Start Free Trial

Health & Safety Essentials training

Seven microlessons on your role in health and safety, hazards and risk assessments, slips and falls, equipment and fire, manual handling and DSE, hazardous substances and reporting, with situational tests and a certificate of completion.

Start free trial
G24.6Capterra4.7
Health & Safety Essentials (EU) course preview
7Short, TikTok-style microlessonsIn the browser or the iOS and Android apps

Compliance teams that chose 5Mins

Read their stories
Collingwood nsave ICAB Delamode LOQBOX Kennedys GSK Student Cribs Millennium Hotels Paris Baguette
  • 2Assessments
  • 7Microlessons
  • IncludedCertificate of completion
About this course

What the Health & Safety Essentials course covers

This course covers the fundamentals of workplace health and safety across the European Union in seven microlessons. It's built for every employee, and covers employer and employee duties, hazards, risks and risk assessments, slips, trips, falls and working at height, work equipment, electricity and fire, manual handling and display screen equipment, hazardous substances, and stress, wellbeing, first aid and incident reporting.

Learning outcomes

What your people will be able to do

  • Identify employer and employee health and safety duties under EU rules
  • Recognize workplace hazards and support basic risk assessments with the right controls
  • Prevent slips, trips and falls, and handle loads and work at height safely
  • Use equipment and electricity safely, and follow fire evacuation procedures
  • Take the right precautions with hazardous substances, from labels to PPE and emergencies
  • Recognize work-related stress, know the first aid arrangements and report accidents, near misses and unsafe conditions
Course contents

7 microlessons

Each microlesson is a short, TikTok-style video lesson, with knowledge checks along the way.

1Your Role in Health & Safety
2Hazards, Risks & Risk Assessments
3Slips, Trips, Falls & Working at Height
4Work Equipment, Electricity & Fire Awareness
5Manual Handling of Loads & Display Screen Equipment
6Hazardous Substances Awareness
7Stress, Wellbeing, First Aid & Reporting

  1. Your Role in Health & Safety: Employer and employee duties, spotting risks and stopping when it's unsafe.
  2. Hazards, Risks & Risk Assessments: The difference between hazard and risk, and how risk assessments work.
  3. Slips, Trips, Falls & Working at Height: Preventing slips, trips and falls, and working safely at height.
  4. Work Equipment, Electricity & Fire Awareness: Safe equipment use, electrical safety and the fire triangle.
  5. Manual Handling of Loads & Display Screen Equipment: Lifting loads safely and setting up display screen equipment.
  6. Hazardous Substances Awareness: Everyday hazardous substances, labels, controls and emergencies.
  7. Stress, Wellbeing, First Aid & Reporting: Work-related stress, first aid arrangements and reporting incidents.
A 5Mins certificate of completion for Health & Safety Essentials (EU), lying on a desk next to a laptop
Certificate

A certificate for every learner who completes it

Learners finish every microlesson and complete the assessments. 5Mins then issues a certificate of completion for Health & Safety Essentials (EU).

  • Certificates and e-signatures stored against each learner
  • Audit-ready records, ready whenever an auditor asks
  • Completion shows on the Compliance Dashboard in real time
Audience and regulation

Who it's for and the law it covers

Who it's for

  • Every employee working in the EU
  • New joiners who need health and safety training when they start
  • Office, retail, warehouse and site staff
  • Supervisors who want a shared baseline for their teams

Laws covered

  • EU Framework Directive 89/391/EEC. The core EU law on safety and health at work: employers must assess risks, put prevention measures in place and inform and train workers.
  • National health and safety laws. Each EU country puts the directive into its own law, so local rules and authorities vary.
How it runs in 5Mins

Assign it once, then let 5Mins do the chasing

Every course in the 5Mins library runs on the same zero-admin engine.

  • EnrollAuto-enroll

    Enroll people automatically from your HR system, with 100+ HRIS platforms supported.

  • RemindReminders

    Nudges by email, Slack, Microsoft Teams and push until the course is done.

  • RepeatRecurrence

    Set the course to repeat, for example every 12 months, and 5Mins re-enrolls people for you.

  • CertifyCertificates

    Certificates and e-signatures are issued and stored for every completion.

  • ProveAudit-ready records

    See who is complete, at risk or overdue on the Compliance Dashboard, and prove it any time.

Customer stories

Compliance teams that swapped chasing for results

Compliance, HR and L&D leaders on what changed when they moved their training to 5Mins. Pick a team to see what changed.

ComplianceCompliance Training Insurance, 205 colleagues 100%

compliance completion and pass rate since go-live

  • ~1 day saved on each compliance course (HR estimate)
  • Automated reminders and reporting

Since go-live, our compliance completion and pass rates are 100%, and it's the quickest we've ever got there. Automated reminders and reporting save us about a day per course.

