• Highlights the importance of understanding that hazardous substances includes natural substances and byproducts of other activities as well as recognisable products bearing hazardous labelling.
• Describes how to recognise the type of immediate and long-term harm that a hazardous substance might cause.
• Discusses how to recognise some common health conditions that can result from use of hazardous substances
• Details what to do to identify and control risks.
• This course is regularly updated, RoSPA Approved and can be fully edited by you to suit your business requirements.

• Highlights the key issues associated with working with display screen equipment, eg managing the environment and workload to avoid ill-health effects.
• Discusses the importance of good posture and varying your posture.
• Provides practical guidance on the safe set-up and use of computer workstations.
• Offers skippable information on different ways of working, including standing for work, use of mobile devices, working away from the office and hotdesking.

The trend of home working – which has increased significantly over the last decade – is likely to continue to grow. The EssentialSkillz Home Working training explains how home working fits in with health and safety legislation, the responsibilities of employers and employees working from home, and how an organisation’s policies apply in a home working situation.

• Outlines the legal framework for managing health and safety in the workplace.
• Discusses the importance of health and safety in the workplace.
• Highlights a manager’s responsibilities in managing the health and safety of employees under their control.

• Highlights the importance of understanding how fires start and spread, in order to identify fire hazards, prevent fires and maintain escape routes.
• Details the actions that should be taken on discovering a fire or on hearing a fire alarm.
• Highlights the use of Personal Emergency Evacuation Plans (PEEPs) and the appointment of buddies to assist people with additional needs during an evacuation.
• Explains further action that can be taken in an emergency.
• This course is regularly updated, RoSPA Approved and can be fully edited by you to suit your business requirements.

• Considers where Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) fits in the hierarchy of risk controls, including how to consider controls which are more reliable than PPE.
• Outlines how responsibilities for providing and using PPE are shared between employers and employees.
• Explores the range of Personal Protective Equipment available, its benefits and limitations.
• Explains how to use, maintain and store PPE to maintain its effectiveness

• Details how to identify work at height hazards.
• Describes when to avoid working at height.
• Describes how to reduce the risk from working at height.