JAN25
Emergency First Aid at Work Course - 5th March 2010
- Cost: £75
- To book your place, tel: 015395 52031 or complete the contact form.
JAN18
Book Your Course Now!
Regular 1 day Emergency First Aid at Work courses run throughout the year.
To book your place on a course ring 015395 52031 or fill in the contact form above.
Hayes Training will do the rest.
DEC17
Emergency First Aid at Work Course - Spaces Available
Where: Kendal
Date: 14th January 2010
Time: 9am - 4pm
To book a place fill in the contact form or tel: 015395 52031
NOV30
New - 1 Day Emergency First Aid at Work Courses - Spaces Available !
When : 11th December '09 AND 14th January '10
Where: Kendal
Time: 9am - 4pm
Cost: £65
To book a place simply complete the contact form or tel: 015395 52031
OCT28
Emergency First Aid at Work Courses - 5th Nov and 11th Dec - Spaces available!
When: 5th November 2009 When: 11th December
Where:Morecambe, Lancashire Where: Preston
Cost: £65 Cost: £65
To book a place just complete the contact form above!
OCT5
5th November - EMERGENCY FIRST AID AT WORK Course - Spaces Available
When: 5th November 2009
Where: Morecambe, Lancashire
Cost: £65
To book, complete the contact form or telephone. It's that easy!!
Also:
2-day SPORTS FIRST AID Course - book now!
When: 2nd and 3rd December
Where: Windermere, Cumbria
Cost: £120
AUG13
NEW FORMAT FOR HSE FIRST AID COURSES
The Standard HSE First Aid at Work 4-day will disappear later this year.
On 1st October 2009, the familiar 4-day course and assessment for the HSE approved certificate in First Aid at Work will cease to exist. Instead a new 3-day course will be introduced.
Also new will be the 6 hour Emergency First Aid at Work course which, despite what many think, has never before been regulated by the HSE.
This is the first major change to HSE first aid since 1974 and reflects the changes to our work environment during that time. With an increasingly office based workforce, there is less need for training to deal with industrial types of accidents and this has led to a simplification of the training requirements for the HSE First Aid at Work approved course.
One consequence of this change is that the new FAW course can be completed in 18 hours, typically over 3 days, and this will be welcomed by employers who have been struggling to release an employee for 4 days of training with the former format.
It is also hoped that the changes will lead to more lives being saved and suffering prevented as a result of the requirement for individuals to refresh their first aid knowledge each year instead of trying to remember skills that they learnt up to 3 years previously. If a refresher is taken in each intervening year it will only be necessary to take a 12 hour re-validation in year 3.
However, certificates will still be valid for 3 years if a person fails to attend the refresher but in these cases they will have to re-attend the 18 hour/3-day course after 3 years instead of a 2-day re-validation.
JUL7
MYTH - Health and Safety laws mean concert-goers have to wear earplugs
The reality: No, audiences don’t have to wear earplugs! Going to noisy concerts is their choice. The laws are there to protect people who have to work in loud places.
Concert staff are at more risk of suffering hearing damage because they regularly work in high levels of noise. That is why employers should make sure they provide protection – this could be as simple as moving staff away from the noisiest areas, or providing suitable earplugs. Hearing loss is preventable, so it’s important to protect people to help them enjoy long and successful careers. The laws are there to control real risks to workers – not to take the fun out of concerts.
MYTH - H&S is a threat to village fetes. The reality: If you believe everything you read, health and safety is to blame for lots of fun events being cancelled. Plastic duck races, village fetes and even morris dancing have all allegedly fallen victim to excessive health and safety regulations. People often assume that the rules are so complex they make it too much effort to organise an event. But when managed sensibly, health and safety shouldn’t (and doesn’t) stop things happening. As part of a well-run event, good planning and practical actions help to make sure that things go smoothly. The important thing is to make sure that health and safety is fit for purpose and acted upon. It certainly isn’t about cancelling events – we’re here to save lives, not stop them.
JUN1
People Don't Have to Take Responsibility for their own Health and Safety.
The reality
Employers have a duty to protect workers and the public from dangers caused by their work - and HSE is committed to making sure they do that. But health and safety isn’t entirely someone else's responsibility.
We all have a duty to keep ourselves safe, by co-operating with safety measures and not putting ourselves or others in danger. This is just common sense - something we all use every day.
It's important that we aren’t put at risk by other people’s actions, but if we ignore our own responsibilities, real risks can get missed. Playing the blame game doesn't keep people safe - better to rely on common sense and co-operation.
MAY22
First Aid myth of the Month
Ice Cream Toppings have been Banned for Safety Reasons
The reality
We were recently surprised to hear that ice cream toppings had been banned amid health and safety fears.
This rumour came from an ice cream parlour giving out extra toppings in separate containers, instead of pouring them over the ice cream. They were concerned that people might slip on any spills.
It’s important to prevent slips - they remain the most common cause of major injuries.
But in this case simply clearing up any spills as they occurred would have stopped people slipping and helped the company continue to make great ice cream taste even better!
MAR15
Health and Safety rules take the adventure out of playgrounds
The Reality
We're all for playgrounds being exciting and challenging places. Children should have fun in them, get fit, develop social skills and learn how to handle risks.
What’s important is to strike the right balance - protecting children from harm while allowing them the freedom to develop independence and risk awareness. Exciting and challenging playgrounds do this, poorly maintained or badly designed ones don't.
Health and safety laws don’t stop children having fun but ill-considered and overprotective actions do.
