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Health & Safety Training Courses

We are dedicated to delivering effective training to raise awareness of occupational hazards and risks and to promote good practices, which are key to avoiding accidents in the workplace. Studies show that your commitment to staff training will improve morale, improve productivity and reduce staff turnover, compensation claims and legal action. If staff are not properly trained, the cost when something goes wrong will far exceed the cost of training.

IOSH Managing Safely

This course gives staff at management and supervisor level the knowledge to fulfil their responsibilities in handling resources and risk.

Aimed at

People who are responsible for managing resources and risk in compliance with their organisation’s policy and best practice in health and safety.

What will be covered?

  • Safety management
  • Active and reactive monitoring
  • Risk assessment and risk control
  • Reviews and auditing
  • Health and Safety legislation
  • Hazards: General and organisation specific

Health and Safety Directors’ Responsibilities

This course enables insight into the management of the HSE Guidance – Leading Health and Safety at work.

Aimed at

Company directors and staff found in managerial positions.

What will be covered?

  • How the board needs to accept, formally and publicly, its collective role in providing health and safety leadership
  • How each board member needs to accept their individual role in providing health and safety leadership
  • How each decision will reflect in its health and safety intentions, as articulated in the health and safety policy
  • How the board needs to acknowledge its role in the active participation of workers in improving health and safety
  • How to ensure the board remains aware of and is notified of any relevant health and safety risk management issues

Health and Safety Awareness

Over a one day course, all aspects of the health and safety guidelines will be covered.

Aimed at

All members of staff.

What will be covered?

  • Health and Safety at Work and related legislations
  • Accident reporting and emergency procedures
  • Accident prevention
  • Health and Hygiene
  • Manual handling
  • Working at heights
  • Working with electricity
  • Use of hand held equipment and tools
  • Personal protective equipment
  • Safe use of vehicles
  • Noise and vibration
  • Fire prevention
  • Confined spaces
  • Control of hazardous substances
  • First Aid

Safe Manual Handling

A half day course looking at the safe handling in manual labour. This workshop looks to give participants a wider understanding of frequent manual handling, enabling a more efficient, and above all else, safer workflow.

Aimed at

Employees whose job involves a significant amount of manual handling, including frequent or repetitive handling of light loads and the handling of particularly large or heavy loads. It is also appropriate for persons holding supervisory roles.

What will be covered?

  • Regulations and responsibilities of Manual Handling
  • Causes and prevent of back pain and other musculoskeletal injuries
  • Key principles ofd good body movement and manual handling techniques applicable to a given workplace requirements
  • Procedures for identifying and assessing key factors that increase the risk of manual handling injuries
  • Strategires to reduce the risk of manual handling injuries including the use of ergonomics

Asbestos Awareness

Asbestos awareness training is essential for employees whose work has the potential to expose them to asbestos. Regulation 10 of the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2006 puts a requirement on employers to ensure that their staff have undergone suitable asbestos awareness training so that they are aware of the potential dangers they may face and also the procedures they must follow in the event they are working in the vicinity of asbestos containing materials (ACMs).

Aimed at

Workers that are deemed to be at the risk from asbestos exposure.

This course is tailored for specific groups whose exposure to asbestos requires training. Employees within these roles require Asbestos Awareness training:

  • General Maintenance Staff
  • Electricians
  • Plumbers
  • Gas Fitters
  • Painters & Decorators
  • Construction & Demolition workers
  • Joiners & Plasterers
  • Computing & Telecommunication engineers
  • Heating & Ventilation engineers
  • Roofers
  • Architects
  • Building Surveyors
  • Fire & Burglar Alarm Installers

Fire Marshal

Aimed at

Those who are responsible for overseeing fire safety, designated fire marshals and anyone who needs to know how to use a fire extinguisher.

What will be covered?

  • The role of the fire marshal
  • Liaison with the fire service
  • Action on discovering a fire
  • Fire safety legislation
  • Chemistry of fire
  • Common causes of fire
  • Fire safety precaution
  • Fire drills and evacuation
  • How to use fire extinguishers

Display Screen Equipment Workstation Assessment

Identify and assess the hazards relating to computer workstations and take steps to reduce the risks to your staff. This course is provided on-site, running for approximately four hours.

Aimed at

Employers.

What will be covered?

  • Introduction to DSE (Display screen equipment)
  • Regulations around DSE
  • Health risks
  • Workstation analysis
  • Seated posture
  • Ill-health management
  • Practical training