NVQ Level 5 in Health and Safety Regulation
The Level 5 NVQ in Health and Safety Regulation is a work-based qualification, designed for candidates who are employed as enforcement officers under the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974. Principally these will be Health and Safety Executive inspectors and those with a health and safety enforcement role within Local Authorities.
We are based at Stone Castle, Dartford, Kent where the NVQ induction interview takes place –also where it can be arranged to meet with the Assessor, or can be arranged at the candidates place of work, these meetings are booked on a regular basis to enable momentum to be maintained and to ensure that the work and evidence that is produced covers the NVQ Units to the correct standards.
Recommended entry to qualification
No specific prior qualifications, learning or experience are required for candidates undertaking the qualification. However, the nature of the learning required for the qualification is such that candidates will need basic literacy and numeracy skills. Candidates will also need to be able to organise written information clearly and coherently.
The Level 5 NVQ in Health and Safety Regulation is a nine unit qualification. You must achieve all of the mandatory units (501-508) plus 1 unit from the option group.
Mandatory units
501 Evaluate and develop own practice
501.1 Evaluate own practice
501.2 Identify self-development needs
502 Identify the plans and priorities of the regulatory authority for work-related health and safety, and contribute to them effectively
502.1 Identify the objectives, plans and priorities of the regulatory authority for work-related health and safety, and personally contribute to them effectively
502.2 Manage time effectively to ensure the efficient use of resources
503 Inspect duty holders, worksites and activities for the purposes of work-related health and safety regulation
503.1 Prepare for inspections of workplace health and safety for the purposes of regulation
503.2 Conduct inspections of workplace health and safety for the purposes of regulation
503.3 Report on the conduct and findings from inspections of workplace health and safety for the purposes of regulation
504 Investigate accidents, incidents, ill-health reports and complaints for the purposes of health and safety regulation
504.1 Prepare for investigations of work-related accidents, incidents, cases of ill health or complaints for regulatory purposes
504.2 Determine immediate action needed to ensure effective investigationand manage any continuing risk
504.3 Carry out investigations of work-related accidents, incidents, cases of ill health or complaints for regulatory purposes
504.4 Evaluate the extent of intervention and enforcement needed for regulatory purposes
504.2 Manage and conclude investigations
505 Plan and gather evidence for the purposes of work-related health and safety regulation
505.1 Plan the taking of evidence for the purposes of work-related health and safety regulation
505.2 Gather and preserve evidence for the purpose of work-related health and safety regulation
506 Draft and serve notices or other statutory enforceable documents for the purposes of work-related health and safety regulation
506.1 Draft and serve notices or other statutory enforceable documents for the purposes of work-related health and safety regulation
507 Influence health and safety duty holders and others for the purposes of work-related health and safety regulation
507.1 Work with duty holders and others to establish work-related health, safety and welfare standards, procedures and management arrangements in force in the organisation
507.2 Influence duty holders and others to improve work-related health, safety and welfare standards, procedures and policies
507.3 Communicate externally with duty holders, employee representatives and others
507.4 Communicate internally with colleagues
508 Promote work-related health and safety through regulatory and promotional activity
508.1 Plan and contribute to local projects and initiatives to promote work related health and safety
508.2 Promote work-related health and safety awareness through dissemination of appropriate information
Optional units
Candidates must complete ONE of the following units
509 Enforce statutory provisions and brief a prosecutor for the purposes of work-related health and safety regulation
509.1 Prepare reports recommending prosecution for alleged breaches of work-related health and safety legislation
509.2 Initiate and report on prosecution proceedings
510 Enforce statutory provisions and present guilty pleas in Magistrates’ Courts for the purposes of work-related health and safety regulation
510.1 Prepare reports recommending prosecution for alleged breaches of work-related health and safety legislation
510.2 Initiate legal proceedings for alleged breaches of work-related health and safety legislation and presenting the case in a Magistrates’ Court when a guilty plea is entered by the defendant
