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 IOSH MANAGING SAFELY
DELEGATE SUITABILITY
Managing Safely is a course for managers and supervisors in any sector and any organisation. It’s designed to give managers all they need to know to help them handle health and safety in their teams. The flexible new high impact programme covers all the main health and safety issues, and includes a session tackling the environment too.
DURATION
The course lasts for 24 hours. We realise the difficulty of releasing management for 4 consecutive days so we have tailored the course to run for 2 days a week over 2 weeks.
CONTENT
Modules:
• Introducing Managing Safely
• Assessing risks
• Controlling risks
• Understanding your responsibilities
• Identifying hazards
• Investigating accidents and incidents
• Measuring performance
• Protecting our environment
Certification:
Delegates who successfully complete the written and practical assessments at the end of the course are awarded an IOSH certificate in Managing Safely.
Course Dates 2012
January 10/11 & 17/18; March 13/14 & 21/22; May 15/16 & 22/23; July 10/11 & 17/18; September 4/5 & 11/12; November 6/7 & 13/14
Location: Reading
Cost: £594.00 plus VAT per delegate
includes IOSH registration, Workbook, Certification, light refreshments and lunch.
(Accommodation is not included)
In-House course from as little as £260.00 per delegate subject to minimum of 10 delegates.
Please contact Bravanark on 01189541700 or enquiry@bravanark.co.uk for further information
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IOSH WORKING SAFELY
DELEGATE SUITABILITY
Working safely is for people at any level, in any sector, needing a grounding in the essentials of health and safety. Everyone at work should have an understanding of why they must ‘work safely’ – and this course offers exactly that. Working safely: introducing a completely new approach to health and safety training .
DURATION
1 Day
CONTENT
The course content includes:
- Introducing working safely
- Defining hazard and risk
- Identifying common hazards
- Improving safety performance
- Protecting our environment
Certification:
For delegates who attend the course and successfully complete the written and practical assessments, there is a choice of accreditation, either an IOSH Working safely certificate or an IOSH passport card.
Course Dates 2012
February 15; April 11; June 13; August 22; October 3; December 12.
Location: Reading
Cost: £175.00 plus VAT per delegate includes IOSH registration, Workbook, Certification, light refreshments and lunch.
In-House course from as little as £91.50 per delegate subject to minimum of 12 delegates.
Please contact Bravanark on 01189541700 or enquiry@bravanark.co.uk for further information.
DIRECTORS HEALTH AND SAFETY RESPONSIBILITIES
DELEGATE SUITABILITY
This course is aimed at all Chairpersons, Directors, and Company Secretaries who are responsible for the well being of a company to ensure their employees are working in a safe environment.
This training session will help Directors to ensure that the health and safety risks arising from their organisation’s activities are properly managed. The focus is mainly on the he alth and safety responsibilities of Chairpersons, Company Directors and Company Secretaries.
DURATION
1 Day
CONTENT
The topics covered are:
1. Effective management of health and safety
2. Health and Safety Leadership
3. Acceptance of individual role in providing health and safety leadership
4. Board decisions reflect health and safety intentions
5. Engaging active participation of workers in improving health and safety
6. Appointment of health and safety director
7. Summary of Legal responsibilities
On completion of this course all delegates would have abetter understanding of their individual and well as the Boards responsibilities towards the company’s health and safety responsibilities.
Certification: On successful completion of the course a certificate of attendance will be issued
Course dates 2012: June 6; October 10;
Location: Reading
Cost: £175.00 plus VAT per delegate
In house course can be arranged
Please contact Bravanark on 01189541700 or enquiry@bravanark.co.uk for further information.
PRINCIPLES OF RISK ASSESSMENTS
DELEGATE SUITABILITY
Aimed at managers/supervisors who have a responsibility to ensure their staff are working in a safe environment.
