General & Construction Safety Courses – eLearning

This course is aimed at anyone who uses abrasive wheels, or employs people who use abrasive wheels as part of their work:

• Introducing Abrasive Wheels
• The Anatomy of an Abrasive Wheel
• The Dangers of Abrasive Wheels
• Abrasive Wheel Safety
• Safe Speeds
• Other Wheel Markings
• Storage and Handling
• Checking and Testing
• Training and Certification
• Inspections
• Course Summary

This course is primarily aimed at building and facilities managers and maintenance professionals that have nominated responsibilities for water systems.

• What is Legionella?
• Risk Areas
• Legislation
• Risk Management
• Water System Monitoring
• Cooling System Awareness

This course defines behavioural safety and explains the origins of the concept. It covers how it can be implemented in the workplace and some of the potential benefits. It includes analysis of some examples of ‘at risk behaviours’ and some examples of ways you can measure how well your organisation is doing when it comes to safety. Finally it touches on some of the key laws regarding health and safety in the workplace and how to ensure positive workforce attitudes.

• Introduction
• Essential Terms and Business Benefits
• How Behavioural Safety Works Setting Up a
• Programme
• Ensuring Positive Workforce Attitudes

The Construction Design and Management Regulations cover the management of health, safety and welfare when carrying out construction projects. Whatever your role in the construction industry these regulations are there to improve your health and safety.

• Legislation
• Application and Notification
• Duty Holders and Documents
• Duties and Legal Documents
• Example Projects and Summary

This course covers what you need to know about the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH). It’s aimed at anyone who is exposed to Substances Hazardous to Health at work, as well a line managers with responsibility for such people.

• Introducing COSHH
• Different Types of Hazard
• Different Types of Exposure 70
• Regulations and Approved Labelling 70
• Assessing COSHH Risks 70
• The Risk Assessment in Practice 70
• Exposure Control 70
• Staying in Control 70
• Training and Emergency Planning 70
• Course Summary

This course is aimed at managers and staff in all industries who have a critical role to play in reducing drug, alcohol and substance misuse in the UK –

• Statistics and Signs of Misuse
• Illegal Drugs Part 1
• Illegal Drugs Part 2
• Alcohol Misuse
• Company Best Practice Part 1
• Company Best Practice Part 2
• Company Best Practice Part 3
• Drug Treatment Services and Further Support

This course will start by covering the many benefits electricity brings to society, as well as its key components voltage, current and resistance. It will explain the two main types of electricity, cover UK accident and death statistics, and describe a simple way of remembering the electrical hazards. It then goes on to provide basic instructions about how you could safely help someone you suspect has received an electric shock.

• Overview and Benefits of Electricity
• What is Electricity?
• How Electricity Can Cause Harm
• Legislation, Standards and Key Steps
• PAT Testing Standards and Guidance

This course acts as an introduction to personal safety for lone workers and applies to those that work alone within business premises, mobile workers and homeworkers.

• Lone Worker Personal Safety
• The Law: Responsibilities
• Assessing the Risks
• Personal Safety Solutions
• Practical Tips to Avoid Conflict
• Reporting and Recording Incidents

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 Basics
• Legislation, Regulation and Civil Law
• Strategy – Options and Elements
• Identifying Hazards
• Who Might Be Harmed and Evaluating the Risks
• Evaluating Risk – The Practicalities
• Recording and Reviewing
• Management and Responsibilities

This course outlines exactly what constitutes manual handling and covers the regulations and legislation that apply to manual handling tasks. It then goes on to cover safe handling techniques and how to develop good habits in relation to manual handling. It finishes off by introducing some practical solutions and the use of mechanical aids.

• What is Manual Handling?
• Manual Handling Regulations
• Safe Handling
• Learning Safe Handling Habits
• Practical Manual Handling Solutions
• Use of Mechanical Aids

This course is aimed at people that work in industries where excessive noise is a potential hazard. These include factories, manufacturing environments, entertainment, hospitality, mining, construction and metal working to name a few.

• Noise in the Workplace Legislation
• Health Risks
• Action Plans
• Prioritising Controls
• Personal Protective Equipment
• Information and Health Surveillance

This course is primarily aimed at people that work in industries such as construction where they are likely to need to use a wide range of PPE on a daily basis. However, there are many other areas of work where PPE is required such as factories, warehouses, window cleaners, healthcare workers, beauticians and many others. One of the key things this course is intended to do is to teach people why they should use the PPE that is supplied to them and it is some of these other work areas where this message will be most effective.

• Introduction
• Regulations & Responsibilities
• PPE in Practice
• Risk Assessment, Selection and Use
• Types of PPE
• Maintenance and replacement

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.

• Serious Facts and the Law
• Slip Hazards: Causes and Controls
• Trip Hazards: Causes and Controls
• Management Issues

This course is aimed at anyone who undertakes work at height, or who employs people who regularly work at height. The term work at height applies to a wide range of situations ranging from the obvious ones like working on platforms, ladders, scaffolds or stages to working alongside deep trenches. This is because the crucial thing to understand about work at height is that it’s not how far you climb, but how far you can fall. ‘Falls’ doesn’t just mean people falling from heights. If materials or equipment fall, that will obviously present an equally dangerous hazard to anyone below.

• Introducing Work at Height
• The Dangers of Work at Height
• The Work at Height Regulations
• Summary of Duty Holder’s Responsibilities
• Employer’s Responsibilities
• The Hierarchy of Control
• Avoiding Work at Height Wherever Possible
• Prevent Risk of Falls
• Minimise Consequences
• The Risk Assessment
• Course Summary

This course will cover the legislation associates with working in confined spaces. What counts as a confined space, the potential hazards, safe operating procedures, emergency procedures and rescue.

• The Law
• Confined Space and the Dangers?
• Safe Procedures
• Communication, Emergencies and Paperwork

Working safely is in the interest and concern of all staff, both employers and employees. Health and safety is one of the few areas where the law places specific duties specifically on employees so a knowledge of where this applies and how to ensure that it is adhered to is vital to protect individuals and businesses.

• Introducing Working Safely
• Defining Hazard and Risk
• Identifying Common Hazards
• Improving Safety Performance
• Protecting the Environment
• Final Assessment
• Hazard Perception

This course covers general health and safety issues that apply to a wide range of types of businesses and sectors, from office and retail environments to workshops and factories. The wide range of topics covered makes this a great course to act as an introduction to health and safety in the workplace that can then be built on with more detailed courses that cover specific hazards that employees might come into contact with in specific workplaces. This makes it a useful part of the induction process.
The course has a very wide audience as it applies to a wide range of sectors and can be included as part of the induction process in most businesses, especially when combined with other more specific health and safety courses that apply to the candidates role.

• What Is Health and Safety?
• Case Studies
• Corporate Manslaughter
• Accidents
• Fire, Electricity, DSE and Manual Handling
• Emergencies, CoSHH, PPE and Stress