Online Manual Handling Course

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    icon Average Duration: 1 Hour
    icon Digital Certificate
    icon Unlimited Exam Attempts
    icon Accepted Across Ireland
    icon Valid For 3 Years
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Who Should Take This Course?

The manual handling course is aimed at employees at all levels who may undertake manual handling operations, including the transporting of a load of items by lifting, lowering, pushing, pulling, carrying, manoeuvring, steadying or transporting thereof by hand or by bodily force. This includes, but is not limited to, professions such as:

  • Warehouse and factory staff
  • Heavy manual labourers
  • Construction and building site workers
  • Office workers
  • Delivery drivers
  • Agricultural workers


Course Content

MODULE DESCRIPTION
1 Manual Handling Injuries Types of injury, immediate injuries and musculoskeletal disorders.
2 Risk Assessments for Safe Manual Handling What is a risk assessment?, who should carry out a risk assessment?, identifying hazards, TILE, factors that increase the risk of harm, deciding who may be harmed and how, occupations most at risk, evaluating risks, recording the significant findings, reviewing and updating, results of your risk assessment.
3 Avoiding and Controlling the Risks Employer duties, avoiding manual handling, reducing the risk, team handling, mechanical and automation precautions, personal protective equipment and TILE.
4 Safe Manual Handling Techniques Lifting and lowering techniques, safe weights for lifting and lowering, carrying, risk assessments and HSE tools, pushing and pulling, and team handling.


Aims of the Manual Handling Training

Upon completion of this course, you will:

  • Understand what is meant by manual handling.
  • Be able to explain the common causes of injury and potential long-term damages to health as a result of poor manual handling techniques.
  • Understand the legal responsibilities and the duties placed upon employers and employees.
  • Be able to identify manual handling hazards.
  • Understand how to carry out an effective manual handling risk assessment.
  • Understand the control measures that can be put in place to reduce the risk of harm.
  • Understand and practice the best way to handle loads to maintain a safe working environment.

Assessment

The online assessment is taken on completion of the training material. You will be asked 10 multiple choice questions with a pass mark of 80%.
The answers are marked automatically so that you’ll instantly know whether you passed. If you don't pass don't worry! You can take the test as many times as you need with no extra charge.

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Asbestos Awareness Course (Category A)

Asbestos is an extremely hazardous substance that causes serious ill-health to anyone who disturbs or damages it. For this reason, all workers who may come across asbestos or asbestos-containing materials (ACMs) must be trained so that they can work safely. This includes work with potential ACMs, accidental discovery of asbestos, and accidental damage to asbestos and ACMs.

This IATP accredited Asbestos Awareness (Category A) course provides a comprehensive introduction to the dangers of working with asbestos. By taking our training you will be complying with the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012. You will understand what asbestos is and where you may encounter it, the dangers associated with asbestos exposure, and what to do if you discover asbestos. This knowledge will help you or your team to stay safe around asbestos.

This course has been updated and is legally accurate in line with any guidance changes that have resulted from Brexit legislation - including any revisions to deadlines.

  • Developed by health and safety professionals
  • Accredited by CPD and IATP, and Assured by RoSPA
  • Online training course and assessment with no time limits
  • Approximate duration: 2 hours
  • Downloadable certificate on completion

Who should take this course?

Our accredited Asbestos Awareness (Category A) course is designed for anybody who works with, or near, asbestos at work. This includes the following job roles:

  • Heating engineers
  • Ventilation engineers
  • Carpenters and joiners
  • Roofers
  • Roofers
  • Construction workers
  • Demolition workers
  • Plumbers
  • Painters and decorators
  • General maintenance workers

Please note that as this is a Category A Asbestos Course, the information in this course is an awareness level of training. It does not allow you to work with asbestos or conduct asbestos removal. Such work requires practical training additional to this course.

