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Heat and Sun Safety for Outdoor Workers
Heat and Sun Safety for Outdoor Workers, online in about 30 to 45 minutes on any device. The course covers heat and the body, heat illness, preventing heat stress, sun and skin cancer, and protecting your skin.
Who it is for
Who this course is for
Outdoor and mobile workers and their supervisors, including construction, grounds maintenance, agriculture, roads, rail, utilities, delivery, events and refuse collection. No previous training is assumed.
- Construction and groundworks operatives
- Agriculture, landscaping and grounds staff
- Highways and utilities workers
- Event and outdoor hospitality staff
- Supervisors of outdoor teams
Course content
What the course covers
Five short lessons covering heat and the body, heat illness, preventing heat stress, the sun, UV and skin cancer, and protecting your skin, then a 12-question assessment.
Heat and the body
How the body controls temperature, heat stress, the factors that raise the risk, and the law.
Heat illness
Dehydration, heat exhaustion, heatstroke and first response.
Preventing heat stress
Planning, water, shade and breaks, acclimatisation, buddy checks and PPE.
The sun, UV and skin cancer
Ultraviolet radiation, the UV index, skin cancer, and why outdoor workers are at risk.
Protecting your skin
Shade, clothing, hats, sunglasses, sunscreen, checking your skin and getting help.
Outcomes
What you will be able to do
- Explain how heat affects the body and what increases the risk
- Recognise heat exhaustion and heatstroke and give the right first response
- Apply controls that prevent heat stress at work
- Explain the link between sun exposure and skin cancer
- Protect your skin and report changes early
Your legal duty
The law behind this training
This course is awareness training on heat stress and sun protection for outdoor work, in line with HSE guidance, NHS advice and UK Health Security Agency heat-health alerts. Heat-health alerts apply in England; elsewhere use Met Office extreme heat warnings. It is not first aid training. Your employer's risk assessment and procedures always apply.
One thing to be clear about: heatstroke is a medical emergency. If someone is confused, has hot dry skin, collapses or does not improve within 30 minutes of cooling, call 999.
- Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974
- Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999
Practicalities
How the course works
For employers
Buying for a team
Buying for more than a couple of people is easier on an account: one invoice, licences you allocate as staff join, and a report of who has done what and when it expires.
- One invoice instead of one card payment per person
- Allocate licences as people join
- Completion and expiry reporting for your records
- Bespoke versions written around your own procedures
Heat and Sun Safety for Outdoor Workers: common questions
About 30 to 45 minutes, with no time limit: start it, pause it, and come back whenever suits. The certificate is issued as soon as you pass the end assessment.
Yes. Each lesson ends with short knowledge checks, then there is a 12-question assessment with a pass mark of 70% (9 of 12). You can retake it as often as you need.
The certificate is valid for 1 year, and we recommend a refresher every year.
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