Happy New Year from everyone at EssentialSkillz. I hope the cold weather hasn't caused you too many problems during your first weeks back at work.

The new year possibly means you're planning to implement new Health & Safety training & risk assessment initiatives for the coming 12 months. This providesa good opportunity to remind you about the range of online courses and risk assessments EssentialSkillz offers in the hope that we can help you achieve some of your goals for 2010

This newsletter includes:

• Mange DSE Compliance the Easy Way
• Use E-Learning to Train Staff in Key Areas of Health & Safety
• Bespoke Health & Safety E-Learning Without the Cost

• Less risk assessment follow ups - ErgoWize helps staff resolve the majority of their DSE concerns themselves leaving on average 66% less work for those usually tasked with following up on DSE risk assessment issues.
• High risk individuals identified more quickly - simple risk prioritisation means that staff with higher levels of risk can be identified and seen more quickly.
• High compliance levels - larger numbers of staff trained and assessed in a shorter period of time.

Click Here to visit the ErgoWize Website.

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Use E-Learning to Train Staff in Key Areas of Health & Safety
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EssentialSkillz offers a range of customisable online training, ideal for raising awareness of key Health & Safety subjects with your PC based employees. Train hundreds/thousands of staff at once rather than 15-25 a time in a classroom.

EssentialSkillz offer different pricing options to suit your training requirements, such as one off training or courses you want to roll out to staff on a regular basis. Some of our more popular courses include:

Health & Safety Induction - 25 minute course that introduces new starters to Health & Safety policies and procedures. For more information Click Here

Manual Handling Essentials - 30 minute course that trains low risk staff in good Manual Handling practice. Ideal for office based Manual Handling. For more information Click Here

StressWize (Stress & Wellbeing Awareness) - 30 minute course that encourages employees to work more positively, helping users identify causes of stress and offering advice on managing it more effectively. Available with or without customisable Wellbeing Survey. For more information Click Here

DriveWize (Safe Driving) - 35 minute course that increases awareness of good safe driving practice for people who use a company car or their own car for business purposes. Customisable so that driving policies can be communicated to staff. Very topical with the recent weather conditions and available with or without a driver survey. For more information Click Here

Fire Safety Awareness - 30 minute course that raises fire safety awareness for all staff in case of an emergency. Course can be customised to include locations of fire alarms, escape routes and assembly points if required. For more information Click Here

Environmental Awareness - 35 minute course that promotes more sustainable environmental practices in the workplace. Good for companies who have achieved ISO 14001 and are looking for ways to maintain standards. For more information Click Here

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Bespoke Health & Safety E-Learning Without the Cost
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Have you struggled to find suitable Health & Safety training to cover a certain key subject for your business? Have you found off the shelf E-Learning too generic for your organisations needs?

In 2009 a number of companies used the Content Development Tool (CDT) to create professional looking online Health & Safety training on a vast range of subjects. The Content Development Tool enables Health & Safety Professionals to use their expert knowledge to rapidly produce and roll-out their own online training at a fraction of the cost charged for bespoke e-learning development.

Extremely easy to use, courses are produced in a similar way to PowerPoint presentations and once ready your course can be rolled out to staff via our, or your company's existing Learning Management System/Training Portal. The CDT can also be used by other departments to create training on any subject the business needs to address.

For more information on the Content Development Tool please Click Here