OAL Level 3 Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety

Develop Practical Workplace Safety Expertise with the OAL Level 3 Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety

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OAL Level 3 Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety

Course Type

Ofqual Regulated

Awarding Body

Occupational Awards Limited (OAL)

Duration

6 Months

Study Mode

Online

Assessment

Assignment-based

Course Overview

What is this course

The OAL Level 3 Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety is a regulated occupational health and safety qualification designed to develop practical knowledge and competence for learners who have responsibility for health and safety within a workplace. Awarded by Occupational Awards Limited (OAL), the qualification carries Ofqual regulation in England under qualification number 610/0888/6 and is accredited by the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH).

The qualification focuses on applying occupational health and safety principles in real workplace settings rather than developing knowledge in isolation. Key learning areas include managing personal actions to reduce workplace risks, developing and monitoring procedures for safe work operations, promoting a positive health and safety culture, conducting workplace health and safety risk assessments, and investigating and evaluating incidents and workplace complaints. It also addresses the supervision of health, safety and welfare within workplace learning environments.

The OAL Level 3 Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety is relevant to UK learners and can also provide a structured occupational health and safety learning pathway for international learners seeking knowledge aligned with an Ofqual-regulated UK qualification. Successful completion may also meet the academic requirements for IOSH Associate or Technical membership, subject to IOSH membership requirements.

Course Content

Detailed Curriculum Structure

The OAL Level 3 Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety comprises 335 Total Qualification Time (TQT), 34 qualification credits and 174 Guided Learning Hours (GLH). All seven units are mandatory, and learners must achieve all 34 credits to complete the qualification.

Mandatory Units

  • Manage Own Actions to Reduce Risks to Health and Safety – 5 credits, 15 GLH
  • Developing Procedures to Safely Control Work Operations – 5 credits, 26 GLH
  • Monitor Procedures to Safely Control Work Operations – 5 credits, 35 GLH
  • Promote a Positive Health and Safety Culture – 4 credits, 18 GLH
  • Conduct a Health and Safety Risk Assessment of a Workplace – 6 credits, 32 GLH
  • Investigate and Evaluate Health and Safety Incidents and Complaints at Work – 5 credits, 26 GLH
  • Supervise the Health, Safety and Welfare of a Learner in the Workplace – 4 credits, 22 GLH

Why Choose this Occupational Health and Safety Course?

The OAL Level 3 Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety is designed for learners seeking structured, workplace-focused knowledge and practical competence in occupational health and safety. The qualification covers risk assessment, safe work procedures, safety culture, incident investigation and workplace supervision, making it relevant to health and safety responsibilities across different sectors.

  • Regulated UK Qualification: The qualification is an Ofqual-regulated qualification, providing a recognised UK qualification framework for learners in the UK and internationally.
  • Practical Occupational Health and Safety Focus: Learning covers the application of health and safety principles within real workplace environments rather than focusing solely on theoretical knowledge.
  • Comprehensive Safety Management Coverage: Learners develop knowledge across risk assessment, safe working procedures, health and safety monitoring, workplace incidents, complaints and safety culture.
  • Workplace Risk Assessment Skills: The qualification develops the ability to conduct and evaluate workplace health and safety risk assessments and identify appropriate control measures.
  • Incident Investigation Knowledge: Learners study how to investigate and evaluate health and safety incidents and workplace complaints using structured approaches.
  • Health and Safety Culture: The qualification addresses methods for promoting a positive health and safety culture and encouraging safer working practices.
  • Relevant to Multiple Industries: The knowledge and competencies covered can be applied across construction, manufacturing, engineering, facilities, logistics, hospitality, services and other workplace environments.
  • International Learning Relevance: Although based within the UK regulated qualification framework, the occupational health and safety principles covered are applicable to workplace safety contexts internationally.
  • Progression-Focused Learning: The qualification provides a structured Level 3 learning pathway for learners developing occupational health and safety responsibilities and seeking to build their knowledge within the field.
  • Evidence-Based Workplace Competence: The qualification emphasises demonstrating occupational health and safety knowledge and competence in workplace-related contexts, supporting meaningful application of learning.

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Learning Outcomes of OAL Level 3 Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety

Unit 1: Manage own actions to reduce risks to health and safety

On successful completion of this unit, the learner will be able to:

  • Be able to identify the hazards and evaluate the risks in the workplace.
  • Be able to reduce the risks to health and safety in the workplace.
  • Know how to reduce risks to health and safety in the workplace.

Unit 2: Developing procedures to safely control work operations

On successful completion of this unit, the learner will be able to:

  • Know the legal and organisational responsibilities for health and safety.
  • Review the effectiveness of health and safety procedures in the workplace.
  • Develop procedures for maintaining a healthy and safe workplace.
  • Communicate health and safety procedures to others in the workplace.

Unit 3: Monitor procedures to safely control work operations

On successful completion of this unit, the learner will be able to:

  • Be able to check that health and safety instructions are followed.
  • Be able to recommend changes to health and safety workplace instructions.
  • Be able to make sure that hazards and risks are controlled safely and effectively.
  • Know how to monitor procedures to safely control work operations.

Unit 4: Promote a positive health and safety culture

On successful completion of this unit, the learner will be able to:

  • Be able to develop plans to promote a health and safety culture in the workplace.
  • Implement the plan to promote a health and safety culture in the workplace.
  • Be able to monitor and review the plan to promote health and safety culture in the workplace.
  • Know reasons for promoting a health and safety culture in the workplace.