Course content

Module Description
1 Introduction In the first module of this course, we will provide you with a comprehensive introduction to asbestos awareness. We will explain what asbestos is, how you may disturb it during your work and the risks to your health from asbestos exposure.
2 The Control of
Asbestos Regulations
This second module explains the main requirements of the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012 (the CAR 2012) and how they apply to dutyholders.
3 Health Risks and
Personal Factors
In the third module, we will explain the health complications that arise after exposure to asbestos. You will learn about asbestos-related diseases, Workplace Exposure Limits and your requirements for respiratory protective equipment.
4 Discovery of Asbestos
or Accidental
Disturbance of ACMs
In the final module, we will examine the dangers of disturbing asbestos. You will learn what to do if you discover asbestos unexpectedly, if you accidentally disturb Asbestos Containing Materials and the emergency procedures that you must follow.

Aims of the course

By completing this training, you will understand:

  • Why asbestos and asbestos-containing materials (ACMs) can be harmful and must be treated as hazardous substances.
  • The very serious ill-health effects of asbestos.
  • The control measures for asbestos required by the law.
  • The responsibilities of employers and employees.
  • What to do on discovery or accidental disturbance of asbestos-containing materials.

Assessment

After completing the four modules, you will be invited to take the course assessment. This is made up of 20 questions and will test the knowledge you have gained from your training. The questions are multiple choice and are marked automatically, so you will instantly know whether you have passed. The pass mark for the assessment is 90% and you can take it as many times as you need to with no extra charge.

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Abrasive Wheels Training

    icon Average Duration: 2 Hour
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Abrasive Wheels Training Course

Nearly half of all accidents resulting from abrasive wheels happen due to unsafe working practices and operator errors. If you work with abrasive wheels then following strict health and safety practices is paramount to protect both yourself and others from harm.

This Abrasive Wheels course will provide you with an introduction to working safely with abrasive wheels so that you can understand the risks and know which control measures are needed to prevent injury and ill-health.

Who Should Take This Course?

This course is suitable for anyone who uses abrasive wheels in their work activities. The course is particularly relevant for those who use bench grinders, pedestal grinders and angle grinders. Although the training doesn't cover the use of specialist grinding machines, the health and safety information throughout the course is still applicable. This course has been written at an introductory level and no pre-requisite training is required. Experience of using abrasive wheels would be advantageous.

This certified online training is ideal for people working in positions such as, but not limited to:
Engineer
Builder / Floor Layer / Bricklayer
Electrician
Carpenter / Joiner / Fitter
Site / Project Manager
Welder

Course Content
The course is divided into four accessible, interactive modules and also includes an assessment at the end:



Module Description
1 Introduction to
Abrasive Wheels

Types of abrasive wheels, dangers of abrasive wheels, abrasive wheels and the law,
manufacturers responsibilities, employer responsibilities, employee responsibilities, HSE guidance.
2 Risk Assessment
What is a risk assessment?, who should carry out a risk assessment?, Step One: Identifying hazards, Step Two:
Decide who might be harmed and how, Step Three: Evaluate the risks, Step Four:
Record the findings, and Step Five: Review and update.
3 Safe Practices for
Abrasive Wheels

The hierarchy of control, wheel speed, wheel handling and storage, wheel mounting, mechanical guards and work rests,
safe working practices, inspections and checks and safely dressing abrasive wheels.
4 Further Abrasive Wheel
Hazards and Controls

Prevention of eye and face injuries, harmful dusts, vibration control, noise reduction and control, fire risks, electrical safety,
hand-held grinding and cutting-off tools, training, communication and monitoring, Reporting of Injuries,
Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013 (RIDDOR), first aid and emergency procedures.

Aims of the Training
By completing this training, you will:

  • Identify the main types of abrasive wheels and their equipment, and will understand the hazards and risks associated with them.
  • Understand the legal requirements placed on manufacturers, employers and employees for the safe use of abrasive wheels.
  • Know how to carry out a risk assessment for the safe use of abrasive wheels.
  • Be aware of the control measures needed to reduce or eliminate the risks associated with abrasive wheels,
    including harmful dusts, vibration, noise, fire and electrical risks.
  • Understand how to safely handle, store, mount, use, dress and inspect the main types of abrasive wheels.

