Health and Safety Courses

Workplace health and safety is important for the health and wellbeing of all employees across all industries because human injury or loss in any business is not acceptable. And the last thing we all want is to be the employer whose employee sustains an injury, or worse still, loses an employee in an accident and is then charged with corporate manslaughter. That why the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 was introduced.

Did you know that 30.7 million working days were lost due to work-related illnesses and workplace injury in 2017/18?* It is an employer’s duty to protect the health, safety and welfare of their employees and other people who might be affected by their business. This includes providing sufficient information, instruction and training to employees to allow them to work in a way that does not put themselves or others at risk.

Level 1 – Health and Safety in a Construction Environment (RQF)

1 Day

Course Content:

  • This one day course can be for those who have entered, or are about to enter, the construction and civil engineering industry. The course gives delegates an awareness of health and safety and how it affects their daily role. It can be used as preparation training for the CITB Health, safety and environment test or as refresher training.

  • This course is the first step towards a CSCS Labourers Card (Green Card) and to the progressive CITB Site Safety Plus suite of courses that range from training for operatives into the industry up to senior manager / director.​

Course Programme:

  • Their individual responsibilities for their own safety and the safety of others

  • Typical construction hazards and how these are controlled

  • How everyone can help achieve better practical standards of safety on site

  • Legal requirements and liabilities

  • Working at height

  • Manual Handling

  • Fire prevention

  • Work equipment

  • Occupational Health

This is a highly interactive course delivered by means of case studies, classroom discussion, group work and individual/group presentations. Candidates will be continuously assessed and will have to successfully complete a multiple-choice test.

Health and Safety Awareness

Half Day

Course Content:

All staff need to understand the basic Health & Safety requirements in the workplace, and from time to time they need a refresher to make sure best practices and understanding is upheld. This highly interactive course will deliver an overview of the safety information they need, providing your business with legal compliance.

The basic course is covered in half a day but we can bespoke the course to meet your business processes and requirements.

Possible Course Programme modules:

  • Overview of current legislation

  • Hazard Spotting

  • Causes of accidents and ill health

  • Employee’s and Employer’s responsibilities

  • Risk Assessments

  • Manual Handling

  • Reporting Injuries, Diseases & Dangerous Occurrences

  • Provision & use of Workplace Equipment

  • Display Screen Equipment

  • Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

  • Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH)

  • Fire Safety

  • Electrical Safety

Half Day Course is recommended annually

Risk Assessment and Method Statement Training - RAMS

1 Day

Course Content:

As part of managing the health and safety of your business you must control the risks in your workplace, putting control measures in place. A method statement describes, in a logical sequence, how the control measures are implemented for an activity.

This course is designed to give the Learner the information required to assess the risks for an activity and then implement the method statement.

Course Programme:

  • Difference Between Hazards and Risks

  • The risk assessment process (five-step approach)

  • Process of Writing Risk Assessments

  • Principles of Prevention

  • Defining Practical and Realistic Control Measures

  • Qualitative vs. Quantitative Risk Assessment Methods

  • Introduction to developing Method Statements

  • How to define and develop the Sequence of Works

  • Importance of keeping, review and updating RAMS and records

  • How to effective communication your RAMS

  • Implementation of Control Measures

  • Dynamic Risk Assessments

  • Practical Session – Tutorial

  • End of course assessment

1 day course

We provide ‘in-house’ - company sponsored events on a date and time to suit you. Contact us or request a call back for further information.

source - *https://www.hse.gov.uk/sTATIstics/overall/hssh1718.pdf