Entrepreneurial Workplace Safety and Incident Prevention
This course gives venture staff a practical foundation for identifying workplace hazards and preventing avoidable incidents in changing operating environments. Employers will build capability in risk assessment, proportionate controls, reporting and safety communication without requiring a specialist safety qualification.
£165
Certified Venture Workplace Safety Professional
- Pass mark 70%
- Certificate on completion
- Verifiable public certificate ID
- English · available globally
Entrepreneurial Workplace Safety and Incident Prevention: the short answers
- What is Entrepreneurial Workplace Safety and Incident Prevention?
- This course gives venture staff a practical foundation for identifying workplace hazards and preventing avoidable incidents in changing operating environments. Employers will build capability in risk assessment, proportionate controls, reporting and safety communication without requiring a specialist safety qualification.
- Who is Entrepreneurial Workplace Safety and Incident Prevention for?
- It is pitched at Foundation level for Venture Safety Coordinators working in Entrepreneurship, and is studied online from any country.
- How long does Entrepreneurial Workplace Safety and Incident Prevention take?
- Around 6 hours of study, plus the assessed assignments and one applied project.
- How is the certification assessed?
- Every assignment and the final project are assessed automatically against the published criteria. The pass mark is 70%, and an item that does not pass can be resubmitted.
- What do I receive when I pass?
- Certified Venture Workplace Safety Professional, issued as a certificate with a unique ID that employers can check in the public certificate register.
- How much does it cost?
- £165 once, with no subscription.
What you will be able to do
- Identify common physical, digital and work-organisation hazards in a venture setting.
- Complete a proportionate risk assessment with likelihood, impact and control ratings.
- Select controls using the hierarchy of controls and assign accountable owners.
- Prepare a clear incident report that separates facts, immediate actions and follow-up.
- Deliver a short safety briefing tailored to a defined work activity.
Written by Mark Ellison, Chartered Health and Safety Consultant. Every submission is assessed automatically against the published criteria for Certified Venture Workplace Safety Professional, and the certificate is issued the moment the assessment is complete.
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