  • Assessment

    The online assessment is taken on completion of the training material. You will be asked 20 multiple choice questions with a pass mark of 80%. The answers are marked automatically so you will instantly know whether you have passed. If you don't pass don't worry! You can take the test as many times as you need with no extra charge.

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Manual Handling Training

    icon Average Duration: 1 Hour
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    icon Valid For 3 Years
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    icon User Management Tools Available

Online Manual Handling Training Course

Also referred to as Moving and Handling Training.

This Manual Handling Training Course helps employers ensure that they and their employees are sufficiently trained in the principles and practices of safe manual handling.

This course provides the necessary information and training for organisations to understand more about the risks associated with manual handling, how to undergo a risk assessment and how to ensure appropriate control measures are put in place.

It follows the requirements of the Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 (MHOR) and provides a practical guide for managing and carrying out safe and healthy manual handling. The course also features videos, diagrams, and downloadable resources to use in your workplace.

  • Ensures compliance with Irish Health and Safety legislation
  • Developed by FETAC Level  6 Instructor♻️
  • Fully online course and assessment with no time limits
  • Approximate duration: 1 hour
  • On completion, download and print your certificate

Who Should Take This Manual Handling Training Course?

The manual handling course is aimed at employees at all levels who may undertake manual handling operations, including the transporting of a load of items by lifting, lowering, pushing, pulling, carrying, manoeuvring, steadying or transporting thereof by hand or by bodily force. This includes, but is not limited to, professions such as:

  •    Warehouse and factory staff
  •    Heavy manual labourers
  •    Construction and building site workers
  •    Office workers
  •    Delivery drivers
  •    Agricultural workers

Course Content

MODULEDESCRIPTION

2Manual Handling InjuriesTypes of injury, immediate injuries and musculoskeletal disorders.
3Risk Assessments for Safe Manual HandlingWhat is a risk assessment?, who should carry out a risk assessment?, identifying hazards, TILE, factors that increase the risk of harm, deciding who may be harmed and how, occupations most at risk, evaluating risks, recording the significant findings, reviewing and updating, results of your risk assessment.
4Avoiding and Controlling the RisksEmployer duties, avoiding manual handling, reducing the risk, team handling, mechanical and automation precautions, personal protective equipment and TILE.
5Safe Manual Handling TechniquesLifting and lowering techniques, safe weights for lifting and lowering, carrying, risk assessments and HSE tools, pushing and pulling, and team handling.

  • Aims of the Manual Handling Training

    Upon completion of this course, you will:

    •    Understand what is meant by manual handling.
    •    Be able to explain the common causes of injury and potential long-term damages to health as a result of poor manual handling techniques.
    •    Understand the legal responsibilities and the duties placed upon employers and employees.
    •    Be able to identify manual handling hazards.
    •    Understand how to carry out an effective manual handling risk assessment.
    •    Understand the control measures that can be put in place to reduce the risk of harm.
    •    Understand and practise the best way to handle loads to maintain a safe working environment.


    Assessment

    The online assessment is taken on completion of the training material. You will be asked 10 multiple choice questions with a pass mark of 80%. The answers are marked automatically so that you’ll instantly know whether you passed. If you don't pass don't worry! You can take the test as many times as you need with no extra charge.

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Working At Heights Training

    icon Average Duration: 2-3 Hours
    icon Digital & Printable Certificate
    icon Unlimited Exam Attempts
    icon Accepted Across Ireland, UK and Europe
    icon Valid For 3 Years
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    icon User Management Tools Available

Falls from height are one of the most common causes of injury at work. They can result in serious injuries and fatalities to people at work and others passing by, including those carrying out construction and maintenance as well as members of the public. Therefore, it's important that anyone carrying out work at height activities understands how to work safely and responsibly and in accordance with the law.

