Level 2 Health and Safety
Level 2 Health and Safety training delivered at your workplace, live online, or blended. One day. Applied knowledge of risk assessment, the hierarchy of controls, RIDDOR, and safe systems of work for staff who carry additional health and safety responsibilities.
| LEVEL 2 HEALTH AND SAFETY | ||
| DURATION 1 day / 6 to 7 hours | DELIVERY Face-to-face / Online / Blended | GROUP SIZE Max 12 learners |
| CERTIFICATE HTN CPD-Assessed Level 2 Health and Safety | VALIDITY 3 years / Refresher recommended sooner if risks change | ACCREDITATION Healthcare Trainers Network (HTN) / CPD-Assessed |
| Reflects Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992, and RIDDOR 2013 | ||
Course Overview
Health and safety awareness tells staff what the rules are. Level 2 Health and Safety Training teaches them why the rules exist, how risk actually develops in real working environments, and what their specific responsibilities are when something is not right.
The gap between knowing that risk assessments exist and being able to contribute to one is significant. The gap between understanding that incidents should be reported and knowing what constitutes a reportable event under RIDDOR is significant. The gap between following a procedure and understanding the hierarchy of controls that sits behind it is significant. At Level 2, those gaps close. Staff move from passive awareness to active responsibility, and that shift changes how they operate on the ground every day.
In workplaces across every sector, incidents happen not because procedures are missing but because risks were not recognised early enough, controls were not applied consistently, or the person responsible was not equipped with the knowledge to act confidently in the moment. This course addresses exactly that. It is designed for employees who carry additional responsibility for safety in their role, and for organisations that want staff who can genuinely contribute to a safer working environment rather than simply comply with what they are told.
This course is accredited through the Healthcare Trainers Network (HTN) CPD-Assessed framework and is a natural progression from Health and Safety Awareness Training. It provides a foundation for those considering more advanced qualifications such as IOSH Managing Safely or NEBOSH. The course reflects the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992, and RIDDOR 2013.
Course Details
- Duration: 1 day (6 to 7 hours)
- Delivery: Face-to-face in-house, live online via Zoom or Microsoft Teams, or blended
- Certificate: HTN CPD-Assessed Level 2 Health and Safety certificate
- Accreditation: Healthcare Trainers Network (HTN) CPD-Assessed framework, CPD-accredited
- Validity: 3 years. Refresher is recommended sooner following changes to workplace risks, new processes or equipment, incidents or near misses, or significant staff turnover.
- Group size: Maximum 12 learners per trainer
Who This Course Is For
This course is right for any employee who carries additional responsibility for health and safety in their role, or who needs to move beyond basic awareness to applied understanding.
- Supervisors and team leaders with day-to-day responsibility for safe working in their teams
- Employees involved in implementing, monitoring, or reviewing safe systems of work
- Staff who carry out or contribute to risk assessments
- Organisations requiring a recognised Level 2 standard for their workforce or supply chain
- New supervisors or team leaders who have been promoted without formal health and safety training
- Staff who have completed Health and Safety Awareness Training and are ready for the next step
This course sits between awareness-level training and advanced qualifications such as IOSH Managing Safely or NEBOSH. It is the right course for staff who need more than an introduction but do not yet need a full management-level qualification. Not sure which level is right for your team? Get in touch and we’ll help you work it out before you commit.
The Legal Requirement
Under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, employers must ensure the health, safety, and welfare of their employees and others affected by their work. That duty explicitly includes providing adequate training, information, instruction, and supervision. A supervisor or team leader who carries responsibility for the safety of others, but who has never been trained beyond basic awareness, is not adequately prepared to fulfil that role.
The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 require employers to carry out suitable and sufficient risk assessments, implement appropriate control measures, and ensure that the people responsible for managing those controls understand how they work and why they exist. A risk assessment is only useful if the people implementing the controls it identifies understand the reasoning behind them.
