Health and Safety Courses

In Safe Hands Working at Height training Cornwall

Working at Height training is a Level 2 Award and ideal for those who work in an environment that may require to work at height ie: construction.
This qualification develops learners’ basic awareness of working at height. It includes understanding the importance of equipment and how to make sure the working environment is safe when working at height.
This regulated and nationally recognised qualification has been specifically designed to increase awareness of safety considerations whilst working at height, including the importance of the equipment used and how to ensure a safe working environment.

An ideal introduction to Health and Safety for anyone working in a low to medium risk environment.

Although it does not provide a qualification on its own, it does provide the knowledge and understanding required to go on to achieve a Level 2 Health and Safety qualification.

This 1 day course has been designed to meet the legal requirements of all staff within the workplace.

By giving good insight into sound health and safety practices that meet the needs of the law and to maintain a safe working environment this course is very applicable to all types of industry.

This qualification is delivered over 3 days and has been devised to meet the needs of managers and supervisors of health and safety in the workplace.

It may also be suitable for those who are charged with policy writing and risk assessment in their working environments.

This 1 day course has been specifically tailored for the specialist needs of the health and social care sector. Health and safety training is a legal requirement for all workplaces.

Under basic health and safety law, employers have a duty to provide their staff with introductory and ongoing health and safety training.

This qualification develops your fire safety awareness. It includes how fires are caused, the risks associated with fire and what we can do to control fire risks in the workplace.

It also covers the principles of fire safety management at work, fire safety inspection, fire safety risk assessment and the legal requirements related to fire safety in the workplace.

This half day course has been devised to meet the basic requirements of all workplaces for staff fire safety training.

Location and weather permitting, you will be able to dispense each extinguisher, applying the skills and knowledge learnt. Our instructors can use your company policies, procedures and alarm system to embed this knowledge into your team in the most relevant way for your business.

This half-day fire marshal training course covers the role of the designated fire marshal (fire warden). You will learn about preventing fires and learn about the different types of fire extinguisher and how to use them correctly.

This is the next step up from fire safety, incorporating reporting, understanding of fire regulations and general fire precautions. It aims to provide you with the knowledge to be become a fire marshal.

This qualification is suitable for all employees to raise their awareness of the risks of unsafe manual handling practices.

Whether you are moving office files or operating within a warehouse, employers have a responsibility to provide training for their staff.

This course is suitable for everyone! It’s designed for anyone, in any industry, that is required to carry out any lifting, handling, carrying, pushing or pulling tasks as part of their daily job role.

Our instructors can incorporate industry specific tasks or concerns to this session, enabling you to tailor the content to suit your business needs.

This day course is designed for anyone in the health and social care industry that may be required to use equipment and techniques to safely transport people around the home or working environment.

The main aim of the course is to reduce the risk of injury to the handler and the patient.

This half day annual refresher course is available to anyone who has completed the full day Safer Moving and Handling of People within the last 3 years.

The session will provide updated procedures and brush up on technique together with an introduction in the latest advances in equipment.

This 1 day course is designed and suitable for learners that are required to perform risk assessments within their workplace.

The course concentrates on practical ways to carry out risk assessments in the simplest manner.

The objective of the qualification is to develop understanding of: the importance of health and safety in the workplace; the principles involved in risk assessment and the relationship between hazard and risk as part of an accident and ill health strategy.

You will then be able to apply this knowledge of the risk assessment process by completing risk assessments of the workplace.

Control of Substances Hazardous to Health

Hazardous substances exist in most workplaces. Every Employer and Employee has responsibilities to use them safely. To enable this, anyone using hazardous substances should have training in Control of Substances Hazardous to Health.

This half-day course would ideally be suited to anyone that potentially may work with asbestos. Working with or around asbestos can be dangerous and potentially life-threatening.

Training, knowledge and information are vital to identify and reduce the risk of illness associated with asbestos.

This half-day course would ideally be suited to anyone that works at height, which would be defined as working in a position where a fall could occur.

Examples may include: the use of step ladders, footstools, ladders, tower scaffolds, scaffolding, working around entrenchments and areas where a fall could be likely.