Category: Professional development training

Dangerous Goods Awareness Training

Posted on by Chris West

Any person that deals with dangerous goods must have ‘sufficient’ training as to the dangers of such goods. This also includes drivers of vehicles carrying dangerous goods outside the scope of ADR regulations.

Key areas covered in Dangerous Goods Awareness:

  • ADR Regulations and Scope
  • Dangerous Goods Classes and their Hazards
  • Labelling of Packages
  • Packing Groups and Transport Categories

Courses are held at clients premises and usually last for 1/2 day.

These courses can be tailored to meet your specific needs. Please contact us if you have any specific requirements

First Aid at Work Requalification

Posted on by Chris West

Any trained First Aider is required to renew their qualification at regular intervals. This course will renew your existing First Aid at Work qualification for a further 3 years if completed within 28 days after your current one expires.

This regulated qualification is in accordance with the requirements of the Health and Safety (First Aid) regulations 1981 and provides learners with the skills and knowledge to deal with First Aid situations in low and high risk environments.

Upon completion of this course you will be able to:

  • Understand the role and responsibilities of a First Aider
  • Manage an unresponsive casualty
  • Recognise and assist a casualty who is choking
  • Manage a casualty with external bleeding
  • Manage a casualty who is in shock
  • Manage a casualty with a minor in jury
  • Conduct a secondary survey
  • Administer First Aid to a casualty with injuries to bones, muscles and joint
  • Administer First Aid to a casualty with burns and scalds
  • Administer First Aid to a casualty with an eye injury
  • Administer First Aid to a casualty with sudden poisoning
  • Administer First Aid to a casualty with anaphylaxis
  • Provide First Aid to a casualty with suspected major illness

First Aid Annual Skills Refresher including CPR

Posted on by Chris West

This course will provide the annual refreshment that the HSE recommends to all First Aiders.

The course includes CPR training, and will ensure that all First Aiders will remain confident in their knowledge and informed of current best practice

This course will cover:

  • Assessing an emergency
  • Giving First Aid to a casualty who is unconscious (including seizures)
  • Cardio pulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
  • Treating wounded or bleeding casualties
  • Shock
  • HSE accident reporting
  • First aid kits and avoiding cross infection

Train the Trainer

Posted on by James Pike

Course Purpose
This course will train trainers to plan, coordinate and implement the application of Training in accordance with approved National and International standards. Organisation team members who provide in house training to their staff, will need the skills to deliver quality training effectively. Good training is about much more than simply imparting knowledge.
Our comprehensive Train the Trainer accredited programme helps Trainers develop:
• Structure
• Their skills
• Confidence
• Ability to train others effectively and efficiently.

Who is the course for?
Trainers, Intended Trainers, HR Professionals Managers & Supervisors

Course Description:
The course is structured to be delivered over 5 days and has a total of 23 specific focused interactive training sessions.
Certification awards are based on continuous assessment throughout the course.
What is included?
• 5 days comprehensive training
• Highly qualified and professional industry experienced trainers.
• Conference facilities
• High quality course materials
• Course registration
• Assessments and certification
• Buffet lunch
• Refreshments

Health & Safety

Posted on by James Pike

All the Health and safety training courses are accredited through the appropriate awarding body and are delivered in a training room environment either at your premises or off site.
IOSH Managing Safely | Site Managers Safety Training Scheme – SMSTS | Site Supervisors Safety Training Scheme – SSSTS | IOSH Directors’ responsibilities | CIEH Level 2 Award Health & Safety | CIEH Level 2 & 3 Award in Principles of Risk Assessment | CIEH Manual Handling | CIEH Fire Awareness Training | CIEH Level 2 Award in Food Safety | UKATA Asbestos Awareness Training | Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSH) | First Aid – Full Certificate and Emergency and Paediatric | Automatic External Defibrillation | Stress Management

 

First Aid at Work – 3 days

Posted on by James Pike

A 3 day course to qualify you as a workplace First Aider in accordance with the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974. You will learn the role and responsibilities of a First Aider and at the end of the course, you will obtain a recognised First Aid certificate. This qualification, certificated by Qualsafe, will carry a Level 3 award in the Qualifications Credit Framework (QCF) and will be valid for 3 years.

Course content will cover:

  • the role and responsibilities of a First Aider
  • assessing an incident
  • managing a casualty who is unresponsive, but breathing normally
  • managing a casualty who is unresponsive, and not breathing normally
  • recognise a casualty who is choking, has external bleeding, who is in shock, or who has a minor injury
  • how to administer first aid to a casualty with:
    • injuries to bones , muscles and joints
    • suspected hear and spinal injuries
    • suspected chest injuries
    • Burns and scalds
    • an eye injury
    • sudden poisoning
    • Anaphylaxis
  • how to conduct a secondary survey
  • providing first aid, and taking appropriate action with a casualty with a suspected major illness

Emergency First Aid at Work – 1 day

Posted on by James Pike

A one day course which can be adapted to suit a particular audience and is ideal for a lower risk business in accordance with Health and Safety (First Aid) regulations. 

A one-day course to learn what to do as the first person on the scene, to have the confidence to assess the incident and to take the appropriate immediate action.

Course content will cover:

  • the role and responsibilities of a First Aider
  • the ability to assess an incident
  • manage an unresponsive casualty who is breathing normally
  • manage an unresponsive casualty who is not breathing normally
  • recognise and assist a casualty who is choking
  • deal with a casualty with external bleeding or who is in shock
  • manage a casualty with a minor injury

This qualification, certificated by Qualsafe, will carry a Level 2 award in the Qualifications Credit Framework ( QCF ) and will be valid for 3 years