Health and Safety Courses

London Hazards Centre courses are aimed at people interested or involved in workplace or community health and safety. Our trainers draw on experience of advising and supporting safety representatives and voluntary organisations to provide practical training which you can apply in the workplace.

Below is our current programme of one day courses.

Introduction to Workplace Health and Safety (10am to 4pm)

£65 per delegate

Next Courses
Thurs. 25th Oct 2007 and Thursday 1st Nov 2007

The course covers, sources and forms of occupational harm and ill-health, employer duties, hazard identification and risk assessment. Participants learn how to identify hazards and to reduce or eliminate the risk associated with them and gain a firm grounding in applying the basics of health and safety law in the workplace.

Introduction to Risk Assessment (10am to 4pm)

£65 per delegate

Next courses

Tues. 30 October and Tues. 6th Nov 2007

The course focuses on meeting the legal requirements of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations and incorporates a practical exercise. The course also covers employers' and employees' legal duties, the provision of information and training, welfare requirements, hazards identification and important related regulations.

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If you have a number of people to train, or our programme doesn't suit you, we can design and run training for you at the Centre or your own site. We run local courses with several voluntary service councils and local authorities. Topics we teach include VDU assessment, chemicals, construction, asbestos, and stress. Call us to discuss your needs.

Research for compensation cases and non-profit purposes

Inspections and training for non-profit organisations

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Other sources of health and safety advice and action at the Hazards Campaign website

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