Health & Safety Workshops
Health & Safety Workshops
Our health and safety workshops are suitable for individuals, companies, and those currently working in health and safety and wanting to develop professionally. Choose from a range of high-quality, recognised health and safety workshops including manual handling courses, first aid courses, safety awareness training, and more, with flexible course options available.
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Covid 19 - Back to Work Preparation
Module 1: Preparedness, readiness and Infection Prevention & Control
Module 2: The COVID-19 Virus, its epidemiology, risk factors, definitions and symptomology
Module 3: IPC in the context of COVID-19 Standard precautions, transmission based precautions and COVID-19 specific recommendationsBOOK ONLINE COURSE
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Certified Fire Safety Awareness
Accreditation: Each learner will receive a Barrow Training Certificate of attendance which is valid for 2 years.
Aim: This course is designed to raise awareness of fire hazards and train participants on how to act safely in the event of an emergency fire.
Learning Outcomes
• Fire and Smoke
• Fire Safety Legislation and Risk Assessment
• Preventing Fires
• Evacuating Buildings
• Extinguishing Fires
• Certification Test
Duration Online: Commence at a time suits you and work at your own pace. Full tutor support available throughout.
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First Aid Response Refresher
Aim: The purpose of this award is to refresh the learner with the knowledge, skill and competence gained in the 3 day Occupational First Aid/First Aid Response course in compliance with the requirements of the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (General Application) Regulations 2007 and the associated Guide to these Regulations.
Learning Outcomes are to refresh the learners to enable them to provide aid in the following situations:
1. Well-being of the first aider
2. Patient assessment
3. Incident Procedure
4. Cardiac First Response
5. Common medical Emergencies
6. Care of an unconscious patient
7. Burns and Electrical injury
8. Hypothermia & hyperthermia
Tutor profile: Highly qualified, professional and accessible subject matter experts
Duration:
Classroom: 2 days in a classroom setting.
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Basic First Aid
Aim: The purpose of this training is to equip the learner with the basic knowledge, to provide first aid in the workplace in compliance with the requirements of the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (General Application) Regulations 2007 and the associated Guide to these Regulations
Learning Outcomes
1. Administer First Aid in the workplace
2. Patient Assessment
3. Respiratory Emergencies
4. Cardiac First Response
5. Wounds and Bleeding
6. Burns and Scalds
7. Stroke
Tutor profile: Highly qualified, professional and accessible subject matter experts
Duration: 1 day in a classroom setting.
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Paediatric First Aid
Aim: This paediatric first aid course is specifically designed with infants and children in mind to teaching lifesaving skills.
This course is ideal for teachers, parents, childcare professionals, expecting mothers and babysitters.
Learning Outcomes
• CPR for children and Infants
• How to react in an emergency situation
• Child and Infant Choking
• Bleeding first aid
• Dealing with unconscious Children and Infants
• Febrile Seizures, Epilepsy, Diabetes and Asthma
• Meningitis and Poisoning
• Fractures and soft tissue injuries
• Burns first aid
Tutor profile: Highly qualified, professional and accessible subject matter experts
Duration: ½ day in a classroom setting.
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VDU Awareness
Aim: Allow the employer to meet his legal requirements while providing the management with an understanding of the design problems or underlying engineering/ventilation problem of the individual workstations or office.
Learning Outcomes- Reduce the level of RSI or Work Related Upper Limb Disorders (WRULDs) injuries and eye sight problems
- Provides staff with a safer and more beneficial working environment
- Reduces stressing and fatigue factors related to the work environment
- Allows the employer to identify and put in place any extra training and information that may be required for employees
Tutor profile: Highly qualified, professional and accessible subject matter experts
Duration: 1 day in a classroom setting.
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Risk Assessment
Aim: By law all business owners are required to have a full risk assessment carried out on their premise. Under section 19 of the Safety Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005, employers are required to identify hazards in the workplace.
Risk assessments can be completed in various formats to meet the different needs of the business, it is important that all hazards are identified such as: chemical, fire, machinery, confined spaces etc.