The aim of this course is to train nominated managers/supervisors in the principles of risk assessments. Topics covered:
DURATION
1 Day
CONTENT
The topics covered are:
1. Legislation relating to risk assessments
2. Generic assessments
3. Scope of assessments
4. General principles of prevention
5. Methods of risk reduction
6. Assessment reviews
7. Further assessments
8. Introduction of the 5 steps to risk assessment:
Look for hazards; Decide who might be harmed, and how; Evaluate the risks arising from the hazards and decide whether existing precautions are adequate or more should be done; Record your findings; Review your assessment from time to time and revise if necessary
9. Risk action programme
10. Risk estimation & necessary action & timing
11. Practical assessment
On completion of this course all delegates will able to participate effectively in the risk evaluation process by fully understanding the risk assessment duty necessitated by legislation, the company procedure and their role.
This would ensure that management, at all levels, would be familiar with their assessment roles and in particular ensure that they:
1. Are active in providing necessary information to staff on hazards and the effective control measures
2. Are aware of the need for their departments' compliance with health and safety legislation
3. Are fully conversant with the company health and safety policy and the integral part that risk assessments have in this document
4. Are prepared to deal with immediate health and safety needs arising from any workplace incidents.
Certification: On successful completion of the course a certificate of training will be issued.
Course dates 2012
February 14; April 10; June 20; August 8; December 19.
Location: Reading
Cost: £175.00 plus VAT per delegate
Please contact Bravanark on 01189541700 or enquiry@bravanark.co.uk for further information.
 FIRE MARSHAL TRAINING
Training Includes a PowerPoint presentation on:
• The Fire Triangle
• Fire Prevention
• Fire Risk Assessments – The RRFSO 2005 and Review
• Emergency Procedures
• Fire precaution measures on site
• Fire Marshall Duties
• Site Walk about and 15 minute break/discussion
"HANDS ON" STAFF TRAINING: The “HANDS ON TRAINING” session comprises the following four stages:
TALK: Classification of fire Types of extinguishers and their suitability for specific fire risks British Standard/European signage legislation and how to use an extinguisher
DVD: 22 minute DVD called "Fire Safety for Industry".
HANDS-ON PRACTICAL TRAINING: Use of extinguishers and a fire blanket on various types of controlled live fires in a suitable location outside.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Total training time: 3 hours 1.30pm 4.30pm
Certification: On successful completion of the course a certificate of training will be issued
Course dates 2012
February 16; April 11; May 4: June 13; July 9; August 15; October 17; December 5.
Location: Reading
Cost: £75.00 plus VAT per delegate
Please contact Bravanark on 01189541700 or enquiry@bravanark.co.uk for further information.
OFFICE SAFETY
DELEGATE SUITABILITY
Aimed at all Office Managers who have a responsibility for ensuring the safety of their employees. Inadequate work station set up is a major contributor to inefficiency and long term injuries in the office. This is usually because ergonomic principles are not followed.
This course will help employees to understand why the workstation set up is important to ensure good health.
DURATION
1 Day
CONTENT
Topics covered:
1. Legislation
2. Duties of employees
3. Adjusting your workstation to include; Chair, Monitor, Desk, Keyboard, Mouse and Phone
4. Working with Laptops
5. Postures, Movement and Stretching
6. Carrying out a workstation assessment
7. Written and Practical Test
On the completion of the training session all employees would have a better understanding how to lift items without causing injury to themselves or others.
Certification: On successful completion of the course a certificate of training will be issued
Course dates 2012: July 4.
Location: Reading
Cost: £175.00 plus VAT per delegate
Please contact Bravanark on 01189541700 or enquiry@bravanark.co.uk for further information.
GENERAL HEALTH AND SAFETY AWARENESS FOR MANAGERS AND SUPERVISORS
DELEGATE SUITABILITY
This course is aimed at managers/supervisors who have a responsibility to ensure their staff is working in a safe environment.
DURATION
1 Day
CONTENT
To give a basic overview to nominated Managers/Supervisors in General Health and Safety awareness.
