Introduction to HSE is a two-day course about workplace health and safety (health, safety and environment). The course also includes an individual e-learning program that participants get access to after the webinar course.
These two parts combined meet the working environment legislation’s requirements regarding 40-hour HSE training for safety representatives and members of the working environment committees, and also for others where training or competence is mandatory, such as employers and other managers.
More information about the HSE-course
Everyone in the workplace, from the employer to the employees, safety representatives and members of the working environment committee, all play important roles when it comes to health, safety and environment in the company. Are you familiar with the responsibilities and tasks related to the different roles? Participants in the Introduction to HSE course will receive a comprehensive overview of the HSE requirements in The Working Environment Act (WEA) and regulations pursuant to the act. But the course does not only aim to give you knowledge; it uses a combination of lectures, dialogue, group work and experience sharing to ensure that the participants leave the course with a good understanding of how the HSE work can be carried out in a well-planned, cooperation based manner to create good and safe working conditions.
Who is the course suitable for?
The course is suitable for anyone who is required to undergo 40 hours of HSE training:
• Safety representatives
• Senior safety representatives
• Members of the working environment committee; both employer and employee representatives
The course is also suitable for others that require HSE-training:
• Employers and other managers
• HR and HSE personnel
• Union representatives
• ….and anyone else who needs to or wants to increase their HSE knowledge
Course structure
The course consists of two parts:
1. Part one is at two-day webinar course. An experienced course instructor will lead the participants through the course materials, and will make sure the participants get to learn through a good combination of lectures, discussions and group assignments.
2. Part two is an individual e-learning program. It will be made available to the participants from the week after the webinar. The e-learning is mandatory for those who need 40 hours training, while it is optional for other participants.
Participants will receive online access to course materials. Upon completion of the HSE-course the participants will receive a diploma documenting their training. Participants who complete the entire course will receive documentation for 40-hours training. Those who participate only in part one (webinar course) will receive documentation for two days of training.
Course content
The course offers an introduction to The Working Environment Act and its regulations. All main topics are covered during the webinar part of the course, and some topics are repeated more in-depth in the e-learning modules:
• What is HSE and why is it important?
• The Working Environment Act and regulations pursuant to the act
• Roles, tasks and responsibilities in the HSE work
• Notification and whistle-blowing
• Work-related injuries and diseases
• Systematic HSE work and the internal control regulations; theory and application
• Assessing the working environment
• Risk assessments
• Action plans (follow-up)
• Physical, chemical and biological working environment factors
• Ergonomics and prevention of strain injuries
• Sick leave: prevention and follow-up
• Addiction and substance abuse
• Psychosocial and organisational working environment
Knowledge requirements
There are no knowledge requirements for participating in Introduction to HSE. The course is designed for those with little or no HSE experience, but also aims to be useful for those who already have some HSE experience. Participants should however be able to communicate well in English.