Prisoners’ Education Trust – Course Prospectus 2026-2027
Download PET's Course Prospectus - our comprehensive guide to the distance learning courses we offer, with information on how to apply and how to prepare to study.
PET offers 120 distance learning courses in every prison in England, Wales, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.
We offer courses in a range of sectors – from health and social care to transport and logistics – as well as GCSEs, A-levels and Open University Access modules. Here you’ll find information about every course we offer.
NEBOSH Certificate in Health and Safety Management for Construction
This course explores health and safety issues impacting the construction industry and is vital if you plan to have health and safety responsibilities in the sector. Aligned to the Health and Safety Executive’s Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 – which set out the legal duties for everyone involved in construction – this qualification is guided by legislation but focused on best practice.
The syllabus includes:
- Roles and responsibilities
- Health and safety culture
- Assessing risk
- Managing change
- Excavation
- Demolition
- Mobile plant and vehicles
- Working at height
- Musculoskeletal health
- Work equipment
- Electricity
- Fire
- Chemical and biological agents
- Physical and psychological health.
Entry requirements: Level 2 English and a Level 2 health and safety qualification
Format of Course Materials: Paper-based
Assignments: Self-assessed activities and a mock exam
Exams: One non-invigilated open book exam
Prison support requirements: Facilitate tutor support via email. This often requires scanning learner assignments and email them to their tutor.
Tutor support: Yes – accessed with prison staff support
Find Out More: From the NEBOSH website here.
NEBOSH HSE Award in Managing Risks and Risk Assessment
This introductory qualification - developed by NEBOSH in collaboration with Britain’s national regulator for workplace health and safety, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) - gives you the opportunity to develop straightforward, practical health and safety risk management skills. You will go beyond identifying and assessing risks by also learning how to help effectively control the risks caused by hazards in the workplace.
The course consists of one unit which covers:
- Why manage health and safety risks
- Managing risk: Identifying and understanding the risks
- Managing risk: Controlling the risks
- Managing risk: Sources of information and the application of HSE risk assessment tools
Entry Requirements: Level 2 English
Format of Course Materials: Paper-based
Assignments: Self-assessed multiple-choice questions and a risk assessment activity
Exams: One non-invigilated, open book risk assessment based on a workplace scenario (60 minutes)
Prison Support Requirements: Facilitate assessments and tutor support via email. This often requires scanning learner assignments and email them to their tutor
Tutor Support: Yes – accessed with prison staff support
What’s Next? Any NEBOSH Level 3 Certificate
Find Out More: More details about this course are available on the NEBOSH website.
NEBOSH HSE Certificate in Managing Stress at Work
On this course, you will gain an understanding of the business benefits of reducing stress at work. You will learn how to recognise the causes and effects of stress, as well as identifying the risks of it within the workplace. You will also find out how to apply suitable interventions to prevent and reduce stress. This qualification is suitable for anyone responsible for managing people or for managing workplace stress, including Health and Safety professionals, Human Resource professionals, line managers and supervisors. Exam fees are included.
Structure of course:
- The causes and effects of workplace stress
- The responsibilities of employers in managing workplace stress
- Applying the HSE’s Management Standards approach to assess stress risks in the workplace
- How to develop suitable interventions to address stressors, reduce negative impacts, and manage the effects of stress in the workplace
- Ways to continually improve your organisation and create a great place to work
Entry Requirements: Level 2 English
Format of Course Materials: Paper-based
Assignments: None – but there are self assessed activities and a mock exam
Exams: One invigilated closed book exam (60 minutes)
Prison Support Requirements: Facilitate tutor support via email. This often requires scanning learner assignments and emailing them to their tutor. Facilitate and invigilate exam.
Tutor Support: Yes
NEBOSH HSE Certificate in Process Safety Management
Effective process safety management (PSM) is vitally important in major hazard industries, helping to prevent accidents and near misses caused by the loss of containment of energy or dangerous substances. This course provides the knowledge and understanding of PSM, ensuring you can contribute to the effective management of risks in a range of process-based industries such as oil, gas and pharmaceuticals. Exam fees are included.
Structure of course:
- Process safety management
- Management process risk
- Process safety hazard control
- Fire and protection emergency response
Entry Requirements: Level 2 English and a Level 2 Health and Safety qualification
Format of Course Materials: Paper-based
Assignments: None – but there are self assessed activities and a mock exam
Exams: One invigilated closed book exam (90 minutes)
Prison Support Requirements: Facilitate tutor support via email. This often requires scanning learner assignments and emailing them to their tutor. Facilitate and invigilate exam.
Tutor Support: Yes
NEBOSH National Certificate in Environmental Management
This course provides a comprehensive introduction to environmental management systems, international standards and current best practice for the control of environmental hazards. You will learn how to help an organisation achieve environmental excellence and show social responsibility. The qualification will give you the knowledge and skills to introduce and maintain the widely recognised environmental management standard, ISO 14001, within an organisation.
The course consists of two units:
Unit EMC1: Environmental Management
- Element 1: Foundations in Environmental Management
- Element 2: Environmental Management Systems
- Element 3: Assessing Environmental Aspects and Impacts
- Element 4: Planning for and Dealing with Environmental Emergencies
- Element 5: Control of Emissions to Air
- Element 6: Control of Environmental Noise
- Element 7: Control of Contamination of Water Sources
- Element 8: Control of Waste and Land Use
- Element 9: Sources and Use of Energy Efficiency
Unit EMC2: Assessing Environmental Aspects and Associated Impacts
Entry Requirements: Level 2 English and either a Level 2 health and safety qualification or Understanding Environmental Sustainability.
