Sol-Star Multimedia

Industrial sites and employers accepting people who have qualified from the National Safety Passport e-learning program have now benefited from another reassurances that their employees have the wisdom and expertise to work without endangering safety in a hazard laden environment.

The National Safety Passport CBT course by Cognition Media has been betowed with endorsement from Teesside University. Candidates have qualified from the National Safety Passport will now not only be bestowed with their nationally recognised EMSS (Essential Minimum Safety Standard) Safety Passport card but will furthermore lead to University points allowing a University Certificate in Professional Development (UCPD) or another university qualification.

This break through shows the National Safety Passport’s esteem as an academic as well as a professional qualification further proving the high quality instruction in industrial health and safety that is delivered.

The program is easily transported allowing candidates to manage the course around their other duties. No more need for time taken away from work, travelling or overnight costs; a clear winner in the current economic climate.

The huge cost savings to the industry make the National Safety Passport a popular alternative to more traditional classroom based passport schemes and recognition from both EMSS and now Teesside University further prove the high quality of training that accompanies the cost savings.

At a price of £69.99 (ex VAT) the e-learning program includes the nationally recognised EMSS Safety Passport card which can be validated online for authenticity. This will exceed employer’s necessary requirement for the provision of safety, health and environment (SHE) training at a fraction of the costs associated with more traditional schemes based in the classroom.

The training has been proven engage the attention of the candidate and improve knowledge retention while making the learning a more enjoyable experience. Reviews from both users and management has been overwhelmingly positive.

After undertaking the IOSH Working safely course candidates should be able to:

• Carry out work activities without risk to themselves or others and understand the consequences to both the individual and their organisation if they fail to work safely.
• Identify hazards, risks and risks controls and understand the importance of risk assessment with examples of everyday use of risk assessment.
• Understand how to take appropriate workplace precautions and their importance in the working environment.
• Appreciate the importance of a safety & health management system.
• Recognise lines of communication with respect to health and safety in their place of work.
• Identify safety & health signs and signals.
• Understand emergency, accident plans and procedures and how and who to report accidents, incidents and near misses to, in their place of work.
• Identify how industry affects the environment and how individuals can minimise pollution and waste.

IOSH Training is available for a number of other areas which give you a rang of other certified skills. Protect Life are a health, safety and protective goods superstore. They offer all the above and much more.

Good vendors of this type of training are hard to find. Perhaps the best approach when selecting a supplier is to approach the HSP (Health Safety and Protective) Superstores, they can usually sasitisfy all your health safety and protective training needs. They pridictably have 4 primary training services which we can be delivered locally, nationally or internationally:

1. Defining your needs – Helping clients to evaluate or review their training requirements and deliver a plan for training which will be flexible enough to work in the designated organisation;
2. Planning – Help customers to present and implement a clear and transparent plan address training all their health safety and protective needs;
3. Deliver one-off or periodic training for individuals/groups. With many of these courses you have the option of Training being delivered face to face, via video, via interactive computer based training or a combination of these methods;
4. Your training department – they can manage all your training issues for you.

They say “training does not have to be costly or restricted to any specific time” As some of their courses can be taken any time of the day and any day of the week.