There are many ways of providing health and safety training to your workforce. Some employers like to send their employees on courses at nearby training centres. This is great providing they are able to easily reach the training centre, or if the days of the course are convenient. Other options include online (instructor-led), distance learning or e-learning for health and safety. These courses are offered online so that you can provide your employers with training at times to suit you. They can learn on your premises or even at home on their own time. Finally you can easily arrange on-site training.

Have the Expert Come and Teach your Workforce

On site health and safety training is perfectly suited if you have more than one person that requires the education. You can arrange for a qualified tutor to come to your premises, or arrange to meet at a suitable location. The course materials are provided and the tutor is able to show practical skills and address any confusion concerning the core elements.

Not all courses can be provided on site but there is a great range of courses which can be taken at a location to suit you. There are lots of awarding bodies such as NEBOSH, IOSH, SSSTS, SMSTS, HSE, CCNSG and IEMA.

Providing the Right Course for Your Employees

There are various courses covering all sorts of industries and your certain requirements. These include health and safety at work on basic levels moving right up to management and owners. You can find great courses for first aiders and your appointed persons. There are loads of one day’s courses or longer courses that spread out over a few days to a week. Some of the common courses provided include:

• SMSTS – Site Management Safety Training Scheme
• SSSTS – Site Supervision Safety Training Scheme
• CCNSG Safety Passport
• IOSH Working Safely
• IOSH Managing Safely
• IOSH Safety for Senior Executives & Directors
• NEBOSH Award in Health & Safety at Work
• NEBOSH General Certificate
• NEBOSH International General Certificate
• NEBOSH Construction Certificate
• NEBOSH Fire Certificate
• NEBOSH Working with Wellbeing

You can find the right advice by contacting course providers. They will help you to locate the best courses for your employers and arrange the tutors to come to provide the health and safety training on-site. Call 0844 576 6750 to find out more.

If you have recently been awarded a job on a construction site, or in the civil engineering industry you will need to be given some training. Health and safety training is needed for anyone working in any industry, but the construction industry is such a high risk industry the training needs to be complete and delivered quickly. As an employer or a business owner your duty involves providing the right level of training in order to comply with the law.

Tutors Provide Training of the Highest Level

At the very lowest level of health and safety education there is the one day tutor led health and safety awareness course. This is ideal for anyone in the two industries to gains some excellent knowledge and skills that will help to complete a safe working environment for your whole workforce. Anyone attending the course will receive excellent training from a qualified professional. They will be able to give a clear understanding of what is expected of your employee when they are working for you.

In addition to working on their own skills your employees will learn what is expected from you. They will understand that any concerns concerning their safety and that of their colleagues can be raised with the owners or the appointed health and safety manager. Everyone on a construction site or in the civil engineering industry needs to be aware of the dangers, and if people stay quiet and don’t raise their concerns it can lead to potentially fatal accidents. Communication between everyone helps to reduce the risks.

Gain a Qualification

Everyone can gain from the one day course. The participants are required to sit a multiple choice assessment that will need to be passed in order to gain the certificate. Employees will achieve a recognised certificate which can be placed on their C.V. Employers obviously gain an employee with basic health and safety training, and can show that they are working towards complying with health and safety laws and regulations.

Choosing the right type of certificate and qualification is important. If you would like to find out more about health and safety training, call 0844 576 6750 for more information.

A member of the public was injured while waiting for a bus near a construction site. The woman was seriously hurt when a piece of machinery which was being lifted on to the 5th floor of an office block fell onto her. She was left with many broken bones as well as cuts and swelling to her head. After the incident she spent eight days in hospital and her life has been severely affected by her injuries.

The company, Concentra Ltd was investigated after the incident by the Health and Safety Executive. They found that the crane which was being used to lift objects, including the machinery, was not in adequate order for the jobs it was being used for. The sling was incorrectly fitted and this caused the machinery to fall out of the sling and hit the woman below.

£20,000 Fine for Failing to Protect Employees

Health inspector Bose Ogunsekan said that the company was prosecuted because they were unable to manage the safety of persons who were affected by their activities. A crane is a high risk activity and before any work commenced using the crane there should have been a risk assessment carried out. This would have highlighted the dangers and a safe method of work could have been created, severely reducing the risks to employees and the public.

