Health & Safety Training

There are over one millions injuries at work every year in the UK and many of these are totally preventable. Preventing accidents and ill health caused by work be greatly assisted by the use of effective Health & Safety training.

Training can usually fall in three categories:

• Helping people to learn how to do something
• Informing people of what they should or should not do
• The provision of information

We offer a wide range of courses on health and safety covering the guidelines set out in

• The Health and Safety Act 1974
• The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999
• The Safety Representatives and Safety Committees Regulations 1977 and the Health and Safety (Consultation with Employees) Regulations 1996
• Electricity at Work Regulations 1989
• Noise At Work Regulations 1989
• Provision and use of Work Equipment Regulations 1992
• Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992
• Workplace (health, safety and welfare) regulations 1992
• Health and Safety (Display Screen Equipment) Regulations 1992

First Aid Training

How long does it last?
FAW and Appointed Person certificates are valid for a period of three years.

With the FAW you must re-qualify before the expiry otherwise a full four day course will need to be undertaken again. Employers should encourage First Aiders to revise during the year to maintain their skill and should allocate them time to do this.

Appointed Person Course 1 Day
To enable candidates to comply with Health & Safety (First Aid) Regulations for Appointed Person and summon help and give adequate and efficient Emergency Aid to a casualty in the workplace following an injury or illness using material to hand and HSE approved first aid equipment.
A certificate of Competence will be awarded upon successful completion of the course

First Aid At Work Course 4 Days
To enable candidates to give adequate and efficient first aid to a casualty at the workplace following an injury or illness using material to hand and HSE approved first aid equipment.
If your Health and Safety Risk assessment identifies that First Aiders are needed, this HSE approved course is essential
A certificate of competence approved by the Health and Safety Executive will be awarded upon successful completion of this course and is valid for three years.

Staff Fire Training

Fire and Safety Training is an essential part of health and safety at work for all employees. Our training sessions can be held at the clients premises where we can highlight fire precautions located within your premises and adapt our presentation according to the needs of the organisation. In addition we have practical modules where your staff are given the opportunity to actually use fire extinguishers in a safe environment. The fire brigade now expect your staff to have practical hands on training.

A number of courses are run by fully qualified instructors and cover such topics as Fire Warden/Extinguisher Training and Fire Marshalling. All courses can be tailor made to your specific company requirements. Duration of the courses run from 1 hour and up to 3 hours, and all participants on the courses will receive a Certificate of Competence.