General Training
If the course you are looking for is not included in the list below, please ask – we can design or adapt our programmes to meet your needs.
Our courses include:
Manual Handling
Working at Height - Ladder Safety
Risk Assessment
Sharps Awareness
COSHH Awareness
Fire Warden
Health and Safety Awareness for Employees
Accident Investigation
Stress Awareness
Asbestos Awareness
Lone Working
Moving and Handling of People
Manual Handling
Aim
Raise employee awareness of manual handling issues and techniques
Objective
Definition of manual handling
Common injuries and activities which cause harm
Very brief overview of the manual handling regulations – application of the principal and need for risk assessment
Methods of reducing manual handling injuries in the workplace
Awareness of good manual handling techniques
Role of manual handling risk assessments
Procedures for reporting any manual handling injuries
Provide practical examples of safe manual handling techniques across the range of the clients activities
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Working at Height - Ladder Safety
Aim
Provide the delegates with sufficient knowledge and understanding on the safe use of ladders/stepladders
Objective
Overview and awareness of working at height issues
How to decide if the ladder/step-ladder is suitable for the task
How to recognise that a ladder is safe to use
Understand how to use ladders/step-ladders safely
Understand what is meant by short duration, light work
Understand when more specialist access equipment is required
Understand the principles of 3 point of contact
Knowledge of practical alternatives to ladders/step-ladders
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Risk Assessment
This course provides guidance for identifying hazards associated with the working environment and the principles to be applied in relation to carrying out suitable risk assessments.
Aim
To enable employees to carry out risk assessments
Objectives
By the end of the course delegates will be able to:
Understand the relevant health and safety legislation
Recognise hazards associated with activities and the working environment
Apply the principles of risk assessment to work activities
Carry out generic risk assessments
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Sharps Awareness
Aim
Raise employee awareness of when they may encounter sharps in the workplace
Objective
Description and possible location of hazardous sharps
Outline of the risks associated with sharps and the biological hazards
Indicators of substance abuse and presence of sharps
Procedures for reporting and managing the risks
Basic disease awareness and management techniques
Collection techniques with reference to internal collection procedures
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COSHH Awareness
Under the COSHH Regulations, employers must provide sufficient information, instruction and training so that employees are fully aware of the risks to health from exposure to hazardous substances and the precautions they need to take.
Objectives
To raise employee awareness of the health and safety issues associated with using and handling hazardous substances
To provide instruction in appropriate control measures to reduce the risks
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Fire Warden
Please see the Fire Safety page for further information.
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Health and Safety Awareness for Employees
Aim
To give an overview of health and safety at work and how it affects employees
Objective
To give an understanding of the main health and safety laws and how they apply to employees
To give a basic grounding in health and safety in the work place
Outline health and safety at work and why it is important
An introduction to
general health and safety topics:
• Manual handling
• DSE
• Slips, trips and falls
• Fire
• Stress
• Warning signs
• Risk assessments
• Lone working
• Violence and abuse
• COSHH
• Electrical safety
Accident Investigation
The course will enable delegates to put together a formal investigation file and analyse the causes and consequences of accidents.
Objectives and Content
Introduction of accident investigation, identifying the need for accident investigation, legal issues, insurance and financial aspects.
RIDDOR regulations, risk assessments and analysing information.
Interviewing skills - understanding the need for correct interviewing method statements
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Stress Awareness
Stress is increasingly a factor in the loss of working days and reduction in employee effectiveness. It is estimated that work-related stress, depression or anxiety affected 442 000 individuals who had worked in the last 12 months in 2007/2008 with a corresponding estimated 13.5 million lost working days due to these work-related conditions. This represents an estimated average of 30.6 working days lost per affected case and makes stress, depression or anxiety the largest contributor to the overall estimated annual days lost from work-related ill-health in 2007/08.
Aim
To advise and guide those interested in protecting themselves and their workforce from the damaging effects of stress.
To prepare employees to look at their own work activities and contribute to the development of strategies to combat work-related stress, in co-operation with their managers and supervisor.
Objectives
Identify likely sources of work-related stress
Identify the range of symptoms and effects stress can cause
Identify the options available for preventing and controlling stress
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Asbestos Awareness
Aim
A half day course designed to give delegates a basic understanding and awareness of asbestos in the workplace.
Objectives
Asbestos identification
The risks associated with asbestos
Control methods – preventing exposure to asbestos
Methods/procedures when discovering asbestos
The properties of asbestos
Legislation
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Lone Working
Aim
To help develop effective working practices and personal skills needed when working on your own either in or away from the workplace
Objectives
Recognise potentially difficult situations
Develop techniques for defusing difficult situations
Develop appropriate procedures for lone working
Develop appropriate personal safety measures
Develop safe working practices and emergency procedures
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Moving and Handling of People
In health and social care services, moving and handling injuries account for 40% of work-related sickness absence. Around 5000 moving and handling injuries are reported each year in health services and around 2000 in social care.
Moving and handling is a key part of the working day for most employees; from moving of equipment, laundry, catering, supplies or waste to assisting residents in moving. Over 50% of injuries arise from the moving and handling of people.
Poor moving and handling practice can lead to:
• Back pain and musculoskeletal disorders, which can lead to inability to
work
• Moving and handling accidents – which can injure both the person being
moved and the employee
• Discomfort and a lack of dignity for the person being moved
We can offer a number of courses tailored to your requirements in the techniques and practices of the safe moving and handling of people.
Any course booked will be tailored to your requirements and will include ample practical work for your employees to practice and become comfortable with the techniques they have learned.
We can offer the following courses either at your premises or a bespoke training centre:
2 Day Practical Skills Course in
Moving & Handling of People
1 Day Practical Skills Course in
Moving & Handling of People
Half Day Practical Skills
Courses in Moving & Handling of People
If the course you are looking for is not included in the list above, please contact us. We can design or adapt our programs to meet your needs.
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