Health & Safety Traineeship
Guaranteed job in H&S or 100% of your course fees back
- Price: £1095 or £162 deposit and 10 monthly interest free payments of £113.40
- Study time: 3-9 months
- Salary: 25k -45k
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Our online Health & Safety Traineeship is a convenient and cost-effective way to start a new career in H&S. It’s broken down into 4 simple steps, which consist of; Introduction to Health & Safety course, NEBOSH course, Risk assessments and NEBOSH exams.
The training can be completed all online, so whether you are working full time, part-time or unemployed, the package has the flexibility to be completed at a pace that suits you.
Our expert recruitment team works solely with our own graduates on a one-to-one basis to secure your dream role. With partnerships across the whole of the UK and a pro-active approach to securing interviews, we go above and beyond to ensure you are swiftly placed.
If you do not receive a job offer within 12 weeks of successful completion of your studies we will refund 100% of your course fees back to you.
Our unrivaled job/money-back guarantee gives you full confidence that the Health & Safety Traineeship is the way to go in kick-starting your new career.
Success stories
I started the traineeship as my previous role in occupational health had limited progression opportunities, I wanted to gain a qualification in health and safety that allowed me more career opportunities. As a Safety Systems Lead working for the railway at Avanti West Coast, I’m learning day by day how companies keep passengers and employees safe. My new job is enjoyable and offers different challenges each day.
I wanted a new career within the UK and being within the healthcare industry I had an affinity for health and safety. Currently, I’m employed as a Health and Safety Advisor. I carrying out risk assessments to identify potential hazards and risks to health and safety. Investigate accidents, near-misses, and incidents to determine the root causes and contributing factors. Recommending corrective actions to prevent similar incidents from occurring in the future.
I wasn’t satisfied with what I was doing. Despite my enthusiasm for health and safety, prior to learning about IT Career Switch, I had no idea how or where I could successfully enter the area. I am now working as an environment, health, and safety manager for a multinational corporation with a positive work environment prove that I made the right choice.
I decided to retrain by joining the IT Career Switch Health and Safety traineeship. Getting involved in the health and safety industry is more than just a job, it can help save lives and reduce the likelihood of injuries to workers. My current role as a health & safety advisor is excellent. I am currently working in a power station in the health and safety team, we make sure the site and employees are kept safe. Every day is different.
When the pandemic hit I really began to reevaluate my career path and decided it was time for a change – IT Career Switch made this easy for me. I now work for the John Lewis Partnership in the only textiles manufacturing mill – Herbert Parkinson. I work with the Health and Safety Advisor, caring for the partners and making active improvements to the health and safety of the site.
I had wanted to make the move into H&S for a while and lockdown gave me a larger amount of time to work through the required qualifications. I am very happy with the role I have just started, it is a steep learning curve even with the qualification behind me, but it’s very interesting and engaging to be exposed to real-life application of what I have recently learned.
I was made redundant in September 2020 as a result of the pandemic. I had been employed for 14+ years as a Catering Manager. As a result, I decided to retrain by joining the IT Career Switch Health and Safety traineeship. My current role is amazing. I am encouraged to put my learnings from my traineeship into practice. I foresee excellent career prospects and continued personal development in Health and Safety.
Traineeship overview
The training program is broken down into 4 easy steps:
Before beginning the second step, you will need to decide whether you would like to study the NEBOSH General, Construction, or the Fire Safety course, depending on the path that you intend your career to follow.
The course will again be online and delivered via video tutorials, quizzes, and presentations with expert tutor support on hand if required.
NEBOSH set the bar for high standards within the industry so is a sought after qualification not only in the UK, but across the globe. Becoming NEBOSH certified truly sets you apart from the rest of the field.
The third step focuses on the practical application of what you have learned during your studies. You will write a series of risk assessments that need to be up to a workplace standard. This is not only to ensure that you have retained all that you have learned, but is also a requirement to gain your NEBOSH certification.
Once these are completed, you will move on to your official exams.
The final step will be to sit the official NEBOSH exams, which we will book for you once you are ready.
The exams can be sat in one of the official NEBOSH testing centres, or online. (Online only currently available for general certificate).
Once your exams have been passed, you will be ready to move onto the recruitment stage and start your new career within the world of Health & Safety.
You will begin by studying the Introduction to Health and Safety online course. Here you will learn about the basics of health and safety such as risk assessments and control, health and safety legislation, incident investigation, and environmental protection. This will lay the perfect foundation of knowledge from where you will be able to further build your health and safety career.
The course is delivered online in its entirety through video tutorials, quizzes, and presentations. You will be given access to your own learning portal which allows you to study from anywhere.
Upon completion of the course modules, you will sit a short, multiple choice quiz which will result in your first Health & Safety qualification.
