Health and Safety

Health & Safety
We recognise the importance of health & safety in the workplace and will assist you in meeting your legal requirements for the full range of related training. Our tutors are fully qualified and have relevant industry experience, enabling them to focus on the most important issues for your business.
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Asbestos Awareness

This course provides an awareness and development of knowledge to site based employees of the hazards and risks posed by Asbestos Containing Materials (ACM) within their working environment as well as an overview of the legislative measures in place.
22 February 2010; 22 March 2010; 19 April 2010; 17 May 2010; 14 June 2010 (subject to a minimum group of six)
Half a day
Barnstaple Campus, Your Workplace or Tiverton Campus
£110 A ConstructionSkills grant may be available to companies 'in scope', please enquire for details.

Construction Skills Certification Scheme (CSCS) Health and Safety Revision and Test

This course contains a review of construction health & safety and revision for the CSCS online test. This is an essential element to obtain evidence of competence in specific trades to therefore gain the CSCS Construction Skills Card.
8 February 2010; 8 March 2010; 12 April 2010; 10 May 2010; 7 June 2010; 5 July 2010
Three and a half hours
Barnstaple Campus
£49

Health and Safety National Construction Certificate - NEBOSH Level 3

This course covers a wide range of construction hazards and the means by which they can be controlled. It includes the main legal requirements of construction work and enables learners to undertake effective safety inspections on a construction site.
Tbc
One day per week over 15 consecutive weeks
Barnstaple Campus
£1,210 A ConstructionSkills grant may be available to companies 'in scope', please enquire for details.

Health and Safety in the Workplace CIEH Award Level 1

This course covers basic legal requirements for safety in the UK, a range of workplace hazards and methods of control. The emphasis is on the employee and how they can care for themselves and others whilst at work.
Tbc
Half a day
Barnstaple Campus or Your Workplace
£64 A ConstructionSkills grant may be available to companies 'in scope', please enquire for details.

Health and Safety in the Workplace CIEH Award Level 2

Good health & safety standards rely on employers and employees working together. This course represents a foundation of knowledge required by everyone and provides essential knowledge and understanding of health & safety for employees.
Tbc
One day
Barnstaple Campus, Bude Campus or Your Workplace
£120 A ConstructionSkills grant may be available to companies 'in scope', please enquire for details.

Health and Safety in the Workplace CIEH Award Level 3

This course provides a thorough understanding of health & safety, emphasising the importance of monitoring staff and controls. It details the need for a structured management approach to health & safety and the key factors in implementing it.
Tbc
One day per week over three weeks or over three consecutive days
Barnstaple Campus or Your Workplace
£420 A ConstructionSkills grant may be available to companies 'in scope', please enquire for details.

Hilti DX Cartridge Tools Training

This course is fully certificated by Hilti and covers operating principles and practical training and maintenance.
Flexible enrolment dates available throughout the year.
Two to three hours
Barnstaple Campus, Braunton Road Campus, Barnstaple, Your Workplace or Tiverton Campus
Dependent on group size and venue. * A ConstructionSkills grant may be available to companies 'in scope', please enquire for details.

Ladder Access and Working at Heights

This course is designed to cover the legal requirements by the Health & Safety Executive (HSE), stating that all persons using ladder and access equipment are correctly trained on current legislation.
26 February 2010; 23 April 2010
One day
Barnstaple Campus
£70 * A ConstructionSkills grant may be available to companies 'in scope', please enquire for details.

Manual Handling Instructors/Assessors

This course covers the Manual Handling Operations Regulations, manual handling accident statistics and types of injuries, safe kinetic lifting techniques and manual handling risk assessment.
Tbc
One day per week over three weeks or over three consecutive days
Barnstaple Campus or Your Workplace
£420 A ConstructionSkills grant may be available to companies 'in scope', please enquire for details.

Occupational Health and Safety National General Certificate - NEBOSH Level 3

This course covers the main legal requirements for safety in the UK, a range of workplace hazards and methods of control. The syllabus is based on the Employment National Training Organisation (ENTO) standards which are reviewed regularly.
Tbc
One day per week over 13 consecutive weeks
Barnstaple Campus
£1,115

Practice of Manual Handling CIEH Level 2 Award

This course complements the CIEH Level 2 Award in the Principles of Manual Handling by introducing the practical aspects of lifting, carrying, pushing and pulling of objects.
Tbc
Half a day
Barnstaple Campus, Bude Campus or Your Workplace
£74

Principles of COSHH Level 2 Award

This course complements the CIEH Level 2 Award in Health & Safety in the Workplace by introducing candidates to the inherent risks in substances and the controls available.
Tbc
Half a day
Barnstaple Campus or Your Workplace
£70 A ConstructionSkills grant may be available to companies 'in scope', please enquire for details.

Principles of Manual Handling Level 2 Award

This course complements the CIEH Level 2 Award in Health & Safety in the Workplace by introducing candidates to the inherent risks in the movement of loads and the safe kinetic lift.
Tbc
Half a day
Barnstaple Campus, Bude Campus or Your Workplace
£70 A ConstructionSkills grant maybe available to companies 'in scope', please enquire for details.

Risk Assessment Principles and Practice CIEH Award Level 3

The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) have designed this course to provide an understanding of generic risk assessments which underpin all aspects of health & safety.
Flexible enrolment dates available throughout the year.
One day with some directed study in the workplace
Barnstaple Campus or Your Workplace
£140 A ConstructionSkills grant maybe available to companies 'in scope', please enquire for details.

Safety in the Use of Abrasive Wheels

This course covers the requirements under the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations pertaining to the storage, choice, fitting, use and maintenance of abrasive wheels.
Flexible enrolment dates available
Six hours
Barnstaple Campus, Your Workplace or Tiverton Campus
£96 A ConstructionSkills grant may be available to companies 'in scope', please enquire for details.

Safety in the Use of Power Tools

This course covers the importance of safety, the precautions that should be taken when using tools and issues relating to the protection and maintenance of tools. Specialist training will be included on Paslode Portable Nail Guns.
Flexible enrolment days available throughout the year.
One day
Barnstaple Campus
£90 * A ConstructionSkills grant may be available to companies 'in scope', please enquire for details.

Site Management Safety Training Scheme - ConstructionSkills Site Safety Plus

This course is designed for site managers, agents and persons who are, or are about to be, responsible for planning, organising, monitoring, controlling and administering groups of staff and workforces.
Flexible enrolment dates available throughout the year.
Five days
Barnstaple Campus or Tiverton Campus
£575 * A ConstructionSkills grant may be available to companies 'in scope', please enquire for details.

Site Management Safety Training Scheme Refresher - ConstructionSkills Site Safety Plus

This two day refresher course is for candidates who have previously passed the full five day (SMSTS) course and can provide proof of attendance. It aims to bring health & safety knowledge up-to-date and provide an overview of legislative changes.
Flexible enrolment dates available throughout the year.
Two days
Barnstaple Campus or Tiverton Campus
£325 *A ConstructionSkills grant may be available to companies 'in scope', please enquire for details.

Site Supervisor Safety Training Scheme - ConstructionSkills Site Safety Plus

Successful candidates will be able to identify how their supervisory role fits in with the manager in controlling the site safely, to carry out risk assessments, site inductions, toolbox talks and method statement briefings.
Flexible enrolment dates available throughout the year.
Two days
Barnstaple Campus or Tiverton Campus
£365 * A ConstructionSkills grant may be available to companies 'in scope', please enquire for details.