Format of Course Materials: Paper-based
Assignments: One risk assessment based on a workplace scenario, self-assessed activities, a mock exam and a practice case-study risk assessment.
Exams: One non-invigilated, open book exam (completed and submitted within a 24 hour window)
Prison Support Requirements: Facilitate assessment and tutor support via email. This often requires scanning learner assignments and email them to their tutor.
Tutor Support: Yes – accessed with prison staff support.
What’s Next? Any of the other Level 3 NEBOSH Certificates
Find Out More: From NEBOSH’s website here.
NEBOSH National General Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety
This course provides a broad understanding of health and safety issues and is essential for anyone with health and safety responsibilities as part of their role or who wants to specialise in the area. The course will help you to manage health and safety confidently across a range of industries and gain a qualification that is highly valued by employers globally.
The course consists of 11 elements across two units:
Unit GNC1: Management of Health and Safety
- Element 1 – Why we should manage workplace health and safety
- Element 2 – How health and safety management systems work and what they look like
- Element 3 – Managing risk – understanding people and processes
- Element 4 – Health and safety monitoring and measuring
Unit GNC2: Risk Assessment
- Element 5 – Physical and psychological health
- Element 6 – Musculoskeletal health
- Element 7 – Chemical and biological agents
- Element 8 – General workplace issues
- Element 9 – Work equipment
- Element 10 – Fire
- Element 11 – Electricity
Entry Requirements: Level 2 English a Level 2 health and safety qualification
Format of Course Materials: Paper-based
Assignments: One risk assessment based on a workplace scenario, self-assessed activities, a mock exam and a practice case-study risk assessment.
Exams: One non-invigilated, open book exam (completed and submitted within a 24 hour window).
Prison Support Requirements: Facilitate assessment and tutor support via email. This often requires scanning learner assignments and email them to their tutor.
Tutor Support: Yes – accessed with prison staff support.
What’s Next? Level 6 National Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety
Find Out More: More information about this course can be found on the NEBOSH website.
Nutrition and Health
This is the ideal course if you are interested in deepening your knowledge and understanding of nutrition and learning how to develop and practice healthy eating habits. You will study the principles of healthy eating, consider the nutritional needs of a variety of individuals, and find out how to use food and nutrition information to plan a healthy diet.
The course comprises of three units:
- Exploring the principles of healthy eating
- Considering the nutritional needs of a variety of individuals
- Using food and nutritional information to plan a healthy diet
Entry Requirements: Level 2 English
Format of Course Materials: Paper-based
Assignments: Three written assignments
Exams: None
Prison Support Requirements: Support completion and submission of assignments
Tutor Support: Yes
What’s Next? Nutrition for Physical Activity Level 3 (HFE)
Find Out More: via NCC here
Nutrition to Support Physical Activity
This course helps you develop your understanding of healthy eating and key nutritional principles to support your clients’ goals. It also provides you with skills to analyse your clients’ nutritional intake so you can offer advice and develop a fitness programme. You’ll gain knowledge essential for any fitness professional, including on the digestive system, healthy eating guidelines and weight management, and design your own nutrition programme.
The course consists of the following units:
1. Digestive system
2. Carbohydrates, fats, proteins & water
3. Healthy eating guidelines
4. Weight management
5. Designing a nutrition programme
Entry Requirements: Level 2 English
Format of Course Materials: Paper-based
Assignments: A worksheet and a case study
Exams: One multiple choice exam (30 minutes)
Prison Support Requirements: Support completion and submission of assignments. Organise and invigilate exam
Tutor Support: Yes
What’s Next? Another of HFE’s Level 3 theory courses.
Find out more: You can find more from HFE’s website here
OFQUAL Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) Certificate
This course is ideal if you wish to gain a professional qualification in teaching English as a foreign language – whether you are new to the profession or already have some experience. It may also be useful if you work as a mentor with learners for whom English is a second language. The course focuses on lesson planning and practical teaching skills and covers many aspects of teaching English – including grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation and reading.
The course consists of the following eleven units:
1.Principles of Teaching English as a Foreign Language
2.Understanding English Grammar
3.Teaching English Grammar
4.Teaching English Vocabulary
5.Teaching Productive Skills: Speaking and Writing
6.Teaching Receptive Skills: Listening and Reading
7.Materials and Aids for Teaching English
8.Teaching Pronunciation of English
9.Lesson Planning for Teaching English as a Foreign Language
10.Teaching English as a Foreign Language to Young Learners
11.Using Resources Effectively When Teaching English as a Foreign Language
Entry Requirements: Level 2 English, plus any relevant Level 3 qualification (e.g. English Language A-Level)
Format of Course Materials: Paper-based
Assignments: Eleven written assignments
Exams: None
Prison Support Requirements: Support completion and submission of assignments
Tutor Support: Yes
What’s Next? Education and Training Award Level 3 (NEC), or Open University Access Module YO32: People, Work and Society
Find Out More: From the LTTC here
Operational Warehousing and Logistics
Operational Warehousing and Logistic is a progression route from the Level 2 Introduction to Warehousing and Logistics and covers the processes involved in planning and managing the flow of products and materials through warehousing and across the supply chain.
Structure of course:
- Unit 1: Logistics Operation & Planning
- Supply Chain
- Third Parties
- Objectives
- Challenges
- Health and Safety
- Technology
- Unit 2: Warehouse Operation & Planning
- Storage and movement
- Resourcing
- Stock Positioning
- Monitoring
- Contingencies
Entry Requirements: Level 2 English and a relevant Level 2 qualification or experience
Format of Course Materials: Paper-based
Assignments: Twenty-one
Exams: None
Prison Support Requirements: Facilitate tutor support via email. This often requires scanning learner assignments and emailing them to their tutor.
Tutor Support: Yes