Health and Safety

Health and safety training, courses and seminars from Kaplan Hawksmere, the UK’s leading business management training company.

Would you like to offer any of the following courses or seminars in-house? You can save on employee travel costs and time away from the office with high-quality management development training on your premises.

Kaplan Hawksmere’s in-house capability is built on a solid foundation of over 20 years experience in the training consultancy, public course and conference industries. We serve over 60,000 customers each year. Organisations seeking in-house and bespoke training solutions know they can trust Kaplan Hawksmere for results-oriented, practical delivery. To speak with a member of our dedicated in house services team, please contact us on 0845 076 0679 (at local rates) or e-mail incompany@hawksmere.co.uk.

• A concise guide to managing COSHH

  An intensive one-day workshop which covers all aspects of COSHH management, from new regulations to policy implementation within the individual organisations.

  
  

• A practical guide to health and safety

  Two days of advice and guidance to help you implement and maintain effective, day-to-day, health and safety practices

  
  

• Control of contractors

  This seminar will present important health and safety issues relating to the selection and control of contractors. It will provide an overview of the legislative requirements for managing contractors and the responsibilities for different aspects of contractors' work.

  
  

• Croner's - Waste management: law and practice update

  Waste management in the UK is undergoing a period of unprecedented transformation as key EU Directives take effect. This practical one-day seminar will examine the new regulations and the steps necessary for compliance.

  
  

• Croner's 6th Annual Health and Safety Conference 2010

  Now in its sixth year, this extremely popular conference will take a very close look at the major health and safety topics and help you move ahead to face the health and safety challenges in your organisation in these austere times. It will give guidance and advice on what will constitute a successful occupational safety and health year in 2011.

  
  

• Environmental legislation review

  This one day course will help you understand environmental risks and your responsibility to address them through practical, legal and financial strategies. you will leave the course with the knowledge and tools to reduce your business's impact on the environment and protect your people, prosperity and reputation.

  
  

• Health and safety legislation update

  A one-day course essential for health and safety personnel who need to keep up-to-date with the continually changing area of health and safety law. It covers a wide range of aspects of health and safety law, including recent amendments to fire and hazardous substances legislation.

  
  

• Industrial equipment safety and CE marking

  EU legislation directs that most new machines and other work equipment must meet minimum safety standards and must be CE marked to show compliance with both EU and UK product legislation. This essential one-day seminar explains the statutory requirements of CE certification, the Machinery Directive and how to construct a technical file.

  
  

• Managing safely

  This IOSH approved comprehensive four-day course provides managers from any type of industry with an introductory grounding in health and safety at work that will ensure safe management of activities in the workplace

  
  

• Office health and safety

  Under the Health and Safety at Work Act employers have a legal responsibility to provide a safe and healthy workplace. This dynamic and stimulating training course covers all the common health and safety hazards encountered in an office environment and how you can identify the appropriate ways to reduce these risks in your office.

  
  

• Understanding building services

  This intensive one-day seminar is designed to explain in a simple straightforward manner what building services are, why they are necessary and how they operate.