COSHH & Spill Kit Response Training

COSHH + Spill Kit Response

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At Safety Training Solutions, we can deliver COSHH & Spill Kit Response Training courses at our training centre in Dingwall, just 15 minutes drive from Inverness. Alternatively, we can deliver this on site in the Highlands & Islands or anywhere across Scotland.

  • Course Duration:  3.5 Hours
  • Open Course Price:  £95 + VAT
  • Group Rate Price: Please call 01349 862226
  • Maximum Delegate: 12
  • Delivery Method:  Classroom Based Theory
  • Prerequisite:  None
  • Assessment:  Multiple Choice Test  Paper
  • Certification:  Each successful delegate will receive a Certificate of Training  (valid for 3  years)

Who Should attend this course
Anyone requiring an understanding of how to carry out an assessment in the use and storage of Hazardous substances.

COSHH & Spill Kit Response Training

Course Contents

  • What are hazardous substances
  • When are they hazardous
  • Routes of entry
  • COSHH legislation
  • Hazard symbols
  • COSHH Assessment
  • Material safety data sheets
  • Codes of practice
  • Recording the results

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Confined Space Entry Training

Confined Space Entry

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At Safety Training Solutions, we deliver monthly Confined Space Entry training courses at our training centre in Dingwall, just 15 minutes drive from Inverness. Alternatively, we can deliver this on site in the Highlands & Islands or anywhere across Scotland.

  • Course Duration:  2 Days
  • Open Course Price:  £250+VAT
  • Group Rate Price: Please call 01349 862226
  • Maximum Delegate: 8
  • Delivery Method:  Classroom Based Theory & Practical Training
  • Prerequisite:  None
  • Assessment:  Multiple Choice Test  Paper
  • Certification:  Each successful delegate will receive a Certificate of Training  (valid for 3  years)
  • If you/your employer are a CITB Levy Payer, a CITB Grant Payment of £60 per person will be applied for on completion of this course. More information of this can be found on the CITB Website-CAT & Genny

Who Should attend this course
Any persons who are required to manage any chamber, tank, vat, silo, pit, trench, pipe, flue, sewer, well or
any other place by its confined nature there arises a reasonably foreseeable risk

Confined Space Entry

Course Content

  • Health & Safety Legislation
  • Hazards with confined spaces
  • Foreseeable risks
  • Atmospheric testing & monitoring
  • Safe systems of work
  • Intrinsic safety
  • Harness selection, inspection, fitting and use
  • Use of tripod & winch
  • Safety lines and rescue knots
  • Risk assessment
  • Entry permits
  • Escape breathing apparatus sets
  • Liaising with emergency services

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CAT & Genny Training

CAT and Genny Training

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At Safety Training Solutions, we deliver monthly CAT & Genny training at our training centre in Dingwall, just 15 minutes drive from Inverness. Alternatively we can deliver this on site in the Highlands & Islands or anywhere across Scotland.

  • Course Duration:  Full Day
  • Open Course Price:  £165 + VAT per person
  • Group Rate Price: Please call 01349 862226
  • Maximum Delegate: 12
  •  Delivery Method:  Classroom Based Theory & Practical Training
  • Prerequisite:  None
  • Assessment:  Multiple Choice Assessment
  • Certification:  Each successful delegate will receive a Certificate of Training  (valid for 3  years)
  • If you/your employer are a CITB Levy Payer, a CITB Grant Payment of £140 per person will be applied for on completion of this course. More information of this can be found on the CITB Website.

Who Should attend this course
Any persons involved in excavation work including excavation operators, utilities personnel and supervisors and managers.

CAT & Genny

Course Content

  • Health & Safety Legislation
  • Safe systems of work
  • Theory of electromagnet location benefits & limitations
  • Introduction to the CAT & Signal generator
  • Care, maintenance & testing
  • Practical use on a CAT 4+

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asbestos awareness training

Asbestos Awareness

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At Safety Training Solutions, we deliver Asbestos Awareness training courses throughout the year at our centre in Dingwall, just 15 minutes drive from Inverness. Alternatively, we can deliver this on site in the Highlands & Islands or anywhere across Scotland.

  • Course Duration:  Half Day (3.5hrs)
  • Open Course Price:  £95+VAT
  • Group Rate Price: Please call 01349 862226
  • Maximum Delegate: 12
  • Delivery Method:  Classroom Based Theory
  • Prerequisite:  None
  • Approved by: CITB
  • Assessment:  Multiple Choice Assessment
  • Certification:  Each successful delegate will receive a Certificate of Training  (valid for 3  years)
  • If you/your employer are a CITB Levy Payer, a CITB Grant Payment of £60 per person will be applied for on completion of this course. More information of this can be found on the CITB Website-Asbestos Awareness

Who Should attend this course

Any persons who may disturb Asbestos such as General maintenance workers, Electricians, Plumbers, Joiners, Painters and Decorators, Plasterers, Construction workers, Roofers, Shop fitters, Gas fitters, Heating and ventilation engineers, Demolition workers,  Telecommunication engineers, Fire/burglar alarm installers, Computer and data installers, Architects and Building surveyors

The Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012 apply to all types of work involving asbestos and materials containing asbestos. They place specific duties on employers and the self-employed. You must find out if materials containing asbestos are present. If possible, before you start, plan any work to avoid disturbing these materials. If you have to carry out work which may disturb materials containing asbestos, you must prevent exposure to asbestos fibres. Or where this is not reasonably practicable, reduce any exposure to as low as reasonably practicable by using appropriate control measures and having management systems in place. Anyone who is going to work on material containing asbestos must be suitably trained and supervised.

Asbestos Awareness Training

Course Content

  • Overview of health and safety legislation
  • The properties of asbestos
  • Safe working practices
  • Emergency procedures
  • Hygiene requirements
  • Decontamination procedures
  • Waste handling procedures
  • Medical examination requirements
  • Control limits and the need for air monitoring

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abrasive wheels training

Abrasive Wheels

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At Safety Training Solutions, we deliver Abrasive Wheels training courses throughout the year at our training centre in Dingwall, just 15 minutes drive from Inverness, Alternatively, we can deliver this on site in the Highlands & Islands or anywhere across Scotland.

  • Course Duration:  Half Day (3.5hrs)
  • Open Course Price:  £95 +VAT
  • Group Rate Price: Please call 01349 862226
  • Maximum Delegate: 12
  • Delivery Method:  Classroom Based Theory
  • Prerequisite:  None
  • Assessment:  Multiple Choice Assessment
  • Certification:  Each successful delegate will receive a Certificate of Training   (valid for 3  years)
  • If you/your employer are a CITB Levy Payer, a CITB Grant Payment of £60 per person will be applied for on completion of this course. More information of this can be found on the CITB Website.

Who should attend this course
Persons who operate angle grinders, cut off saws, bench grinders and bench top cut off saws.

Course Content

  • Overview of health and safety legislation
  • Precautions against hazards and risk control measures including contact, wheel burst, noise, respiratory and HAVS
  • Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
  • Types of abrasive wheel machines and their safe use.
    Resin and vitrified bonded abrasive wheel selection, marking, identification and inspection – types 1, 27, 41 & 42 (including practical exercise)
  • Correct use, setting, adjustment and inspection of flanges, guards and accessories
  • Pre-use machine safety checks (including non-live practical exercise)
  • How to mount abrasive wheels on angle grinders, chop saws, disc cutters, bench and pedestal grinders including practical  demonstration.
  • How to true, dress and balance vitrified abrasive wheels on bench and pedestal grinders
  • Safe Working Practice