How long is the Workplace Health & Safety 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 health and safety training a legal requirement?

Yes. The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 requires employers to provide the information, instruction and training employees need, and the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 require training when people start and when risks change.

A quick way to assess a manual handling task by looking at the Task, Individual, Load, Environment and Other factors. The fifth microlesson shows how to use it before you lift.

How often should staff take workplace health and safety training?

Train people when they start and refresh it regularly. 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.

Health & Safety in the Workplace Training Course (UK)

Workplace Health & Safety training

Seven microlessons on workplace health and safety: your role, risk assessment, slips and falls, equipment, electricity and fire, manual handling and DSE, COSHH, and wellbeing, first aid and reporting, with practical assessments, a digital signature and a certificate of completion.

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What the Workplace Health & Safety course covers

This course covers the health and safety essentials for everyday workplaces in seven microlessons. It covers employer and employee duties, hazards and risk assessments, slips, trips, falls and working at height, equipment, electrical and fire safety, manual handling and DSE, hazardous substances in offices, and stress, first aid and reporting accidents and near misses. The course is CPD-certified.

A certificate for every learner who completes it

Learners finish every microlesson, pass the assessments with a score of 80% or more and sign with a digital signature. 5Mins then issues a certificate of completion for Health & Safety: The Workplace (UK).

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

Laws covered

Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974. The general duties employers and employees have for health and safety at work.

Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999. Employers must assess risks and give employees health and safety training when they start and when risks change.

Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 (COSHH). Employers must assess and control exposure to hazardous substances, including everyday cleaning products.

Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013 (RIDDOR). Certain workplace injuries, diseases and dangerous occurrences must be reported to the enforcing authority.

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 ChappellHR Director, Collingwood

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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 WybornDirector of Learning and Development, ICAB

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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 WaltonGroup Learning and Development Officer, Winn Solicitors

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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.