Topics covered:
1. Why we need health and safety
2. Health and Safety Legislation
3. Key Health and Safety Definitions
4. Risk Assessments
5. Current rate of injury compensation
6. Safety for managers and supervisors
7. Key elements of managing safely
8. Setting health and safety policy
9. Organising your staff
10. Managers must manage safety
11. Safety auditing
12. Management responsibility
13. Health and safety failures which could result in prosecution
On the completion of the course delegates would have a better understanding of the health and safety responsibilities of themselves and their employees.
Qualifications: A certificate of attendance will be issued to all attendees.
Course dates 2012: May 29; August 1; November 21.
Location: Reading
Cost: £175.00 plus VAT per delegate
Please contact Bravanark on 01189541700 or enquiry@bravanark.co.uk for further information.
FIRST AID FOR APPOINTED PERSONS
DELEGATE SUITABILITY
This course is aimed at personnel who wish to be the Company first aid appointed person.
DURATION
1 Day
This 1 day course is designed for any business, regardless of their product or sector. This course will ensure that your business is adhering to current legislation in relation to having a trained first aid person(s) in the workplace.
Benefits
This program will ensure delegates have a thorough grasp of first aid skills and the confidence to deal with first aid situations as they may arise in the workplace. Delegates will receive the qualification of `Appointed Persons' on completion of the program.
CONTENTS
You will learn:
• Basic CPR
• How to Control an Incident
• How to Deal With the Emergency Services
• Individual and Team Incident Handling
• Dealing with Bleeding, Breaks, Burns, Fractures, Concussion, Epilepsy and More
• Responsibilities of a First Aiders
• Defibrillation
Qualifications: A certificate of competence will be issued to all attendees.
Course dates 2012: July 24; October 31.
Location: Reading
Cost: £55.00 plus VAT per delegate
Please contact Bravanark on 01189541700 or enquiry@bravanark.co.uk for further information.
ACCIDENT AND INCIDENT INVESTIGATION
DELEGATE SUITABILITY
The course is designed Senior Management, Health and Safety Managers, Line Managers and Supervisors who have responsibility for ensuring the safety of employees. It outlines the causes of accidents, how to prevent re-occurrence and finding the route cause of the accident/incident.
DURATION
1 Day
This 1 day course covers the requirements of HSG 245 Investigating accidents and incidents
Content:
Legal reasons for investigating
Information and insights gained from an investigation
Benefits arising from an investigation
Which events should be investigated?
Who should carry out the investigation and when?
What makes a good investigation?
Techniques for analysing adverse events
This is achieved by the following 4 steps
Step 1
Emergency response:
Step 2
Analysing the information
Step 3
Identifying suitable risk control measures
Step 4
The action plan and its implementation
Qualifications: A certificate of competence will be issued to all attendees.
Course dates 2012: June 27; October 24.
Location: Reading
Cost: £175.00 plus VAT per delegate
Please contact Bravanark on 01189541700 or enquiry@bravanark.co.uk for further information.
MANUAL HANDLING
DELEGATE SUITABILITY
This course is aimed to train all employees who are at significant risk of injury when lifting or moving equipment in basic manual handling techniques.
DURATION
1/2 Day
CONTENTS
Topics covered are:
1. Causes of injury
2. Accidents (Site of injuries
3. On going hidden costs
4. What is Manual handling
5. What can be injured?
6. Legislation
7. Duties of employees
8. Maximum recommended weights
9. Principles of Manual Handling Assessments
10. Practical lifting techniques
11. Written and Practical Test
On the completion of the training session all employees would have a better understanding how to lift items without causing injury to themselves or others.
Qualifications: A certificate of competence will be issued to all attendees.
Course dates: contact us for more information
Duration: Morning between 9.30 and 12.30
Afternoon between 1.30 amd 4.30
Location: Reading.
Cost per delegate: £75.00 Discount available on 5 or more delegates
For further information contact Philip VandenBerg on 01189541700 or email enquiry@bravanark.co.uk
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