As an organisation you have a duty to follow the environmental laws. You must ensure your actions and processes are not causing problems to the environment which requires strict management and careful consideration of working methods and activities. Environmental management training is the perfect way of ensuring your employees have the skills your organisation requires… Read more »

If you need a nationally recognised health and safety qualification you have many options available to you. There are courses designed for supervisors, health and safety courses for managers and courses for all levels of employees within the construction industry. You will need to be prepared to offer the right training to all of your… Read more »

The IOSH Managing Environmental Responsibilities course is the idea option for anyone who is responsible for managing environmental issues. The course content is delivered by professionally trained tutors in a traditional classroom setting. This provides a quality education with a week-long opportunity to learn and understand the topics, and use the tutors to ensure all questions… Read more »

The new statistics have been published for the number of fatally injured workers by the Health and Safety Executive. The figures were released on July 5th and cover the period between April 2011 and March 2012. The statistics show that 173 workers were killed, which is two less than the previous year’s data. The amount… Read more »

While working in an office environment might not be high risk, there is still health and safety issues to take into account. All employers must comply with the laws in place and providing training is a must to help educate employees and reduce the risks which increase through lack of awareness. Accredited health and safety… Read more »

Two eighteen year old workers were seriously injured after falling from a lifting platform. The two men were hired by Storetec Ltd to remove scrapped trolleys and place them in a skip using a forklift truck. The director had designed a lifting platform which was being used by the men to perform the task they… Read more »

Workmen who were working on a pub in Devon were needlessly exposed to deadly asbestos dust. Not only were they exposed to it their site manager also gave the instruction for them to deal with removing it from the pub and did not provide adequate protection. The incident occurred in 2010 at a pub which… Read more »

If you have already taken the IEMA Certificate in Environmental Management you may be wondering what to do next. One of the natural choices is to sign up for the NEBOSH Environmental Diploma as this is a course which progresses on from all you have previously learnt. The Associate Certificate must be taken before booking… Read more »

Falls from vehicles have been in the news this week. A young man lost his life when working on a vehicle while working at a recycling plant in Tipton. Mark Bale was just 21 when he was instantly killed after being crushed by a loader. He had been loading paper onto a conveyor belt, when… Read more »

If you work full time or have other responsibilities it can be hard to improve your skills with training. Finding the time to attend a course is not always possible. There is no need to pull out of a paying job to get ahead. All you have to do is find a suitable course which… Read more »