Workplace Health and Safety Basics Course (EU) 2026

This course is for workers, new supervisors and small business owners anywhere in the European Union. It explains the EU's basic safety and health law, what employers and workers must do, how to carry out a simple risk assessment, common hazards, and how to report accidents and near misses. Each topic has a short lesson and an untimed quiz, followed by a timed 30-question final assessment; score 80% or more to earn a Certificate of Completion.

  • Curso
  • União Europeia
  • 100 perguntas
  • Verificado em 13 de outubro de 2026
  • Verificado em 13 de outubro de 2026

Resposta rápida

Este curso gratuito tem cerca de 150 minutos de lições, 6 questionários temáticos sem limite de tempo (100 perguntas no total) e uma avaliação final cronometrada de 30 perguntas escolhidas ao acaso. Obtenha 80 % ou mais na avaliação final para descarregar um certificado de conclusão (privado, não acreditado). Verificado com fontes oficiais em 13 de outubro de 2026.

Comece pelas liçõesWorkplace Health and Safety Basics Course (EU): Lessons: cerca de 150 minutos de leitura. Todas as perguntas do teste são abordadas nas lições.

O que vai aprender

  • Explain why safety and health at work matters and how EU directives become national law
  • Describe the employer's main duties under the Framework Directive 89/391/EEC
  • Describe your own duties as a worker and your rights when there is serious danger
  • Carry out a simple risk assessment in steps and put risks in order of priority
  • Recognise common hazards such as slips and trips, screen work, noise and chemicals, and read EU safety signs
  • Report accidents and near misses so that the workplace can learn from them

Obtenha 80% ou mais para descarregar o seu certificado.

O seu plano de estudo

Leia cada lição, faça o questionário temático (sem limite de tempo, com explicações) e depois a avaliação final cronometrada. De cada vez é escolhida uma nova mistura de perguntas. O seu progresso fica guardado neste navegador.

  1. Ler as lições6 lições, cerca de 150 min
  2. Questionário temático 1: Why OSH matters and how EU law works15 perguntas
  3. Questionário temático 2: Employer duties: prevention and training17 perguntas
  4. Questionário temático 3: Worker duties and rights16 perguntas
  5. Questionário temático 4: Risk assessment step by step16 perguntas
  6. Questionário temático 5: Common hazards: slips, screens, noise, chemicals and signs20 perguntas
  7. Questionário temático 6: Reporting accidents and near misses16 perguntas
  8. Exame final30 perguntas, 35 min · Obter 80% ou mais

Questionário temático 1: Why OSH matters and how EU law works

  1. Pergunta 1 de 15

    What does OSH stand for?
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    Resposta: A. Occupational safety and health

    OSH means occupational safety and health: protecting people from harm caused by their work.

  2. Pergunta 2 de 15

    What is EU-OSHA?
    Mostrar resposta

    Resposta: D. The EU's information agency for safety and health at work

    EU-OSHA describes itself as the European Union information agency for occupational safety and health. National authorities enforce the law.

  3. Pergunta 3 de 15

    Which EU law sets the general principles for safety and health at work?
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    Resposta: D. The Framework Directive 89/391/EEC

    Directive 89/391/EEC is the basic safety and health law. The other directives deal with specific topics.

  4. Pergunta 4 de 15

    When was the Framework Directive 89/391/EEC adopted?
    Mostrar resposta

    Resposta: C. 12 June 1989

    The Framework Directive was adopted on 12 June 1989. Member States had to apply it by 31 December 1992.

  5. Pergunta 5 de 15

    Which workplaces does the Framework Directive cover?
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    Resposta: B. All sectors, public and private, with few exceptions

    It covers all sectors of activity, public and private. It does not apply only where certain public service work, such as the armed forces or police, inevitably conflicts with it.

  6. Pergunta 6 de 15

    Under the Framework Directive, who counts as a "worker"?
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    Resposta: C. Anyone employed by an employer, including trainees

    The directive defines a worker as any person employed by an employer, including trainees and apprentices (domestic servants are excluded).

  7. Pergunta 7 de 15

    What must an EU Member State do with a directive on safety and health at work?
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    Resposta: C. Transpose it into national law by a set deadline

    A directive is binding and obliges Member States to transpose it into national law within a set deadline.

