If you want to book onto any of the following Health and Safety training courses please book on through your CORE Portal using the following link: https://portal.shu.ac.uk/departments/HRD/coreportal/Pages/home.aspx
Lone working
Tuesday 5 November, 9.30am – 11.30am – City Campus
This training course is for members of staff who might regularly or occasionally work alone.
The course aims to provide knowledge about the risks associated with lone working and how to reduce them.
• To provide a definition of a lone worker
• To outline the risks associated with lone working
• To indicate the effective control measures
• To provide examples of communication systems and devices
First Aid at work annual refresher
Tuesday 5 November, 1pm – 4.30pm – City Campus
This course is for holders of a current First Aid at Work or Emergency First Aid at Work qualification
This course will offer the First Aider the chance to update their skills and techniques. It will also incorporate Automated Defibrillator (AED) training/refresher.
The cancellation of this course must be before 10 days in advance of the start date.
Please make sure that you have your manager’s approval to attend this course
Control of contractors – Light touch
Wednesday 6 November, 9.30am – 10.30am – City Campus
This course is the lighter touch version of the Control of Contractors policy and is suitable for Managers or persons who are responsible for the introduction of contractors onto University sites and explains the reasonable steps they should take to ensure the arrangements properly manage the risks to students, staff and visitors presented by the contractors.
Course objectives are to understand the role and responsibilities of the person managing the contract and the extent to which they need to go to.
To go through the step by step guide to controlling contractors:
1) Contractor selection
2) Pre-site preparation
3) On-site activity
4) Post contract review
Note: This course is not suitable for FD Estates or IT installations, they should attend the theree-hour detailed course.