2020 Certified Sharps Awareness & Safe Management
This practical Sharps Awareness and Safe Management course helps learners recognise, assess and respond safely to sharps hazards in the workplace. It is suitable for organisations whose teams may encounter needles, syringes, blades, broken glass, contaminated metal, nails, wire or other sharp objects during cleaning, maintenance, facilities, waste, property, housing, construction support or site-based work. The course focuses on prevention, safe systems of work and the correct immediate response if an incident occurs.
COURSE DETAILS
- Best for: Maintenance teams, cleaning teams, facilities staff, waste handlers, property teams, site operatives, supervisors and anyone who may come across sharps during work activities.
- Delivery: Available as workplace-based, classroom or site-based training, with examples tailored to the environments and risks your teams face.
- Certification: 2020 Certified Sharps Awareness & Safe Management training.
- Next step: Enquire below and our team will confirm dates, delivery options and group requirements.
WHO IS THIS COURSE FOR?
This course is ideal for any business or sector where staff may encounter sharps during routine work, inspections, cleaning, maintenance, waste handling, void property work, grounds work or public-facing operations. It is also suitable for supervisors who need to understand how to manage risk, brief teams and check that safe systems are being followed.
WHAT YOU SHOULD EXPECT FROM THIS COURSE
Learners will explore realistic workplace scenarios and learn how to identify sharps risks before contact is made. The session covers the types of objects that may present a sharps hazard, where they may be found, how infection risks arise, what safe procedures should look like, and how to deal with discovery, containment and reporting. The course is practical and informative, with a clear focus on helping staff make safer decisions during everyday work.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
- Recognise what counts as a sharp and understand where sharps may be found in workplace environments.
- Understand the biological risks linked to bloodborne pathogens and contaminated sharps.
- Identify high-risk areas, hidden hazards and situations where complacency can increase risk.
- Understand the legal duties that support safe systems of work, including COSHH-related risk control principles.
- Apply safe no-touch handling, containment and disposal principles.
- Know what to do immediately following a needlestick, sharps injury or contamination incident.
- Understand the importance of reporting, recording, escalation and review after an incident or near miss.
KEY TOPICS COVERED
- Types of sharps and common exposure scenarios
- Needles, syringes, blades, broken glass, jagged metal and other sharp objects
- Bloodborne pathogens and infection risks
- Risk assessment, safe systems of work and standard operating procedures
- High-risk search areas and hidden hazard recognition
- Personal protective equipment, no-touch handling and safe approach principles
- Safe retrieval, containment, disposal and escalation procedures
- Emergency response following a sharps injury or contamination incident
Expected time dedication
This course is normally delivered as a half-day awareness session. Timings can be adapted for group size, site risks and the level of discussion or practical demonstration required.
Assessment method
There is no formal exam. Understanding is checked through trainer-led questions, discussion, scenario-based activities and a short knowledge check.
Entry requirements
There are no formal entry requirements. Learners should have a good grasp of the English language and should follow any site-specific PPE requirements if practical examples are included.
This is a course we can provide at your site – get in touch using the enquiry form below.
FAQ’s
It is intended for employees, contractors and supervisors who may encounter needles, syringes, blades, broken glass, contaminated metal or other sharp objects during work activities.
The course is normally delivered as a half-day session, depending on group size and the level of site-specific discussion required.
Yes. The course can be delivered at your location and can be tailored around the environments, tasks and sharps risks your team may face.
The course covers hazard recognition, infection risks, legal duties, safe systems of work, PPE, no-touch handling, containment, disposal, reporting and emergency response following a sharps injury.
The session can include practical discussion, demonstrations and scenario-based exercises where suitable. It does not encourage unnecessary handling of sharps.
There is no formal exam. Learner understanding is checked through discussion, questions and short knowledge checks.
Learners receive a 2020 Safety Training certificate for Sharps Awareness & Safe Management training.
Yes. The course is suitable for a wide range of sectors including facilities, cleaning, property, maintenance, waste, housing, construction support, retail, education and public-facing operations.
Complete the enquiry form on this page and include your preferred dates, location, number of learners and any site-specific risks you would like the trainer to consider.
ENQUIRE ABOUT THIS COURSE
If your team may encounter sharps during their work, this course gives them clear, practical guidance they can apply straight away. Complete the enquiry form below with your preferred delivery location, number of learners and any site-specific risks, and our team will come back to you with suitable options.