Laura ChappellLaura ChappellHR Director, Collingwood
Read the Collingwood story
ComplianceCompliance Training Insurance and emergency accommodation 87%

less session time, from 2.5-3 hour sessions to modules of 25 minutes at most

  • 12 monthly sessions a year, up from 3-4
  • 95% content creation time saved

Our compliance sessions used to be two and a half to three hours in a room, and we could fit in three or four a year. Now we cover one topic a month, and I can see exactly what people are retaining.

Lucy WybornLucy WybornDirector of Learning and Development, ICAB
Read the ICAB story
ComplianceCompliance Training Legal services 80%

completion on mandatory training, up from 20%

  • Mobile microlessons finished between calls
  • Manager view of each team's progress

We were sitting at 20% completion on our mandatory training. We're now at 80%. People finish short lessons between calls, on mobile, and managers can see where their teams are, so chasing completion is no longer a one-person job.

Jamie WaltonJamie WaltonGroup Learning and Development Officer, Winn Solicitors
See more customer stories
ComplianceCompliance Training Fintech and digital banking On demand

training log showing who did what, when, and the pass rate

  • Any device phone or laptop, at their own pace
  • Rolling refreshers through the year

When I engage with the FCA, I can show that every team has had training tailored to their role, that it's up to date, and that it runs throughout the year, with a full log of who's done what.

Abdul GofurAbdul GofurHead of Compliance & Anti-Financial Crime, nsave
Read the nsave story
★ Free sample lesson

See 5Mins in action with a free sample lesson

Interested in Health & Safety Essentials training? Request a free sample lesson, book a short demo with our team, and we'll share your sample lessons after the call.

  • Real microlessons from our library
  • A short demo with our team
  • No card needed

Get a free sample lesson

Use your work email so we can arrange your demo.

We'll use your details to arrange your demo and contact you about 5Mins. See our privacy policy.

Free course catalogues

Take the catalogues with you

Free PDF catalogues to share with your compliance lead, your managers or your board.

Health and Safety Compliance Catalogue cover
Health & safety

Health and Safety Compliance Catalogue

Keep your workplace safe with training on risk assessment, manual handling, fire safety, first aid and workplace hazards.

Global Compliance Catalogue cover
Compliance

Global Compliance Catalogue

Stay compliant across every market you operate in, with regulatory training covering GDPR, data protection, workplace safety and more.

Browse all course catalogues

Your questions answered

Questions about Health & Safety Essentials training

How long is the Health & Safety Essentials course?

It's made up of 7 microlessons, each under 5 minutes. Learners can finish it in one sitting or spread it over a few days, and 5Mins sends reminders until it is done.

Is there a certificate?

Yes. Learners get a certificate of completion once they finish every microlesson and complete the situational tests. The record is stored in 5Mins for audits.

What does the course cover?

Your role in health and safety, hazards and risk assessments, slips, trips, falls and working at height, equipment, electricity and fire, manual handling and DSE, hazardous substances, and stress, first aid and reporting.

Is there a UK version?

Yes. 5Mins also has Health & Safety Level 1 and Level 2 for the UK.

Who should take this course?

Every employee in the EU, in any sector, as an introduction or a refresher.

How often should staff take health and safety training?

EU rules require training when people start and when their work or risks change, and refreshers where needed. In 5Mins you can set the course to repeat, for example every 12 months.

Can I try the course first?

Yes. Request a free sample lesson and book a short demo with our team. After your demo, we'll share sample lessons with you so you can see the format for yourself.

Keep exploring

Related courses

Health, Safety & Environment

Manual Handling (EU)

6 microlessons View course
Health, Safety & Environment

Health & Safety: Working from Home (EU)

6 microlessons View course
Health, Safety & Environment

Health & Safety: Working From Home (Global)

6 microlessons View course
Health, Safety & Environment

Display Screen Equipment (Global)

5 microlessons View course
Health, Safety & Environment

Food Allergies (EU)

6 microlessons View course
Health, Safety & Environment

Food Safety Level 2 (EU)

5 microlessons View course
All compliance micro coursesBrowse the course collection
Explore 5Mins

More free resources from 5Mins

Course collection5,000+ ready-made micro courses.Explore Course cataloguesFree PDFs to share with your team.Explore Customer success storiesFilms and case studies by industry.Explore WebinarsHR Declassified, AI Declassified and Inside 5Mins.Explore Templates and guidesSkills matrix templates and how-to guides.Explore BlogGuides on compliance, AI and leadership.Explore
Get started

Give your people compliance training they'll actually enjoy

Assign Health & Safety Essentials and 5,000+ other micro courses in minutes, or turn your own policies into microlessons with AI Studio.

Start free trial