RIDDOR 2013 requires employers to report specified workplace injuries, occupational diseases, and dangerous occurrences to the HSE. Understanding what constitutes a reportable event and what the reporting obligations and timeframes are is a specific knowledge requirement at Level 2. Staff who do not understand RIDDOR cannot fulfil their reporting obligations, and unreported incidents deprive the organisation of the data it needs to prevent the next one.
What the Day Covers
All content reflects the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, RIDDOR 2013, and current HSE guidance throughout. Content is adapted to your sector and the specific health and safety responsibilities most relevant to your team. Topics covered include:
- The legal framework: employer and employee duties at every level under current health and safety legislation
- Hazard identification: recognising hazards across a range of working environments and understanding how they become risks
- Risk assessment: the five-step process, what makes an assessment suitable and sufficient, and common errors that undermine assessments in practice
- The hierarchy of controls: elimination, substitution, engineering controls, administrative controls, and PPE, and why the order matters
- Safe systems of work: how they are developed, implemented, and reviewed, and the supervisor’s role in maintaining them
- RIDDOR 2013: what constitutes a reportable event, reporting obligations and timeframes, and the importance of near miss reporting
- Unsafe practices and unsafe conditions: what action to take and how to escalate concerns
- Safety culture and behaviour: how supervisor conduct shapes the culture of the teams they lead
- Scenario-based application: applying the framework to real health and safety situations in your working environment
Every course is also built to include your risk assessment documentation, safe systems of work, and incident reporting processes as standard.
How the Course Is Delivered
This course is available face-to-face at your workplace or chosen venue, live online via Zoom or Microsoft Teams, or through blended delivery where a combined approach suits your organisation. All formats are fully interactive. Online delivery is a live session with the same scenario work, practical exercises, and trainer engagement as the room-based version.
Groups are capped at 12 to ensure every learner receives sufficient time for scenario-based discussion, practical risk assessment exercises, and individual questions. Every session is built around your specific working environment, your existing risk assessment documentation, your incident reporting processes, and any specific incidents, near misses, or HSE findings you want to address through training.
Delivery includes:
- Scenario-based work covering the health and safety decisions supervisors and team leaders face in real working environments
- Practical risk assessment exercises using the five-step process and hierarchy of controls
- Direct coverage of RIDDOR requirements, what constitutes a reportable event, and what happens when reporting obligations are not met
- Discussion of safety culture, including how supervisor behaviour shapes the culture of the teams they lead
The Health and Safety Qualification Pathway
Three levels. Each serves a different role.
Health and Safety Awareness introduces the legal framework, the concept of risk, and the basics of safe working. It is right for all staff as a foundation and ensures everyone in a team understands their basic responsibilities and why health and safety requirements exist.
Level 2 Health and Safety (this course) builds on that foundation with applied knowledge of risk assessment, the hierarchy of controls, RIDDOR, safe systems of work, and the specific responsibilities of those in supervisory or safety-related roles. It is right for supervisors, team leaders, and anyone with additional health and safety responsibilities.
IOSH Managing Safely / NEBOSH takes this further into full management-level competency, covering leadership of health and safety, strategic risk management, and qualification at a nationally and internationally recognised standard. It is right for health and safety managers, senior leaders, and those with strategic responsibility for safety across an organisation.
We don’t make that determination for employers; the responsibility sits with you. But we do provide guidance throughout the enquiry process.
Certification and Validity
On successful completion, learners receive an HTN CPD-Assessed Level 2 Health and Safety certificate valid for 3 years.
Refresher training should be arranged sooner if workplace risks change significantly, if new processes or equipment are introduced, following any workplace incident or near miss, or where significant staff turnover means a substantial portion of the team has not completed training.
Our Health and Safety Awareness course remains the right foundation for staff who have not yet completed awareness-level training before progressing to Level 2.
Why Organisations Book With Prima Cura
Most training providers arrive with a course. We arrive with yours.
Before the day, we gather information about your workplace: your incident reporting forms, your internal procedures, the specific hazards your team actually faces. On the day, your trainer works that into every scenario, every discussion, every practical exercise. If your staff work in a care home, they’re not practising on hypothetical office workers. If your team are lone workers, that context shapes how the session runs.
