Safety Training
Part of the Getting Started training and Mandatory Ongoing Learning
Who this is for
All volunteers in their first 5 months
Renewed every 3 years
How to complete it
E-learning course
There are 5 lessons and an assessment
How long it takes
45-60 minutes
Getting it signed off
Email your certificate to your Training Advisor or volunteer line manager
What you’ll learn
You’ll learn about your responsibilities for keeping young people and adults safe, what to do in an emergency and how to report incidents.
Doing things safely is fundamental to everything we do in Scouting. The Safety training ensures that you understand your responsibilities for keeping everyone in Scouts safe and how to assess and manage risk.
Additional information
Information, training and guidance provided on this page is produced solely to assist Scout Groups to understand their responsibilities for Safety. The Scout Association accepts no liability for use or reliance upon any of the information published on this website by anyone outside the Scouting Movement. A training completion certificate does not denote any level of qualification or compliance with any legal obligations in relation to Safety.