This Working at Heights training course helps you to comply with the Working at Heights Regulations by providing employers and employees with the necessary information needed to be able to successfully deal with working at height risks and control measures. This includes an understanding of how to undertake a working at height risk assessment to effectively control and manage risks, how to use access equipment safely and how to ensure that employees can reduce their risk of falls from height.

Who Should Take This Working at Heights Training Course?

Anyone who works at height in any place, including a place at or below ground level, is required to undertake training to prove that they are competent and safe in their work.It is the employer’s duty to ensure that this training is provided: Regulation 5 of the Working at Heights Regulations that employers must ensure all employees engaged in any work at height activity must be competent to do so. This includes, but is not limited to, professions such as:

  • Gutter cleaning.
  • Solar panel installation.
  • Putting up displays.
  • Minor roof work.
  • Shelf stacking.
  • Window cleaning.
  • Unloading a vehicle.
  • Machine maintenance.
  • Excavations.

Aims of the Working at Heights Training

By the end of this course learners will be able to:

  • Understand the main features and requirements of the Working at Heights Regulations.
  • Give examples of common working at height tasks and understand the associated hazards and risks.
  • Identify the factors that contribute to persons and objects falling from height.
  • Describe the control measures that control and reduce the risk of falls from height.
  • Understand the proper use of access and work at height equipment and safe methods of access to reduce or eliminate the risk of falls.

The online assessment is taken on completion of the training material. You will be asked 20 multiple choice questions with a pass mark of 80%. If you don't pass don't worry! You can take the test as many times as you need with no extra charge.
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Fire Safety Training

    icon Average Duration: 2 Hour
    icon Digital & Printable Certificate
    icon Unlimited Exam Attempts
    icon Accepted Across Ireland, UK and Europe
    icon Valid For 3 Years
    icon Self-Paced. Available 24/7
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    icon Live Student Support
    icon Permanent Record Of Training
    icon User Management Tools Available

This Fire Safety Training course teaches you about the various types of fire extinguishers and the techniques for using them. It explains how to assess the situation if a fire starts, such as determining the class of fire and deciding whether you should or shouldn’t fight it.

It also contains infographics and videos to illustrate how different extinguishers look and operate, as well as practical exercises throughout to test your knowledge of techniques. On completion of the course, you will feel confident to use extinguishers or a fire blanket safely and effectively during an emergency.

Who Should Take This Course?

This course is designed for the designated fire wardens or marshals in a workplace. While it is not a replacement for practical training in how to use fire extinguishers (which all fire wardens / marshals must receive), our course can be taken as an introduction to using fire extinguishers before you undergo practical training, as well as a refresher after receiving practical instruction.

Practical fire extinguisher training is typically refreshed every 3 years, so this course can act as a useful reminder in between your practical sessions. It'll solidify your knowledge and give you the confidence to use an extinguisher safely in an emergency.

Aims of the Training

By the end of this course, you will understand:

  • The fire triangle and the different classes of fires.
  • The various types of fire extinguishers that workplaces may use.
  • What the responsibilities of fire wardens are regarding fire extinguishers and fighting fires.
  • How to assess the situation if a fire starts and what first steps you should take before you attempt to fight it.
  • Which extinguishers you can use to fight certain classes of fires.
  • How to use the basic PASS method to use extinguishers.
  • The specific techniques you must use for certain extinguishers to ensure safety and effectiveness.
  • When and how to use a fire blanket.
The online assessment is taken on completion of the training material. You will be asked 20 multiple choice questions with a pass mark of 90%. If you don't pass don't worry! You can take the test as many times as you need with no extra charge.

Health and Safety at Work (Level 2)

    icon Average Duration: 2-3 Hours
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A thorough understanding of health and safety is essential in all workplaces, regardless of job role and industry. This accredited Level 2 Health and Safety course ensures that you understand the most common health and safety risks in your workplace and the control measures that are needed to keep you safe.