You will begin by studying the Introduction to Health and Safety online course. Here you will learn about the basics of health and safety such as risk assessments and control, health and safety legislation, incident investigation, and environmental protection. This will lay the perfect foundation of knowledge from where you will be able to further build your health and safety career.
The course is delivered online in its entirety through video tutorials, quizzes, and presentations. You will be given access to your own learning portal which allows you to study from anywhere.
Upon completion of the course modules, you will sit a short, multiple choice quiz which will result in your first Healthy & Safety qualification.
Before beginning the second step, you will need to decide whether you would like to study the NEBOSH General, Construction, or the Fire Safety course, depending on the path that you intend your career to follow.
The course will again be online and delivered via video tutorials, quizzes, and presentations with expert tutor support on hand if required.
NEBOSH set the bar for high standards within the industry so is a sought after qualification not only in the UK, but across the globe. Becoming NEBOSH certified truly sets you apart from the rest of the field.
The third step focuses on the practical application of what you have learned during your studies. You will write a series of risk assessments that need to be up to a workplace standard. This is not only to ensure that you have retained all that you have learned, but is also a requirement to gain your NEBOSH certification.
Once these are completed, you will move on to your official exams.
The final step will be to sit the official NEBOSH exams, which we will book for you once you are ready.
The exams can be sat in one of the official NEBOSH testing centres, or online. (Online only currently available for general certificate).
Once your exams have been passed, you will be ready to move onto the recruitment stage and start your new career within the world of Health and Safety.
Course outline
Below you can find the description of each course that you will be studying in step-1 & 2 of the Traineeship. The combination of Introduction to Health & Safety & NEBOSH courses is what gives our students the well-rounded knowledge needed to become job-ready.
Studying this Introduction to Health & Safety course online, introduces the concepts of Safety Management Systems teaching de-facto best practices for managing health & safety in the workplace.
This course is aimed at those who’re looking for careers in managerial roles, including supervisors, team leaders, etc.
- Module 1: Introduction
- Module 2: Assessing Risks
- Module 3: Controlling Risks
- Module 4: Understanding Responsibilities
- Module 5: Understanding Hazards
- Module 6: Investigating Incidents
- Module 7: Measuring Performance
This qualification is designed for anyone (managers, supervisors and workers) in any type of organisation. It’s ideal for anyone who needs a broad understanding of health and safety issues to be able to manage day-to-day risks effectively. Many people take the National General Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety (NGC) as a first step in a career in health and safety. It gives a valuable overview, and is a sound basis for further professional study.
If you’re not sure which sector of Health and Safety you would like to go into, this will be the best option.
- Element 1: Why we should manage workplace health and safety
- Element 2: How health and safety management systems work and what they look like
- Element 3: Managing risk – understanding people and processes
- Element 4: Health and safety monitoring and measuring
- Element 5: Physical and psychological health
- Element 6: Musculoskeletal health
- Element 7: Chemical and biological agents
- Element 8: General workplace issues
- Element 9: Work equipment
- Element 10: Fire
This National NEBOSH Construction Certificate (NCC) is designed for supervisors and managers within the construction industry and is designed to provide a sound breadth of underpinning knowledge that enables them to discharge more effectively their duties with respect to health and safety in construction activities and is designed to cover general health and safety issues within a construction context as well as placing emphasis on the specific construction issues that make the industry amongst the most dangerous in which to work.
- Foundations in health and safety
- Management systems–Plan, Do, Check, Act
- Construction law and management
- Construction site: Hazards and controls
- Vehicle and plant movement: Hazards and control
- Musculoskeletal hazards and control
- Work equipment: Hazards and risk control
- Chemical and biological health: Hazards and risk control
- Working at height: Hazards and risk control
- Excavation work and confined spaces: Hazards and risk control
- + More
The NEBOSH National Fire Certificate has been designed for managers, supervisors, employee representatives and others to provide an appropriate breadth of underpinning knowledge for non-specialists in fire safety to enable them to discharge more effectively their organisational duties for functions with respect to workplace safety. This NEBOSH fire and safety course aims to equip holders to contribute to the conduct and review of fire risk assessments and preventative and protective measures within low-risk workplaces, in accordance with the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 and/or the Fire Safety (Scotland) Regulations 2006.
- Foundations in health and safety
- Health and safety management systems – Plan
- Health and safety management systems – Do
- Health and safety management systems – Check
- Managing fire safety
- Principles of fire and explosions
- Causes and prevention of fire and explosions
- Fire protection in buildings
- Safety of people in the event of a fire
- Fire risk assessment
- Fire safety practical application
Tutor Support
SHEilds are a global leader in health and safety training. They are accredited by the following awarding bodies, NEBOSH, City & guilds, ProQual and ILM.
As a student studying our Traineeship you will have access to professional SHEild tutors on hand to help with your studies.
