Safe Learner is a component of the
“The government should tackle death and serious injury among teenagers at work by making a workplace hazards awareness course a mandatory part of the school curriculum, says an action plan published by the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health.” The Guardian Society, 7 March 2007
“The safe learner concept was introduced by the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) in 2002. It describes a situation where an individual has learnt the importance of health and safety, understands how hazards are identified, assessed and controlled, and has developed a set of safe behaviours and transferable skills. All LSC-funded organisations are expected to promote the safe learner concept.” LSC, Safe Learner Concept
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About Safe Learner Are your students Safe Learners? It is imperative that, prior to their work placement, students undertake some form of formal health and safety training to ensure they are at minimal risk of injuring themselves or others in the workplace. Safe Learner from Edexcel includes:
New BTEC Level 2 Award in Safe Learning in the Workplace Gaining the BTEC L2 Award in Safe Learning in the Workplace prepares students to safely undertake their work placement and is an essential accompaniment to all vocational programmes.
Safe Learner e-learning resource Developed by Dynamic Distance Learning, the Safe Learner e-learning resource is endorsed by Edexcel to cover the underpinning knowledge of the BTEC Level 2 Award in Safe Learning in the Workplace. It is also a valuable teaching and learning resource for the health and safety content in BTEC and other vocational programmes. The resource engages learners by guiding a virtual ‘friend’ through the hazards of a series of workplace scenarios. A number of tasks guide the user through the learning materials which include interactive exercises, health and safety theory and self assessment questions. Viewing the learning materials requires a web browser, Adobe Flash Player version 8 or above and a screen with a resolution of at least 1024 x 768 pixels. The Safe Learner learning resource contains sections on: Accidents Plus 7 tasks, to help learners work through these learning materials. Click here to view a demonstration of the learning materials. Click here to find out details of how to purchase Safe Learner.
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