• Health and safety at work related legislation

   • Accident reporting and emergency procedures

   • Accident prevention

   • Health and hygiene

   • Manual handling

   • Working at heights

   • Working with electricity, underground/overhead

     cables and other services

   • Use of hand held equipment and tools

   • Personal Protective Equipment

   • Safe use of vehicles

   • Noise and vibration

   • Fire prevention

   • Excavations and confined spaces

   • The control of substances hazardous to health

   • First aid

Please remember we can and will tailor a course to your needs. For more information and our pricing structure for this course either contact us on 01865 326 553 or simply complete our quick contact form selecting the course title and we will contact you with the information required.

SITE SUPERVISORS SAFETY TRAINING

This course is for first line managers and those who have or are about to acquire supervisory responsibilities. The aim and objective of the 2 day program is to ensure that all those given supervisory responsibilities understand the following:

   • Why they are carrying out their identified duties and;

   • What is expected of them and;

   • To ensure that they contribute to the safety of the

     workplace

At the end of the course delegates will be able to:

   • Understand the problems of the industry

   • Have an understanding of how health and safety law is structured

   • Identify how their supervisory role fits in with the manager in controlling site safety

   • Carry out general risk assessments and understand the need for safety briefings

   • Understand what is meant by proactive and reactive monitoring and appreciate their needs.

For more information and our pricing structure for this course either contact us on 01865 326 553 or simply complete our quick contact form selecting the course title and we will contact you with the information required.

Course Content

   • The Confined Space Regulations and other relevant legislation

   • Confined space risk assessment

   • Interpretation and recognition of confined spaces

   • Safe working in confined spaces

   • Use of permit to work procedures

   • Plant and equipment, suitability and type

   • Use of gas detection equipment

   • Use of personal protective equipment (to include rescue

     harnesses)

   • Ventilation equipment

   • Maintenance of PPE

   • Daily checks of equipment

   • Monthly maintenance

   • Manning levels

   • Communication equipment and procedures

   • Emergency procedures - Self rescue & ‘No entry’ rescue

     techniques

   • Practical and theory tests

This course can be run at our training facility or at the customers premises provided suitable conditions can be met. As the course is practically assessed, the instructor will control the environment to ensure the safety of personnel at all times. Upon completion of the course and the practical assessment, there will be a theory exam to prove the delegates understanding of safe working.

For more information and our pricing structure for this course either contact us on 01865 326553 or simply complete our quick contact form selecting the course title and we will contact you with the information required.

Plant operator training

Our Plant Instructors (CITB, NPORS & Sitesafe schemes) carry out Plant operator training and testing for both the experienced operator and the new entrant into the industry to meet the standards set by the various schemes.

We can provide training on site anywhere in the UK when appropriate facilities are made available by the client.

Our Training manager and instructors can also create tailor-made courses to meet your specific requirements and our competitive pricing policy and ability to provide access to a variety of recognised schemes will ensure a cost-effective solution is available to your company needs.

Touch-screen Health and Safety Tests

In order to obtain your CPCS plant operators certificate, you must have passed a Health and Safety touch screen test within the last two years.

Once you have booked your ‘Touch-screen’ test you will be sent written confirmation of the test date and a booklet containing all possible questions for revision purposes.

The Sitesafe scheme requires candidates to attend an approved ‘Safety Awareness’ training course as part of their CPD, before taking the practical operating test and again before the 5 year renewal date.

For more information and our pricing structure for this course contact us on 01865 326 553 or simply complete our quick contact form selecting the course title and we will contact you with the information required.

Asbestos awareness

Asbestos awareness training is essential for employees whose work holds the potential to exposure to asbestos. Regulation 10 of the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012 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 the procedures they must follow in the event they are working in the vicinity of asbestos containing materials (ACMs).

Courses run specifically for a client can be designed to match your site and employee's needs. The main groups of workers that are deemed to be at risk from

asbestos exposure and therefore, the groups most requiring asbestos awareness training are as follows;

   • General Maintenance Staff

   • Electricians, Plumbers & Gas Fitters

   • Painters & Decorators

   • Construction & Demolition Workers

   • Joiners and Plasterers

   • Computing & Telecommunications Engineers

   • Heating & Ventilation Engineers

   • Roofers

   • Architects & Building Surveyors

   • Fire & Burglar Alarm Installers

This course provides information on the following;

   • The properties of asbestos and its effects on health

   • The types, uses and likely presence of asbestos and ACMs in buildings and plant.

   • The general procedures to be followed when dealing with an emergency in the event of the

     uncontrolled release of asbestos in the workplace.

   • How to avoid the risks from asbestos

Our one day asbestos awareness courses can be run at our training centre or a suitable location agreed with the client.

Asbestos Awareness Refresher Training is also available, this 3.5 hour refresher course has been designed for those who have already received Asbestos Awareness Training and need to update their knowledge.