The HSE prosecuted Concentra Ltd who was fined £20,000 with an additional £21,000 added in court costs. The firm admitted they had breached section 3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work Act. This regulation states that it is the duty of employers to ensure that their employees are not exposed to risks concerning their health and safety.

If you are looking to comply with the law, health and safety training your employees is a great place to start. You can find courses that will provide skills concerning creating risk assessments such as the SSSTS two or five day training courses. The importance of risk assessments, how to carry them out and use them to create safe methods of work is covered on these courses and they are ideal for anyone working in the construction industry.

Accident & Incident Related Training

• NEBOSH HSE Introduction to Incident Investigation Course
• Lead Accident Investigator Online Course – IIRSM-approved course explains how to structure and lead accident investigations that uncover root causes and deliver meaningful improvements in safety performance.
• Accident Reporting and Near Miss Training

Not all companies are able to spare the time needed for their employees to receive tutor led training. When a whole day or more is required for a course many employers are left unsure of how to move forward when it comes to health and safety training. While it is essential to provide high quality training there are ways of ensuring your workforce receive the education they require, without having to lose your employees for days at a time.

Learn at Your Own Pace – At Home or in the Workplace

One of the most popular options to consider is e-learning for health and safety. These online courses can be offered within your premises, at times to suit. By providing this option it is possible to dedicate a number of hours to the course, meaning employees are able to work on their usual tasks at other times of the day. It is flexible and offers a great alternative and the same level of qualification.

The e-learning courses are also ideal for anyone looking to invest in their own future. You do not need to wait for an employer to send you on a course. You have the option of getting trained in order to improve your career prospects. If you are currently working or in education taking a week off for the training may not always be possible. The e-learning courses can be taken at home to fit in with your busy schedule.

E-learning at Your Own Pace

These flexible courses allow you to learn at your own pace. You have the choice of working quickly within one week or spreading out the course over several weeks. There are many courses available via e-learning, so you can build up a strong portfolio of appropriate skills for yourself or your employees. Some of the available courses include:

• IOSH Working Safely
• IOSH Managing Safely
• NEBOSH General Certificate
• NEBOSH Construction Certificate
• NEBOSH Diploma

Don’t let limited time and daily duties stand in the way of ensuring your do everything possible to reduce the risks in the workplace. Your employees need to be trained in order to help you comply with the laws in place. Call 0808 1966 830 to find out more about the e-learning health and safety courses.

The Health and Safety Executive have taken a Suffolk company to court after they were discovered to be putting lives of their employees at risk. The factory, located on an industrial estate close to Bury St Edmunds was being used to grow mushrooms. The factory was based in a disused office block, and it was also home to 37 employees.

An Unsafe Boiler and Several Failings Were Discovered

In the building there was an unsafe gas boiler which had not been maintained. The discovery was made by St Edmundsbury Borough council who informed the Health and Safety Executive. Their investigations show that the heating used in the accommodation part of the factory was provided by a boiler. The boiler had no safety certificate and had not been services by a Gas Safe registered engineer. The law states that this is a must for all landlords with gas boilers in their properties.

In addition to the boiler the HSE inspectors found numerous health and safety failings in the factory where mushrooms were being farmed such as:

• Gates used by employees reaching the highest platforms were kept open
• A HGV vehicle was being operated between sheds where employees often walked
• Forklift trucks were being driven by untrained drivers
• A knotted rope was used to tow equipment around the factory

Breaching the Health & Safety at Work Act

Suffolk Mushrooms Ltd admitted they were guilty for breaching the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974. The judge fined the company £10,000. They were also fined an additional £750 for failing to have a Gas Safety Report for the boiler. In addition to the fees the firm were ordered to pay £8,446.05 in court costs. The HSE inspectors said that there was no excuse possible as to why the company did not spend just a few hundred pounds on making sure the welfare of their employees was looked at. They had spent 1.5 million on refurbishing the factory and as many employees were not English speakers they firm were exploiting them.

Training can help to ensure that the health and safety laws are complied with at all times. You can find various health and safety training courses such as the NEBOSH General Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety and SMSTS. Find out more by calling 0808 1966 830 today.