Course Content
1. Legislation and risk assessment
2. Non legal rationale
3. Inspection
4. Training and development
5. Contractor monitoring
6. Safety statement development
7. Five stages of risk assessment
8. Hazard identification•Control description
9. Organising company assessments
10. Judgement of risks
11. Control description
12. Assessment formats
13. Recording assessments
Tutor profile: Highly qualified, professional and accessible subject matter experts
Duration: ½ day in a classroom setting.
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Manual Handling
Accreditation: Each learner will receive a Barrow Training Certificate of attendance which is valid for 3 years.
Aim: The purpose of this training is to equip the learner with the necessary knowledge and skills to understand the principles and practical importance of moving and handling objects.
Learners who successfully complete this course will:
Be able to define Manual handling
Understand the legal aspects of Manual handling
Understand the principles of ergonomics and work place assessment
Understand the principles of moving and handling
Understand the basic structure and function of the spine
Be aware of how the spine can be injured
Be able to complete risk assessments
Understand the importance of fitness and flexibility
Demonstrate the principles of moving and handlingPlease go to FAQ for further course and booking information
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MANUAL & PEOPLE HANDLING
Aim: To equip the learner with the necessary knowledge and skills to understand the
principles and practical importance of moving and handling objects and lifting people.
Objectives:
Be able to define Manual Handling
Understand the legal aspects of Manual Handling
Understand the principles of ergonomics and work place assessment
Understand the principles of moving and handling
Understand the basic structure & function of the spine
Be aware of how the spine can be injured
Be able to complete risk assessments
Understand the importance of fitness & flexibility
Demonstrate the principles of moving & handling
All participants will be assessed in moving & handling policy
Participants will be assessed in practical moving and handling tasks such as:
Lifting a load from the floor/bench/height
Pushing/Pulling
Team Life
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UNDERTAKING RISK ASSESSMENT
Aim: By law all business owners are required to have a full risk assessment carried out on their premises. Under section 19 of the Safety Health & Welfare at Work Act 2005 employers are required to identify hazards in the workplace.
Risk assessments can be completed in various formats to meet the different needs of the business. It is important that all hazards are identified such as: chemical, fire, machinery, confined spaces etc.
Learning Outcomes:
Welcome and introduction
Legislation and risk assessment
Non legal rationale
Inspection
Training and development
Contractor monitoring
Safety statement development
Five stages of risk assessment
Hazard identification
Organising company assessments
Judgement of risks
Control description
Assessment formats
Recording assessments
Information sourcesDuration: Half Day in Classroom Setting
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HEALTH & SAFETY INDUCTION
Aim: The Health and Safety Induction can help employees get a brief overview over the main occupational hazards: slips, trips & falls, manual handling and fire.
Learning Outcomes:
Instructions and Tutorial
Slips, Trips and Falls
Manual Handling
Fire Safety
Certification TestAssessment: On completion of all modules you will be presented with a brief examination. You must achieve a pass mark of 60% from 15 questions to gain certification.
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PERSONAL SAFETY AWARENESS
Aim: Lone workers are a vulnerable group who need personal safety awareness training and workplace procedures
Learning Outcomes:
Recognition of potential conflict and planning to reduce risk.
Awareness/evaluating your ability.
Communications verbal & non verbal.
Space Awareness.
Weapon Awareness.
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Driver Safety Awareness
Driving for work is one of the most dangerous activities we take part in on Irish roads. As an employer are you compliant? As an employee are you compliant?
Known as ‘The Grey Fleet’ of transport because professional bus and truck drivers attend a mandatory Certificate of Professional Competence training day each year to inform them of any changes to legislation and maintain a standard of knowledge in the transport sector, however… people driving small vans and cars for work ‘The Grey Fleet’ pass a driving test and that is it, knowledge is key!The Driver Safety Awareness course is laid out to keep drivers informed, driving on the roads in as on-going process not just a once off pass/fail test.
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First Aid Response
Aim: The purpose of this award is to equip the learner with the knowledge, skill and competence gained in the 3 day Occupational First Aid/First Aid Response course in compliance with the requirements of the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (General Application) Regulations 2007 and the associated Guide to these Regulations.
Learning Outcomes are to equip the learners to enable them to provide aid in the following situations:
1. Well-being of the first aider
2. Patient assessment
3. Incident ProcedureBOOK CLASSROOM COURSE