Crystal Clear Compliance
Our concept is to provide small to medium sized businesses with safety solutions to facilitate legal compliance and good practice in their industry. Crystal clear compliance is achieved by working with businesses to design safety systems and deliver technical training to promote implementation. Imparting safety knowledge can change behaviour, reducing sickness absence, accidents, avoiding fines and prosecution.
Invest in the Future of Your Company
Don’t just buy a safety manual to decorate your shelves, because by the time the dust has settled it will be out of date and you will not be legally compliant. Safety legislation is moving rapidly towards self-regulation, so why not invest in your own employees and build a workforce that puts procedures into practice, able to manage change.
Promote a Safety Culture in Your Company
Break down the barriers between learning theory and practical application, by having training delivered in your working environment. Research has shown that this will increase the likelihood that safety behaviours will change, as it is easier to visualise implementation in familiar surroundings.
Aim Higher
With systems in place to reflect your safety needs and employees trained on implementation, you are ready to update these essential foundations when you receive our complimentary legal updates.
Professional Services
Health and Safety Systems:
- Risk assessments, safe systems of work & emergency planning
- Auditing against company systems and national standards
Training and Coaching:
- Induction, bespoke in-house workshops & delivery of a wide range of accredited and certified food hygiene & health and safety courses
A Concept Shared
All associates have extensive experience of working with small to medium sized businesses, each with a specialist area of expertise.
- Health and Safety Associates are members of Institute of Safety & Health.
‘Buddy’ Training
A two or three day course, particularly for the airline industry, but also for other organisations where there may be a necessity for staff to be involved in dealing with survivors of disaster and the families of those who died. Giving staff the skills to deal sensitively with these vulnerable people and to be aware of the importance of caring for themselves.
Crisis Support Team Training
A three day course designed for Local Authorities and other Emergency Responders with teams of volunteers who will respond to the needs of those involved in major disasters or incidents.
Disaster Management in the UK
A one or two day course for those who are likely to have a working role in managing any aspect of disaster and who need to have an overview of the way the emergency services will deal with major incidents. This training takes account of the latest government thinking in contingency planning and civil emergencies.
Emergency First Aid in the workplace for the appointed person
It is a legal requirement to ensure that you have made adequate first aid provisions in the workplace. Where an employer’s assessment for First Aid needs identifies that a first aider is not necessary,the minimum requirement for an employer is to appoint a person to take charge of the first aid arrangements. This includes looking after the equipment and facilities and calling the emergency services when required.
Benefits:
By the end of the course, candidates will be able to demonstrate the essential knowledge and skills needed to deal with life threatening emergencies in the workplace. Successful students will receive a certificate recognised by the Health & Safety Executive, which is valid for 3 years.
Course outline includes:
- What is First aid?
- First aid in the workplace
- Responsibilities of the appointed person
- Action at an emergency
- Primary assessment
- Secondary assessment
- Breathing & Circulation
- Principles of resuscitation
- Airway obstruction
- Disorders of circulation
- Bleeding
- Shock
- Burns
- RICE procedure
Health & Safety Approved Centre Reg No 29/99
Duration – 6 hours
First Aid at Work
Overview
People at work can fall ill or suffer injuries at any time and it is important that they receive immediate attention. First aid at work covers the arrangements that must be made. A qualified first aider can save lives and prevent minor injuries becoming major ones. It is also the law to have a qualified first aider in the workplace in certain situations. If you are committed to the laws of the health & safety executive and investing in the safety of your employees, then this training is for you or your potential appointed first aiders.
Course outline includes:
- What is First aid?
- First aid in the workplace and the Responsibilities of a first aider
- Action at an emergency
- Primary & Secondary assessment
- Breathing & Circulation
- Principles of resuscitation & related procedures
- Breathing & Circulation
- Wounds and Bleeding
- Incident Management
- Shock, Bites & Stings, Poisoning, Choking
- Burns & Scalds
- Bones, joints & muscle injuries inc RICE procedure
- Examination
Health & Safety Approved Centre Reg No 29/99
Duration 4 Days (option over 1,2 or 4 weeks)
Health and Safety Awareness
Overview
You will learn about the importance of health and safety in the workplace, who is responsible for it, and gain some practical tips for carrying out simple risk assessments.
Course Benefits:
Delegates will come away with a firm understanding of relevant health and safety issues, and the ability to weigh up and make simple assessments of hazards and risks.
Who Should Attend:
Anyone needing a practical knowledge of health and safety requirements in the workplace.
Course Content:
- Introduction
- Job responsibilities
- Health and Safety Law
- European Directives
- Risk Assessment with practical exercise
- Questions and close
Duration: Half day
Introduction to Psychosocial Care after Traumatic Incident
One day on the management of the effects on people of disasters and traumatic incidents.
Managing the Impact of Dealing with Fatalities
A one day course for those who may encounter deceased people in the course of their work, with the intention of preparing them for that sometimes difficult experience.
Managing Traumatic Incidents
A five day course, similar to the above but with an increased emphasis on designing and managing a response to traumatic incidents and disasters.
Manual Handling
Overview
You will learn how to:
Assess and handle loads correctly
Identify and deal with potentially hazardous loads
Implement systems to reduce the dangers of handling loads
Course Benefits:
Delegates will come away knowing best practice for moving and lifting all types of loads. They will have the knowledge and confidence to assess risks and avoid or reduce the need for lifting.
Who Should Attend:
Anyone whose job involves regular lifting, or supervises others that do.
Course Content:
- Introduction and arrangements
- Pre-course questions and issues
- What is manual handling?
- Problems associated with manual handling
- Types of injury
- Manual Handling legislation
- Employee duties
- Handling techniques
- Film “Watch Your Back”
- Practical exercise
- Course review
- Questions and close
Duration: Half day
Psychological First Aid
A two day course to train staff to provide appropriate immediate and on-going support for those involved in traumatic incidents and disasters. This course provides delegates with the skill of ‘defusing’ and psychological first aid.
Workshop Programme:
- What do I need to know about health and safety at work?
- Awareness of health and safety principles that apply to small businesses
- Stop the pain and prevent accidents
- 5 simple steps to complying with health and safety laws
- What your first aid box says about you!
- Mind your back!
- Top 10 pointers to keep you smiling whilst sitting at your desk
- Don’t let your workplace make you sick!
- How to save money by putting safety first
You will leave the workshop with practical health and safety ideas, with examples that you will be able to use straight away to begin complying with safety legislation.
Duration: One day workshop