There are many hazards and risks that need to be managed on construction sites. With over 3000 serious injuries occurring during 2010-2011 and 50 deaths you need to be trying to do everything possible to keep those working and visiting your website safe. If you are a site manager, own your own construction company or are in a supervisory role SSSTS courses can help you to run a site that complies with health and safety laws, reducing the dangers.

You Have a Legal Duty

In the Health and Safety at Work Act 1997 it states that you need to be doing everything possible to keep your workers safe. Employees rely on you to create safe methods of work, risk assessments and to have a competent person in charge overseeing the health and safety of the site. The CITB Site Supervisor Safety Training Scheme qualification will provide you with the skills you need to follow the Health and Safety at Work Act and you will also be taught how to implement what you have learnt on your site.

The course covers a lot of different areas relating to the construction industry. One of these areas is learning the importance of risk assessments, how to create them and apply what has been addressed in the risk assessments to safe working methods. Risk assessments need to be produced before work has commenced. You need to examine all aspects of the job, identify the risks involved and decide if the precautions you have in place are enough to keep your employees safe and health.

Main Points to Cover with Your Risk Assessments

All risks cannot always be eliminated but you have to do everything that is considered to be reasonably practicable as stated in the Health and Safety at Work Act. The main points to cover in the risk assessment are:

• Identifying dangers and hazards
• Identifying who is in danger and how they may be hurt
• Evaluate what you have discovered and work out precautionary measures
• Make a record of your findings and put them into action
• Review your risk assessment and update when new methods of work or equipment are introduced

The SSSTS course material will provide you with all the necessary skills to create useful risk assessments as well as other core elements. Call 0808 1966 830 to ensure you are up-to-date with health and safety laws and continue to manage your site effectively

Other Construction Health and Safety Courses

• Health and Safety Awareness
• SSSTS Refresher
• SMSTS – Site Management Safety Training Scheme
• SMSTS Refresher
• SEATS – Site Environmental Awareness Training Scheme
• NEBOSH Construction Certificate
• CDM Awareness
• CDM 2015 in Practice
• Construction NVQ
• Temporary Works Coordinator
• Temporary Works Supervisor
• NEBOSH Health & Safety Management for Construction online
• New Roads & Street Works Act for Operatives
• New Roads & Street Works Act for Supervisors
• City & Guilds Confined Space Rescue 6150-01 (Low Risk)
• City & Guilds Confined Space Rescue 6150-02 (Medium Risk)
• City & Guilds Confined Space Rescue 6150-03 (High Risk)
• CCNSG Courses
• Workplace First Aid and Emergency Training
• PASMA Training Courses
• IPAF Training Courses

Contrary to popular belief, work related injuries are not exclusively proprietary to production facilities where the workers operate bladed machines or manipulate hot or toxic substances. The typical office is in fact one of the locations where injuries frequently occur, whether they are related to mechanical factors or the transmission of infectious condition between the employees. Therefore, the office first aid kit is a mandatory utility for virtually all types of companies. But is yours packed up and ready to address any emergency? Let’s find out more about the main mistakes companies make when designing and maintaining the emergency kit.

Misconception

Primarily, the most frequently encountered misconception is that all emergency first aid kits are similar in every way. This leads to selecting an inappropriate type of first aid kit which will not be able to solve any of the health-threatening problems that occur. To put it simply, considering the wide variety of kits available for companies (each model customised to suit particular workplaces) it would be a mistake not to base the selection process on the individual specifications of your office. And this brings us to the mistake number two: assembling the kit via the DIY method without having extensive knowledge of the role and functionality of the components.

Why would this be regarded as a mistake? Well, let’s think of it this way: a patient that is suffering from appendicitis will visit the hospital rather than try to operate himself, right? This is also applicable in the DIY first aid kit situation. These emergency first aid kits are created and assembled by expert-level medical personnel who (based on first aid training and experience) can systematically address potential workplace hazards by inserting an efficient solution in the kit. On the other hand, without any specialty medical training (and probably no clairvoyance abilities) it is improbable that your selection of medicine and quick intervention equipment will be suboptimal.