Upgrade to Premium+
Upgrade to the Health & Safety Premium+ to unlock more advanced courses to progress your career even quicker and command higher salaries. This bolt-on will be added to step 4 of the Traineeship.
Advanced courses
Upon being placed into your new role, you will be given 1 years full access to one of the following courses below, plus the official exam. You can choose which one you think will be the most beneficial to your role and career progression.
- NEBOSH Environmental Certificate
- NEBOSH Risk Assessments at Work
- NEBOSH Fire Safety
- NEBOSH Process Safety Management
£28K Guaranteed starting salary
When you upgrade to our Premium+ Traineeship you will have a guaranteed starting salary of £28K, compared with £25K on the standard Traineeship.
The Premium+ option is perfect for anyone who needs the assurance of a higher starting salary upon completion.
1-to-1 interview prep
You will be assigned your own personal recruitment consultant who will be putting you forward for jobs, as well as preparing you for each interview.
We have helped thousands of career changers into Health & Safety roles, so we know what it takes to stand out from the crowd during the interview process
Price: £1595 or £162 deposit and 10 monthly interest free payments of £163.40
Recruitment
recruitment period
Your consultant will then actively seek opening positions with our wide network of partner companies and new companies hiring in your area. You will be provided with comprehensive interview prep and techniques ensuring you’re fully confident in the hiring process.
On average our students are hired within only 4 weeks
Guarantee
We got you covered. As per our job guarantee, we will place you into a Health & Safety position within 12 weeks of completing your Traineeship. The job offer must also be within 20 miles of your home location with a minimum salary of £24k
In the unlikely event that we are unable to do so, we will refund all of your course fees back to you with 10 working days. No quibbles, and, no fuss.
Example Jobs
Health & Safety Officer
Job Overview
The company requires an experienced Health & Safety Officer to champion Health & Safety, document control and safety training.
The ideal candidate will be enthusiastic, complement the existing team and play a key role in supporting the business.
You will be a team player with a strong and flexible work ethic, who consistently works to high standards, with a great attention to detail
Duties and Responsibilities
- Maintain and manage health and safety polices, safety training and document control systems
- Maintain, update and create standard operating procedures and assist in the implementation of continuous improvement safety projects
- Ensure all health & safety policies, procedures, rules and regulations are adhered to, regularly reviewed, updated and communicated
- Ensure the Company meets its statutory obligations in all areas pertaining to health, safety and welfare at work, including statutory training and reporting
- Complete regular reviews of risk assessments for all work equipment and operations
- Ensure that all accidents are documented, investigated and recommend improvements
- Conduct safety inspections, fire drills and fire alarms are correctly reported, safety inspections, risk assessments and lone working procedures are managed, and employees are aware of their responsibilities
- Conduct health & safety training throughout the company and maintain and audit health and safety and training records
- Order and monitor PPE stock
- Regularly review controlled documents
Health & Safety Officer
Job Overview
The company requires an experienced Health & Safety Officer to champion Health & Safety, document control and safety training.
The ideal candidate will be enthusiastic, complement the existing team and play a key role in supporting the business.
You will be a team player with a strong and flexible work ethic, who consistently works to high standards, with a great attention to detail
Duties and Responsibilities
- Maintain and manage health and safety polices, safety training and document control systems
- Maintain, update and create standard operating procedures and assist in the implementation of continuous improvement safety projects
- Ensure all health & safety policies, procedures, rules and regulations are adhered to, regularly reviewed, updated and communicated
- Ensure the Company meets its statutory obligations in all areas pertaining to health, safety and welfare at work, including statutory training and reporting
- Complete regular reviews of risk assessments for all work equipment and operations
- Ensure that all accidents are documented, investigated and recommend improvements
- Conduct safety inspections, fire drills and fire alarms are correctly reported, safety inspections, risk assessments and lone working procedures are managed, and employees are aware of their responsibilities
- Conduct health & safety training throughout the company and maintain and audit health and safety and training records
- Order and monitor PPE stock
- Regularly review controlled documents
Position 1
Health & Safety Officer
Job Overview
The company requires an experienced Health & Safety Officer to champion Health & Safety, document control and safety training.
The ideal candidate will be enthusiastic, complement the existing team and play a key role in supporting the business.
You will be a team player with a strong and flexible work ethic, who consistently works to high standards, with a great attention to detail
Duties and Responsibilities
- Maintain and manage health and safety polices, safety training and document control systems
- Maintain, update and create standard operating procedures and assist in the implementation of continuous improvement safety projects
- Ensure all health & safety policies, procedures, rules and regulations are adhered to, regularly reviewed, updated and communicated
- Ensure the Company meets its statutory obligations in all areas pertaining to health, safety and welfare at work, including statutory training and reporting
- Complete regular reviews of risk assessments for all work equipment and operations
- Ensure that all accidents are documented, investigated and recommend improvements
- Conduct safety inspections, fire drills and fire alarms are correctly reported, safety inspections, risk assessments and lone working procedures are managed, and employees are aware of their responsibilities
- Conduct health & safety training throughout the company and maintain and audit health and safety and training records
- Order and monitor PPE stock
- Regularly review controlled documents
Health & Safety trainee
Job Overview
The Health & Safety Advisor will undertake investigations into incidents and accidents, producing written and statistical reports as required, and ensuring suitable risk reduction measures are implemented and that reporting requirements are complied with.