Unit 5: Conduct a health and safety risk assessment of a workplace

On successful completion of this unit, the learner will be able to:

  • Be able to prepare for a workplace risk assessment.
  • Be able to identify hazards in the workplace.
  • Be able to conduct a risk assessment of the workplace.
  • Be able to review risk assessment.
  • Know the employer’s responsibility for risk assessments as required by current legislation.

Unit 6: Investigate and evaluate health and safety incidents and complaints at work

On successful completion of this unit, the learner will be able to:

  • Be able to investigate and report workplace incidents and complaints in accordance with legal and workplace requirements.
  • Be able to make recommendations as a result of workplace investigations.
  • Know the employers’ and employees’ legal responsibilities for health and safety in the workplace.

Unit 7: Supervise the health, safety and welfare of a learner in the workplace

On successful completion of this unit, the learner will be able to:

  • Prepare for and receive a trainee in the workplace.
  • Supervise, monitor and review the health, safety and welfare of a learner in the workplace.
  • Know how to introduce a trainee to the workplace.

Who Should Attend

Target Audience and Participants

The OAL Level 3 Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety is suitable for learners who have workplace health and safety responsibilities and want to develop structured knowledge and practical competence in occupational health and safety. It is relevant to both UK and international learners working across a range of workplace environments.

  • Health and Safety Personnel: Suitable for learners working in occupational health and safety roles who want to strengthen their workplace safety knowledge and practical competence.
  • Workplace Supervisors: Relevant to supervisors responsible for monitoring safe working practices, identifying hazards and supporting compliance with workplace health and safety procedures.
  • Team Leaders and Managers: Appropriate for managers and team leaders who have responsibility for workplace safety, risk control, employee welfare or safe work operations.
  • Safety Coordinators: Suitable for personnel involved in coordinating health and safety procedures, workplace inspections, risk assessments and safety monitoring.
  • Construction and Engineering Personnel: Useful for professionals working in construction, engineering, manufacturing and other higher-risk environments where effective hazard identification and risk control are important.
  • Facilities and Operations Personnel: Relevant to learners involved in facilities management, operational activities, workplace procedures and maintaining safe working environments.
  • Employees with Health and Safety Responsibilities: Suitable for workers who have been assigned specific responsibilities for workplace health, safety and welfare.
  • Learners Developing a Safety Career: Appropriate for individuals seeking structured Level 3 occupational health and safety knowledge before progressing towards broader responsibilities within workplace safety.
  • International Learners: Suitable for learners outside the UK who want to study a UK-regulated occupational health and safety qualification and develop knowledge that can be applied within appropriate local workplace and regulatory contexts.
  • Workplace-Based Learners: Particularly relevant to learners who can apply and demonstrate occupational health and safety knowledge within a suitable workplace environment.

Career & Learning Benefits

Career Progression and Benefits

The OAL Level 3 Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety develops structured knowledge and workplace competence across risk assessment, safe working procedures, safety culture, incident investigation and workplace supervision. These areas can support learners in developing or strengthening occupational health and safety responsibilities across different industries.

  • Practical Health and Safety Knowledge: Develop a structured understanding of workplace hazards, risks, safe working practices and health and safety controls.
  • Risk Assessment Skills: Learn how to prepare for, conduct and review workplace health and safety risk assessments.
  • Safe Work Procedure Development: Develop knowledge of creating and communicating procedures designed to control work operations safely.
  • Health and Safety Monitoring: Build competence in monitoring workplace procedures and checking whether health and safety instructions are being followed effectively.
  • Incident Investigation Skills: Develop the ability to investigate workplace health and safety incidents and complaints and make appropriate recommendations based on findings.
  • Positive Safety Culture: Understand how to promote, implement, monitor and review initiatives designed to support a positive health and safety culture.
  • Workplace Supervision: Develop knowledge relevant to supervising the health, safety and welfare of learners or trainees within workplace environments.
  • Improved Safety Decision-Making: Strengthen the ability to identify hazards, evaluate risks and consider appropriate measures for controlling workplace risks.
  • Transferable Workplace Skills: Apply occupational health and safety principles across sectors such as construction, engineering, manufacturing, facilities, logistics, services and other working environments.
  • Professional Development: Provides a structured Level 3 qualification for learners developing workplace health and safety responsibilities or building a foundation for continued professional development in occupational health and safety.
  • UK-Regulated Qualification: Provides learners with a qualification within the regulated UK qualifications framework, supporting structured learning for both UK and international learners.
  • Workplace-Focused Learning: Connects occupational health and safety theory with workplace activities, enabling learners to relate knowledge to practical health and safety responsibilities.

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Frequently Asked Questions Explained

The OAL Level 3 Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety is a regulated vocational qualification focused on workplace health and safety practices, including risk assessment, safe work procedures, safety culture and incident investigation.

It can provide a structured qualification for developing occupational health and safety knowledge and workplace competence, supporting learners who are building responsibilities within health and safety-related roles.

Learners can develop skills in workplace risk assessment, hazard identification, safety procedure monitoring, incident investigation, safety culture development and workplace health and safety supervision.

Yes. International learners can study the UK-regulated qualification to develop structured occupational health and safety knowledge. Workplace practices should be applied alongside the health and safety legislation applicable in the learner’s country.

Yes. The qualification can form part of a learner’s professional development pathway in occupational health and safety, with progression depending on previous experience, professional requirements and the requirements of subsequent qualifications or professional memberships.

Enrollment Criteria

Entry Requirements for OAL Level 3 Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety

  • Minimum Age: 16 years or above.
  • Work Experience: Learners should be working in an occupational health and safety role or have relevant workplace health and safety responsibilities.
  • Educational Background: No specific prior academic qualification is required.
  • Language Proficiency: Suitable English language proficiency is required.

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