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Stress & Wellbeing Audits
Stress & Wellbeing Audits Are Your Staff Stressed at Work? Most companies focus on controlling the physical hazards that may affect their employees and sometimes it’s easy to forget the other issues that can result in work related ill health. Anxiety, depression...
SLIPS, TRIPS AND FALLS E-LEARNING
SLIPS, TRIPS AND FALLS E-LEARNING Slips, trips and falls account for almost a third of non-fatal injuries at work. It is a widely held belief that with just a few minor changes to working practices and attitudes this could be reduced significantly. This course will...
Site supervisor exposed schoolchildren to asbestos
A construction site supervisor has been fined more than £6,500 after exposing pupils and staff at a Bristol primary school to asbestos during renovation works. He was supervising the refurbishment of kitchen facilities at a Catholic Primary School when he cut through...
Avoiding Accidents Training
Avoiding Accidents Training Learn how to help prevent accidents in your workplace. Overview: To provide training in the safe work procedures involved in working on a construction site or in your workplace. Who should attend: All personnel. Ideal for those involved in...
INTRODUCTION TO RISK ASSESSMENT E-LEARNING
INTRODUCTION TO RISK ASSESSMENT E-LEARNING Risk assessment is a systematic method of looking at work activities and considering the things that could cause significant harm to people, property or the environment. The most important purpose of risk assessments is to...
Floor collapse highlights critical failures in temporary works planning
A construction company has been fined £50,000 following a preventable structural failure that resulted in four workers being injured — two with life-changing injuries — due to inadequate temporary works controls during remedial activity on a residential project in...
Office Safety Training
Office Safety Training Practical solutions and training to improve working conditions, productivity, reduce ill health and promote wellbeing at work Overview: Designed to raise health and safety awareness of office workers, as well as those who work from home. Our...
Manual Handling Assessments
Manual Handling Assessments Bespoke Site Specific Manual Handling Assessments or Templates The Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 define manual handling as: “…any transporting or supporting of a load (including the lifting, putting down, pushing, pulling,...
Electrical Safety E-Learning
Electrical Safety E-Learning Electricity is the lifeblood of modern society, it enhances our quality of life and we are becoming increasingly reliant on it to power tools and devices we use for work and entertainment. However, although electricity has many benefits it...
Teen’s thumb severed at luxury hotel reconstruction
A teenage apprentice joiner had his thumb surgically reattached after it was severed by a rotating blade while working on a construction project in the Scottish Highlands. The then 18-year-old had been working on the conversion of a 19th-century hunting lodge into a...
Repair and refurbishment health and safety training
Repair and refurbishment health and safety training If your work involves refurbishment or demolition it is essential that you have good health and safety awareness of the hazards associated with this type of work Overview: Health and safety legislation is applicable...
Toolbox Talk Packages
Toolbox Talk Packages With our toolbox talks package you can maintain your staff training for free. Whether you work on a construction site or a farm, in a hotel, office or restaurant, ensuring that your staff are fully trained is essential. Formal training can be...
