therefore, this certificate is always technically valid and doesn't have to be renewed.

Whilst this is true, IOSH and other health and safety providers tend to recommend that you retake training courses every three years. This is because the content of these courses might change based on new legislation or developments in the industry, or because you may have forgotten the specifics of what you learnt in the course over three years.

Therefore, it’s recommended that if you’re continuing to work in a role where health and safety in the workplace are important, it’s a good idea to get a new IOSH Working Safely certificate every 3 years.

You can read more information about IOSH by clicking here.

The IOSH Wroking Safely course duration is 5-6 Study hours. 

If attempted in one sitting, this IOSH working safely course should take at least 6 hours to fully work through all the interactive exercises, read and absorb the information.

Learners who have completed other health and safety training will probably find they can work through at a much faster pace - typically less than 3 hours.

Learn more about what IOSH is in our blog article here.

There are so many benefits to completing this training. Upon successfully completing the course, you will be awarded a certificate authenticated by IOSH to show you now have an awareness of the basics of health and safety. This certificate is recognised by the Construction Skills Certification Scheme (CSCS), which is a necessary requirement when applying for a CSCS card required to work on a UK construction site.

This certificate also carries the same accreditation as the IOSH Passport to Safety and acts as evidence that you have achieved the necessary training required to meet the health and safety standards set by IOSH.

Completing IOSH Working Safely is also a great way to start a career in the health and safety industry. The course offers a fantastic foundation of knowledge on which you can build, and is recognised in many different countries by lots of employers.

Learn more about the importance and benefits of IOSH Working Safely here.

The question as to which is easier, NEBOSH or IOSH really comes down to what you are hoping to get out of taking a health and safety training course. 

If you work in a job that has no major health and safety risks, and just want to improve your general knowledge on the topic, then IOSH training is probably the best out of the two. Managers in particular may feel that undertaking the IOSH Managing Safely course is best for their role, as this covers how to keep other employees safe when you are in a managerial role.

If you work in an industry where health and safety is particularly important, or are hoping to begin a career in a health and safety role, a NEBOSH qualification is your best option. Some roles may request that you complete courses from this examination board as a requirement for the position, and some industries like construction or manufacturing may need employees to undertake health and safety training specific to their line of work, which NEBOSH provides.

Find out more in our helpful blog article here.

When buying one of our courses, you will need to enter a valid email address which will be used to create your account with our Learning Management System – Enable – where you will take the training. We will also send your purchase receipt to this email address, and any additional courses purchased in future using the same email address will be added to your system account.

Once you have purchased a course, you will be able to send this course to other people using your system account with Enable by entering the new learner’s email address so that they may access the training and set up their own system account with our Learning Management System.

If you are not 100% satisfied with your course then we offer a 30-day, no hassle money-back guarantee. To request a refund, you should email our learner support team with your receipt stating why you would like to be reimbursed. You, or your learners, must not have completed the training in order to make a valid refund claim. Any claim made after the training has been completed will be invalidated.

To begin searching for your online training you can click on the course category section on our website and browse through all of our training categories.

Alternatively if you already know the title of the training you’re looking for you can use the search bar located in the centre of the homepage and go directly to the course you want.

This online course consists of a series of pages in which an instructor will talk learners through the lesson material. Pages may include supporting pictures, graphs, animation or extra sounds to help with the learning where appropriate. Some lessons will include challenges/quizzes to help learners stay engaged and interested in the material. Lessons can be taken in any order and each lesson may be paused and resumed at any stage.

The course is self-paced so learners decide how fast or slow the training goes. There is no deadline for completion but some of our courses have a test at the end to check that learners have understood the material. If the course has a test at the end then learners are required to achieve a 75% pass mark to successfully complete the course. Once learners have passed the test they are awarded a certificate, which can either be downloaded digitally or sent as a physical copy if this option was chosen when purchasing the course.

Upon completion of any of our courses, learners will be able to download a digital certificate from Virtual College and will include the accrediting bodies logo where applicable.

If you have bought the posted certificate option (available on select courses), a high quality, seal embossed, certificate will be sent out at the beginning of the following working week.