It means the training lands. Not because it was well-delivered in a generic sense, but because it was relevant to the people in the room and the situations they’ll actually encounter.
A few other things that matter to the organisations that book with us:
- 98.9% learner satisfaction across all Prima Cura courses
- All trainers hold Enhanced DBS certificates and maintain ongoing CPD
- We advise honestly on the qualification level at the enquiry stage. If a different course is a better fit for your workforce, we’ll say so before you book, not after
We respond to all enquiries within one working day.
Where We Deliver
We deliver in-house training at your workplace or chosen venue across Manchester, Greater Manchester, and the wider North West. We also deliver nationally across England, including North England, South England, London, and Surrey.
All sessions are led by experienced Prima Cura Training instructors. Groups are capped at 12 per trainer to protect the quality of hands-on learning.
Our associate network means we can deliver across England. You can meet the team on our Associates page.
FAQs
What is the difference between Health and Safety Awareness and Level 2 Health and Safety?
Health and Safety Awareness introduces the legal framework, the concept of risk, and the basics of safe working. It is right for all staff as a foundation. Level 2 builds on that with applied knowledge of risk assessment, the hierarchy of controls, RIDDOR, safe systems of work, and the responsibilities of those in supervisory or safety-related roles. If awareness training is understanding the rules, Level 2 is understanding how and why they work in practice and what to do when something is not right. We deliver both across Greater Manchester, the wider North West, and nationally.
Is this a recognised qualification?
Yes. The course is accredited through the Healthcare Trainers Network (HTN) CPD-Assessed framework and is CPD-accredited. It provides a recognised Level 2 standard that demonstrates competence beyond basic awareness and is suitable for supervisors, team leaders, and staff with additional health and safety responsibilities. It is a formal step in the progression from awareness training toward IOSH Managing Safely or NEBOSH.
Is this course HSE-approved?
The HSE does not operate an approval scheme for training providers or individual courses. Any provider claiming HSE approval should be treated with caution. What the HSE does is set the standards that workplace health and safety training must meet through the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 and supporting regulations. This course is accredited through the HTN CPD-Assessed framework and reflects that legal framework and HSE guidance in full.
Does this course lead to IOSH or NEBOSH?
This course is the right step between basic awareness and advanced management qualifications like IOSH Managing Safely or NEBOSH. It builds the applied knowledge and practical competence that makes more advanced qualifications more accessible and more meaningful. If your team is considering IOSH or NEBOSH, completing Level 2 first is a well-structured approach to that progression.
Related Courses
- Health & Safety Awareness Training
- Risk Assessment Training
- Manual Handling Training
- Fire Safety Awareness Training
- Emergency First Aid at Work
Book or Enquire
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Tell us your team size and your sector. We’ll come back with a quote, the right advice on qualification level, and a straight answer on whether this is the best course for your team.
We respond to all enquiries within one working day.
Our Commitment to Quality and Compliance
At Prima Cura Training, all courses reflect current UK guidance and best practice. All trainers are experienced professionals with relevant qualifications and ongoing CPD. Because many of the organisations we support work with vulnerable individuals, all trainers hold Enhanced DBS checks.
This course is reviewed against updates from the Health and Safety Executive and current UK health and safety legislation, including the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992, and the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013. It is accredited through the Healthcare Trainers Network (HTN) CPD-Assessed framework.
You can read more on our Quality Assurance and Compliance page.
Reviewed by Stephanie Austin, Owner and Lead Trainer, Prima Cura Training | 25+ years in health and social care | 15+ years as a trainer | Last reviewed: June 2026 | Next review: June 2027
This page is for general guidance only and reflects current UK health and safety legislation and HSE guidance as of the date of review. It does not constitute legal advice. Level 2 Health and Safety Training provides applied knowledge and competence at Level 2 but does not replace organisation-specific risk assessments, safe systems of work, or the legal responsibilities placed on employers and employees under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992, and the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013. Employers remain responsible for ensuring their health and safety arrangements, risk assessments, reporting procedures, and staff training comply with all applicable legislation and HSE guidance.