  8. Pergunta 8 de 15

    Can an EU country have stricter safety rules than an EU directive?
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    Resposta: A. Yes, they are free to adopt stricter rules

    EU directives set a common base. Member States may adopt stricter rules, so requirements can vary between countries.

  9. Pergunta 9 de 15

    Why might the safety rules in Spain differ from those in Sweden?
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    Resposta: C. Each country puts directives into its own law and may add stricter rules

    Directives are transposed into national law, and countries may go further. This is why you must always check national rules.

  10. Pergunta 10 de 15

    How does the Framework Directive relate to a specific directive, such as the one on noise?
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    Resposta: B. Both apply; the stricter, more specific noise rules prevail

    The Framework Directive continues to apply to all areas covered by individual directives. Where an individual directive is more stringent or specific, its provisions prevail.

  11. Pergunta 11 de 15

    Which of these topics has its own individual EU directive on safety at work?
    Mostrar resposta

    Resposta: D. Work with display screen equipment

    Directive 90/270/EEC covers display screen equipment. It is one of the individual directives based on the Framework Directive.

  12. Pergunta 12 de 15

    According to EU-OSHA, about how much of the EU's GDP is the cost to society of work-related injuries and diseases?
    Mostrar resposta

    Resposta: D. 3.3%

    EU-OSHA estimates that work-related injuries and diseases cost the equivalent of 3.3% of EU GDP.

  13. Pergunta 13 de 15

    Studies cited by EU-OSHA found what return for every euro invested in OSH?
    Mostrar resposta

    Resposta: D. 2.2 euros

    EU-OSHA reports studies showing a return of 2.2 euros for every euro invested in OSH.

  14. Pergunta 14 de 15

    In 2024, which sector had the largest share of fatal accidents at work in the EU?
    Mostrar resposta

    Resposta: B. Construction

    Eurostat reports that close to a quarter (23.0%) of fatal accidents at work in the EU in 2024 were in construction.

  15. Pergunta 15 de 15

    The Framework Directive defines "prevention". What does it mean?
    Mostrar resposta

    Resposta: B. All steps taken at all stages of work to prevent or reduce risks

    Prevention means all the steps or measures taken or planned at all stages of work to prevent or reduce occupational risks.

O que saber antes do exame

  • The OSH Framework Directive 89/391/EEC was adopted on 12 June 1989 and covers all sectors of activity, both public and private.
  • Member States must transpose EU directives into national law and are free to adopt stricter rules, so safety requirements can vary between countries.
  • Safety, hygiene and health measures at work may in no circumstances involve workers in financial cost.
  • Employers must keep a list of accidents that leave a worker unfit for work for more than three working days.
  • In 2024 there were 3,367 fatal accidents at work in the EU, and close to a quarter of them were in construction.
  • EU-OSHA estimates that work-related injuries and diseases cost the equivalent of 3.3% of EU GDP.
  • Under the noise directive, hearing protectors must be used where daily exposure matches or exceeds 85 dB(A), and the limit value of 87 dB(A) must never be exceeded.

Perguntas frequentes

Is this course an official or legally required safety training certificate?

No. If you pass the final assessment you get a PassEveryTest Certificate of Completion, which shows you finished this general awareness course. It is not an accredited qualification or a legally required training certificate, and it does not replace the training your employer must give you for your own job and workplace.

Does EU law apply the same way in every country?

EU directives set common minimum rules, but each Member State puts them into its own national law and may add stricter rules. Always check your national law and your employer's procedures.

How does the final assessment work?

It has 30 questions drawn at random from the course question bank, with a 35-minute time limit. You need 80% to pass, and each attempt gives you a new mix of questions.

Can I refuse to work if I think it is dangerous?

Under the Framework Directive, if there is serious, imminent and unavoidable danger, you may stop work and go to a place of safety, and you must not be put at a disadvantage for this. For other concerns, tell your employer or safety representative; national law sets the details.

Who pays for my safety training and protective equipment?

Your employer. Safety and health measures may never involve workers in financial cost, training must take place during working hours, and PPE must be provided free of charge.

O certificado é acreditado ou reconhecido oficialmente?

Não. É um certificado de conclusão privado, apenas para o seu conhecimento. Não é reconhecido, acreditado nem aprovado por nenhum governo, entidade licenciadora, regulador ou instituição de ensino e não substitui qualquer licença, certificação ou formação exigida por lei.

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