However, even though the first aid kit incorporates a comprehensive range of emergency treatment solutions, a great deal depends on the ability of the employees to utilise them correctly. If the workers are unfamiliar with the content of the first aid kit, then they will most likely stare blankly at the equipment inside during a crisis. Therefore, the role of the company is to provide the staff with at least the basic knowledge regarding the utilisation of the medical solutions found inside the emergency kit. You don’t need to send your personnel to medical school, but they should still be able to differentiate between the disinfectant that should be used for scrapes or scratches and the alcohol.

Remember to Re-stock Your First Aid Kit

Remember that if you do not restock the first aid kit on a regular basis, the equipment and drugs will eventually become depleted (or reach the expiration date). The need to resupply the emergency kit is directly proportional to the number of accidents (and consequentially, the number of uses). At the same time, certain components (E.G. mild analgesics) run out faster than others. Therefore, don’t wait until the entire content of the first aid kit has been depleted before you restock, but rather verify the amount left for each individual component on a regular basis.

If you run a business, regardless of what type of business it is, then you know that you have a certain obligation to operate a safe workplace for the people that you employ. Depending on the business, the responsibilities for this can be extraordinarily light or extraordinarily burdensome. In cases, where safety is of extreme importance, you might want to consider the services of independent health and safety consultants.

Consider the Health and Safety of Your Employees

There are two important facets when considering the safety and the health of your employees as it relates to the workplace. The first consideration that you should make is for the welfare of the people that work at your business. While this should certainly be first and foremost in the minds of business management or a business owner, it is at times overlooked and it is the reason why employees are forced to work in an unhealthy or dangerous work environment, whether that is in an office building or construction site.

The next reason that a business owner or business manager should seriously consider the health and safety issues of their workplace is because it would be criminal to do any less. There are various rules, regulations, laws and statutes in place that place the onus of having a safe and healthy workplace as a responsibility of the businesses management or owner.

Health and Safety Consultants Ensure Compliance

For all these reasons mentioned above, safety consultants are important aspect of ensuring that your business is compliant with health and safety regulations, and to ensure that your employees have a safe environment in which to perform their jobs. By allowing independent health and safety consultants to assess your businesses health and safety issues, it will allow you to better understand what is working and what isn’t. It will also allow you to have an outside source to recommend the most effective way to implement changes, as it relates to health and safety issues.

You don’t want to be on the other side of the coin when it comes to health and safety issues in the workplace. As a business manager or business owner, you have a responsibility to ensure that the workplace is a safe as you can possibly make it. Doing so will allow your employees to work safely and be as productive as possible. Not doing so can lead to a great deal of trouble for your employees and for your business. Consider using outside health and safety consultants to ensure that your business is a safe place to work at.

Conducting a health and safety audit or even an examination of your business is a smart move to make on a regular basis. This ensures that you will be up-to-date in all regions since they relate to current HSE guidelines. If you find that you happen to be with a lack of any area, then receive the required advice in order to meet these rules. New organizations must also know about a health and safety policy and what it entails. Being an workplace, you should have specific responsibilities including making sure your employees are a master. You need to also write an easy coverage.

Keep Up-To-Date As Your Company Grows

As the enterprise grows, you will notice that your safety and health coverage have to be up-to-date. This can be a procedure that ought to be accomplished on an ongoing basis. The real reason for this is that it requires much less time and much less cash to make it happen slowly and gradually. Should you permit items work through you, you might find that the staff shall no longer be capable to gain access to sites or even an crash may take place. Funds is going to be lost in this way too. Should you allow it get to this point, you might be too far gone to correct these problems.

A Responsible Person

If your business is large enough, it is best to have one individual accountable for safety and health with your firm. You will probably find how the time will come that you need outside the house help of this type. For small business owners, an expert is frequently offsite. No matter what, you should remain current with this guidelines all the time. If you don’t, you might find that the total customers are sacrificed. Why place yourself vulnerable in this way?

You Are Ultimately Accountable for Safety

Even if you do use outsourcing for the work, you still are ultimately accountable for safety and health with your firm. Someone has to be selected because “Responsible Person’ inside business safety and health coverage. Once you hire an attorney that will help you using this, there is a subsequent pair of eyes seeking to make sure you remain on top of this guidelines plus your responsibilities. Have reassurance through this path. You will be glad you did if something does go wrong.