Gate safety scheme
To increase levels of safety of powered automatic gates, the Powered Gate Group of the Door & Hardware Federation (DHF) has launched a training scheme that will be compulsory for all DHF members who install powered gates.
To increase levels of safety of powered automatic gates, the Powered Gate Group of the Door & Hardware Federation (DHF) has launched a training scheme that will be compulsory for all DHF members who install powered gates.
Used across a wide range of industries, excavators are powerful machines and an accident involving an excavator can cause severe or fatal injury.
The latest DVD video release from Paragon Training covers the essential aspects of working safely with telehandlers.
Earlier this year the Health & Safety Executive released the 3rd edition of the Approved Code of Practice for the use of Rider-operated lift trucks (L117).
SOS Training has been formed to help the cleaning, FM and service industries with health and safety training.
Work related violence is a complex risk area due to its dynamic and often unpredictable nature. The risks faced are diverse which is why it’s essential to find a training offering to match, explains Bill Fox
Jane Robson of Sabre Safety looks at H2S training across the world and outlines how the company has worked with the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) to create an internationally recognised, independently quality assured and certificated H2S safety supervisor training standard
Dull, boring and unnecessary? Ken Smith explains why improved training techniques and the availability of an increasingly wide range of courses are helping to make this negative perception of health and safety training a thing of the past.
Earlier this year the HSE released its 3rd edition of the Approved Code of Practice for the use of Rider-operated lift trucks (L117) which includes added emphasis on the training of managers and supervisors and stipulates that those in supervisory roles should be sufficiently trained to identify any potential hazards occurring in everyday fork lift operations, specifically being able to: carry out an effective observation and know what to look for, communicate effectively with operators and line
Following its acquisition of UTN Training, AFI has expanded its training operation by launching three new open course venues throughout the country – London East, Liverpool and Birmingham – to complement UTN’s existing Wakefield centre which has been running since 1996.
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