The course covers the most crucial aspects of health and safety that are present in every workplace, such as manual handling, working at height, and fire and electrical safety. It also explains the necessary components of workplace welfare, including workplace stress and conflict.

Module Description
1 Risk Assessment
What is a risk assessment, who should carry out a risk assessment, identify the hazards, decide who might be harmed and how, evaluate the risks and decide on controls, record your findings, and review and update the risk assessment.
2 Workplace Safety
Safe systems of work, slips, trips and falls on the same level, falls from height, housekeeping, electrical safety, and fire safety.
3 Workplace Welfare
Welfare facilities, first aid, first aid safety signs, workplace stress, drugs and alcohol, and workplace conflict and violence.
4 Manual Handling and Display Screen Equipment
Manual handling regulations, reducing manual handling risks, good manual handling techniques, display screen equipment, and workstations.
5 Hazardous Substances and Working at Height
Hazardous substances control measures, hazardous substances training, hazardous substances safety signs, working at height, control measures, working at height equipment, and safe use of ladders and stepladders.
6 Noise, Vibration and Vehicle Safety
Noise elimination, reduction, and control, Hand-Arm Vibration Syndrome (HAVS) and Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS), employer responsibilities, safe use of vehicles, and pedestrian-vehicle conflict.

Aims of the Training
By completing this training, you will:

  • Have knowledge of key health and safety topics and how to ensure good practice within them.
  • Understand the responsibilities of employers and employees under health and safety legislation.
  • Understand the importance of, and the key factors in, undertaking a risk assessment to prevent and control hazards.
  • Know the hazards and ill health effects associated with specific work activities and processes.

Level 1&2 HACCP Training

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By law, all food businesses – including catering, retail and manufacturing – must have an effective food safety management system in place.

This Level 2 HACCP course will introduce learners to the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points management system and help you to understand how to comply with the law, how to work safely and efficiently and what each crucial step of the HACCP implementation process entails.

By the end of the course learners will have a thorough understanding of why HACCP is important, how the 7 HACCP principles can be implemented and what can be done to ensure the food handled in their business remains safe for the consumer.

Who Should Take This Course?

This Level 2 HACCP course is suitable for employees at all levels within a food business. This includes full-time, part-time and temporary workers.
The course aims to provide a comprehensive introduction to HACCP and teaches learners about what they can do to help their business implement the system and comply with the law.

Module Description
1 Introduction to HACCP
What is HACCP? Key terms, legislation, benefits of HACCP and enforcing the law.
2 Food Safety Hazards
How contamination applies to HACCP, physical, chemical, microbial and allergenic contamination and cross contamination.
3 Principles and Prerequisites
The 7 principles, examples of prerequisites, effective prerequisites and assessing prerequisites.
4 Creating a HACCP System
The basics of HACCP, creating a HACCP team, describing the products and ingredients, identifying the products’ uses and consumers, constructing a flow diagram and confirming the flow diagram.
5 The 7 Principles: Hazard Analysis
and Control Measures

The 7 principles of HACCP, hazard analysis, determining critical control points, the codex decision tree and establishing critical limits.
6 The 7 Principles:
Monitoring and Verification
Monitoring critical control points, establishing corrective actions, establishing verification procedures, reviewing the HACCP plan and record keeping.


Aims of the Training
By completing this training, you will:

  • Understand the importance of having effective prerequisites in place before implementing a HACCP system.
  • Know more about identifying food safety hazards and their appropriate control measures.
  • Have knowledge of food hygiene legislation and recognise why HACCP is relevant.
  • Understand the importance of continually monitoring the HACCP system.
  • Understand what's involved in setting up a HACCP system.
  • Understand the main categories of food safety hazards.
  • Be aware of the 7 principles of HACCP.

The online assessment is taken on completion of the training material. You will be asked 20 multiple choice questions with a pass mark of 80%. If you don't pass don't worry! You can take the test as many times as you need with no extra charge.