For more information and our pricing structure for this course either contact us on 01865 326 553 or simply complete our quick contact form selecting the course title and we will contact you with the information required.

Abrasive wheels

This course is suitable for all operators, managers and supervisors who, as part of their working duties supervise the use of abrasive wheel equipment or select, mount, specify or use abrasive wheels as defined in PUWER Regulations 1998.

We offer a range of courses to meet our clients needs, from the one day course aimed at all types of portable and bench mounted abrasive wheel (see course content below),  3.5 hr sessions covering portable equipment

 and 2 hr programs dealing with an individual type of abrasive wheel.

The courses enable delegates to ensure that safety issues are managed efficiently, protecting the workforce, others in the area of use and the general environment and will ensure that legal compliance is achieved.

Course Content

   • Overview of Health and Safety Legislation

   • PUWER 1998

   • Hazards, risks and risk control measures

   • Accident causation and prevention

   • Personal protective equipment (PPE)

   • Types of machines and abrasive wheels

   • Noise, vibration and dust hazards

   • Safety checks

   • Mounting of abrasive wheels

   • Course delegate practical and theory knowledge assessment

For more information and our pricing structure for this course either contact us on 01865 326 553 or simply complete our quick contact form selecting the course title and we will contact you with the information required.

Slinger signallers

Slinger/Signaller courses cover the requirement to train candidates in safe and efficient methods of securing loads with ropes, chains and slings for lifting. Also covered are the basic skills and knowledge necessary to give precise guidance and signals to those operating the lifting equipment.

Course Content

• Legislation covering Lifting Operations (LOLER)

• Accident prevention & control

• Signals: Hand and radio

• Inspection of lifting equipment

• Responsibilities of Banks-man

• Tag lines

• Practical training

• Delegate examination (Practical and theory tests)

For more information and our pricing structure for this course either contact us on 01865 326 553 or simply complete our quick contact form selecting the course title and we will contact you with the information required.

Vehicle banks-man

The 7 hr or 3.5 hr courses have been designed for delegates who have been designated with the task of directing workplace related traffic.

At the end of each course, candidates will understand the risks involved with directing of highway traffic and be able to carry out the role of vehicle banksman/marshal with confidence.

Course content

   • Driver/Banks-man responsibilities

   • Understand the limitations of equipment available

   • Understand correct procedures in manoeuvring vehicles

   • Banks-man/marshal responsibilities

   • PPE & Safe Systems of Work

   • Approved signals

   • Risk assessing the manoeuvre

   • Planning the manoeuvre

   • Practical applications of the course content

   • Practical and theory tests

For more information and our pricing structure for this course either contact us on 01865 326 553  or simply complete our quick contact form selecting the course title and we will contact you with the information required.

New Road and Street Works Act

New Roads and Street Works (NRSWA) training is a necessity for any employee who may be involved in working on, or adjacent to the public highways.

Full range of NRSWA courses available for operatives and supervisors. Delivered through our associated network of accredited training centres situated throughout the UK.

Course content

   • Operative Units 1-9

   • Supervisor Units 1, 10-16

   • Cable avoidance

   • Signing, lighting & guarding

For more information and our pricing structure for this course either contact us on 01865 326 553 or simply complete our quick contact form selecting the course title and we will contact you with the information required.

Underground services

This one day underground service avoidance courses will teach your staff to use detection equipment and accurately locate a service before breaking the ground, avoiding the risk of a service strike.

Courses can be tailored to the clients need and delivered at a site of their choice anywhere in UK, facilities permitting.

HSG47 (Health & Safety guidance) identifies that such equipment reduces the risk of serious injury and the need for cable locators to be used by trained personnel.

Course content

   • Reasons for using locators - both safety and financial.

   • Theory - covering both the benefits of the system including limitations of the technology.

   • Practical work - hands-on locating using receiver, transmitter and accessories. Simple ways to

      locate street lighting cables

   • Location of bends

   • Location of junctions

   • Identification of utilities

   • Service connections

   • Locating through concrete reinforcing

   • Depth measurement (Where Applicable)

   • Using Sondes for non-metallic pipes

   • Feedback, questions/answers, application & techniques, general care and maintenance of the

     equipment.

For more information and our pricing structure for this course either contact us on 01865 326 553 or simply complete our quick contact form selecting the course title and we will contact you with the information required.

HEALTH AND SAFETY AWARENESS TRAINING

The Health and Safety Awareness Training Programme is a 1 day course. The general course covers the following:

CONFINED SPACE SAFETY AND RESCUE

This one day course is designed for companies whose staff are required to enter areas that are classified as confined spaces and where there may be a risk of serious injury or death.

The aim of this course is to provide awareness of a safe working environment within a confined space and to inform delegates of procedures, to ensure safe access and egress from a confined space and to give training in emergency procedures for use in the event of an emergency arising whilst operators are working in the confined space.

We offer competitive rates with training dates and locations to suit your organisations requirements.