They will undertake research analysis and benchmarking on a variety of H&S issues as directed by the Corporate Health and Safety Manager, communicating findings and recommendations within clear, coherent and concise reports.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Meaningfully engaging with colleagues in order to understand their needs and requirements
- Providing support services to the Colleague Safety Team and Business Assurance Team colleagues
- Monitoring client database, ensuring that documentation is received and collated and that entries are kept up to date
- Assisting the Colleague Safety Team in the preparation of meeting agendas and minutes
- Actively monitoring the health and safety inbox, ensuring that Colleague Safety Advisors and the Group Health and Safety Manager are made aware of issues which affect their regions
- Assisting in the development of the health and safety training matrix providing up to date completion figures for the team, following up on outstanding training, and collaborating with the Learning and Development Team
- Checking the status of online role specific and DSE risk assessments and following up when assessments have become overdue
- Assisting the Group Health & Safety Manager in the investigation of accidents and incidents and near misses
- Attending internal and external meetings to discuss health & safety issues, lessons learned and actions required
Health & Safety trainee
Job Overview
Thee Health & Safety Advisor will undertake investigations into incidents and accidents, producing written and statistical reports as required, and ensuring suitable risk reduction measures are implemented and that reporting requirements are complied with.
They will undertake research analysis and benchmarking on a variety of H&S issues as directed by the Corporate Health and Safety Manager, communicating findings and recommendations within clear, coherent and concise reports.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Meaningfully engaging with colleagues in order to understand their needs and requirements
- Providing support services to the Colleague Safety Team and Business Assurance Team colleagues
- Monitoring client database, ensuring that documentation is received and collated and that entries are kept up to date
- Assisting the Colleague Safety Team in the preparation of meeting agendas and minutes
- Actively monitoring the health and safety inbox, ensuring that Colleague Safety Advisors and the Group Health and Safety Manager are made aware of issues which affect their regions
- Assisting in the development of the health and safety training matrix providing up to date completion figures for the team, following up on outstanding training, and collaborating with the Learning and Development Team
- Checking the status of online role specific and DSE risk assessments and following up when assessments have become overdue
- Assisting the Group Health & Safety Manager in the investigation of accidents and incidents and near misses
- Attending internal and external meetings to discuss health & safety issues, lessons learned and actions required
Position 2
Health & Safety trainee
Job Overview
Thee Health & Safety Advisor will undertake investigations into incidents and accidents, producing written and statistical reports as required, and ensuring suitable risk reduction measures are implemented and that reporting requirements are complied with.
They will undertake research analysis and benchmarking on a variety of H&S issues as directed by the Corporate Health and Safety Manager, communicating findings and recommendations within clear, coherent and concise reports.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Meaningfully engaging with colleagues in order to understand their needs and requirements
- Providing support services to the Colleague Safety Team and Business Assurance Team colleagues
- Monitoring client database, ensuring that documentation is received and collated and that entries are kept up to date
- Assisting the Colleague Safety Team in the preparation of meeting agendas and minutes
- Actively monitoring the health and safety inbox, ensuring that Colleague Safety Advisors and the Group Health and Safety Manager are made aware of issues which affect their regions
- Assisting in the development of the health and safety training matrix providing up to date completion figures for the team, following up on outstanding training, and collaborating with the Learning and Development Team
- Checking the status of online role specific and DSE risk assessments and following up when assessments have become overdue
- Assisting the Group Health & Safety Manager in the investigation of accidents and incidents and near misses
- Attending internal and external meetings to discuss health & safety issues, lessons learned and actions required
Companies
Our graduates now work with
Why choose us?
What do we provide?
- Accredited NEBOSH Qualification
- Official Exams
- Risk Assessment Projects
- Expert Tutor Support with NEBOSH
- CV Rebuild
- £25K-£45K Job Guarantee within 20 miles of your home location
- 100% of your course fees back if you’re not placed into a role
Why choose H&S?
- One of the fastest growing industries in the UK
- Average starting salary of £32K
- A career for life
- Over 21,000 vacancies in the UK
- Career progression opportunities
- Average salary after 5 years is £55K
What salary you can expect?
- Coordinator – £28,000
- Officer – £34,000
- Supervisor – £40,000
- Manager- £50,000
- Senior Manager – £62,000
- Director- £75,000
- Consultant – £80,000+
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