1.8 million people suffered a work-related illness in 2019-2020, and 36.8 million working days were lost due to work-related illness and injury (HSE). Health and Safety training is vital to ensure you and your workforce are safe and able to carry out effective work. First Response Training has a team of over 100 trainers with the relevant qualifications and experience to deliver Health and Safety courses throughout the UK. Our full suite of Health and Safety training courses is available below. This includes entry-level training for beginners and more advanced training for managers and supervisors. Once you have chosen your courses, your account manager will take care of all the details, including trainer travel and a venue if necessary.
Delivery Methods
The majority of First Response Training Health and Safety courses are available as traditional classroom courses, led by a trainer in-person. These courses can often be modified to suit remote, online webinars taking place via video conferencing software such as Zoom, GoTo Training, or Microsoft Teams. eLearning is available on some topics. Through eLearning, the learner can access the courses from anywhere with an internet connection, and complete the training in their own time without the need for a trainer. This is much more flexible than traditional delivery methods.
Health and Safety Courses
Health, Safety and Fire
Aim: To provide healthcare support workers and adult social care workers with information on health, safety and fire to help them stay safe while delivering care.
Personal Protection Equipment
Aim: To provide delegates with the knowledge and expertise to enable the correct selection and use of PPE in the work place.
Working at Height
Learn to recognise the principles of safe working at height and the importance of risk assessment prior to any working at height activity.
Asbestos Awareness
This course provides delegates with background knowledge on the hazards related to asbestos and how the law has addressed those risks. After completing this 3-hour training learners will receive a certificate valid for 3 years.
Health and Safety for Child Carers
Aim: To identify the health and safety issues relating to those working in the child care environment.
Health, Safety and Fire Awareness
Aim: To help healthcare support workers and adult social care workers with an awareness and understanding of key health and safety issues.
Accident and Incident Investigation
Aim: To provide learners with an understanding of the accident and incident investigation process and the benefits of accident prevention
Confined Spaces
Aim: To provide delegates with the information and training required by law to prepare them for working in confined spaces.
Health and Safety
Aim: To introduce candidates to the principles of health and safety in the workplace, common workplace hazards and controls and the principles of risk assessment.
Safety Aware for Hotel Staff
There is a choice of modules to ensure targeted learning. Versions are available for Food Service staff or Reception & Administration staff or Housekeeping staff or of your staff are general across all departments have the all in one version.
COSHH and Manual Handling
Fully interactive to ensure learners concentrate, this module tackles firstly COSHH requirements such as symbol recognition, personal protective equipment and safe working practices and then leads into manual handling showing by video and photos safe lifting techniques and emphasising the potential problems of lifting badly.
Handling Hazardous Substances (COSHH) Awareness
Aim: To provide an understanding of substances hazardous to health and how they should be used to ensure safety.
Manual Handling
Aim: To learn how to carry out manual handling tasks safely in the workplace.
Conflict Resolution and Personal Safety
This half hour course aims to provide delegates with the knowledge to deal with conflict in the workplace and manage their own personal safety.
COVID-19 Infection Prevention, Identification and Control
This course covers the Coronavirus (COVID-19): Infection prevention, identification and control, in order to minimise, prevent and control the spread of infection.
DSE Assessment
Aim: To enable delegates to identify risks by carrying out DSE workstation assessments and ensure that the remedial actions are initiated in line with relevant legislation.
Managing and Supervising Risk
Aim: To provide managers and supervisors with knowledge of their responsibilities and an understanding of how to comply with the law, in order to manage safely.
CPD Points Available
On completion of one of our Health and Safety training courses, the successful learner will receive CPD (Continuing Professional Development) points. The number of points is related to the number of hours taken to complete the course.
Course Mapping
We have an in-house curriculum team who develops our Health and Safety courses based on their wealth of knowledge and guidance from national bodies. These include:
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE)
National Back Exchange
The National Health Service (NHS)
UK Asbestos Training Association (UKATA)
The Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH)
The National Examination Board in Occupational Safety and Health (NEBOSH)
Construction Skills Certification Scheme (CSCS)
First Response Training is accredited by Advantage Accreditation. Before learners receive their certificates, they will need to complete an assessment. This ensures they have retained and understood the course content and are competent in the course topic.