Description

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The Hygiene at Work eLearning course provides learners with an understanding of the importance of maintaining good personal and workplace hygiene and how appropriate hygiene practices can help protect the health and wellbeing of employees and others.

The course explores common sources of contamination, how poor hygiene can contribute to the spread of infection and practical measures for maintaining clean and hygienic working environments. Learners will consider personal hygiene, hand hygiene, workplace cleanliness and their individual responsibilities for following appropriate hygiene procedures.

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Who Should Attend?

• Employees at all levels.
• New starters requiring general workplace hygiene awareness.
• Employees working in shared workplace environments.
• Customer and public-facing personnel.
• Employees working in environments where maintaining good hygiene is particularly important.
• Managers and supervisors responsible for workplace standards.
• Anyone requiring an understanding of good workplace hygiene practices.

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What You Will Learn

• The importance of maintaining good hygiene at work.
• How poor hygiene can affect employees and others.
• Common sources of workplace contamination.
• How microorganisms and infection may be spread.
• The importance of good personal hygiene.
• Effective hand hygiene and handwashing practices.
• Recognising when hands should be cleaned.
• Appropriate respiratory hygiene practices.
• Maintaining clean and hygienic work areas.
• The importance of regularly cleaning shared equipment and surfaces.
• Appropriate management of workplace waste.
• Maintaining suitable welfare and hygiene facilities.
• Preventing cross-contamination within the workplace.
• Appropriate use of personal protective equipment where required.
• Understanding that gloves do not replace appropriate hand hygiene.
• Maintaining hygiene when handling shared items or equipment.
• Recognising situations where additional cleaning or hygiene controls may be required.
• Reporting hygiene concerns appropriately.
• Following organisational cleaning, hygiene and infection prevention procedures.
• Contributing to a clean, safe and hygienic workplace.

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Course Delivery

This course is delivered as self-directed eLearning through the ELMO learning platform.

Learners can work through the course at their own pace and can move backwards and forwards through the learning content as required. The course does not need to be completed in one sitting, allowing learners to leave and return to their training where necessary.

Interactive activities may be included throughout the course to reinforce key learning points.

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Assessment

Knowledge and understanding are checked through online assessment activities. Depending on the course content, these may include multiple-choice questions, matching exercises, drag-and-drop activities and image-based questions.

A minimum score of 70% is required to successfully complete the course.

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Certification

Upon successful completion of the course and assessment requirements, learners will receive a UK Rural Skills (UKRS) Accredited Certificate of Training.

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Course Duration

The course is self-directed and learners can progress through the content at their own pace. Completion time may therefore vary depending on the individual learner.

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