Safety Core is a programme, not a shelf of courses

Why safety training exists at all, what the law expects it to achieve, and what it is not.

Tell a hazard from a risk, and judge which ones matter on the job in front of you.

What PPE does and does not protect against, and why it is the last line rather than the first.

Recognise a height risk at any level, and check the equipment before you trust it.

Where the danger sits in everyday electrical work, and what happens before anyone touches anything.

What makes ground give way, and the checks that come before anyone enters a trench.

Why confined spaces harm rescuers as often as workers, and what must happen before entry.

What a guard is for, why removing one can feel reasonable at the time, and what follows.

Isolate stored energy properly, and prove it is isolated before work starts.

The most common injury on any site, and the small things that actually prevent it.

Judge a load before lifting it, and recognise when not to lift it at all.

Your part in a lift, the exclusion zone, and the authority to stop it.

Choose the right tool, check it, and use it the way it was designed to be used.

Fume, arc, heat and fire watch — the four things welding puts on everyone nearby.

Where people and vehicles meet, and how that meeting is made survivable.

Read a label and a safety data sheet, and know what to do when something spills.

Damage you cannot feel happening, and the limits that exist to stop it.

Working hot and working cold, and the signs that you are past your limit.

Pressure at work, what it does to safe behaviour, and how to raise it.

Substances that carry rules of their own — what they are and why they are treated differently.

Working alone safely, and the arrangements that must exist before you do.

What to do in the first minute, and why the plan is practised rather than read.

Sources, exposure and the people for whom the limits are different.