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Epwin were looking to deliver a group specific manual handling training course as part of their induction programme entitled “One Foot and Move It”. Ideally the company wanted to:
- Reach employees across 30 geographically dispersed locations with a consistent training message regarding good manual handling practises and techniques
- Implement a training programme that would be relevant and applicable for their particular business on budget and within a tight time frame
- Identify the most appropriate format for delivering this solution so that if would effective in different working environments
- Test understanding of their content
- Generate and maintain training records and reports
The solution
EssentialSkillz easy-to-use Rapid Course Authoring Tool – O-LAS Author – allows anyone capable of using Microsoft Word or PowerPoint to rapidly design, deliver and manage their own online learning programmes. Entirely new courses can be written or existing PowerPoint presentations and video training materials adapted for delivery online. Content can be tracked using O-LAS LMS, our Online Learning & Assessment System.
Health and Safety E-Learning specialists, EssentialSkillz, have re launched their complete library of 22 Health and Safety and HR E-Learning courses for health & Safety and HR training professionals.
The Health and Safety E learning courses have undergone an update to enhance the end-user experience, offering a rich graphical interface.
The entire library has been updated including content upgrades to many courses. All of the Essentialskillz courses are editable using the Authoring tool integrated into their LMS, O-LAS and all images and text can be amended by clients to ensure the courses are relevant to the intended audience.
A 32 year old worker from Polan had his arm broken in two places plus extensive soft tissue damage whilst working at a mushroom farm in Somerset. The worker was using the machine for the first time while working for Drimbawn (UK) Ltd, part of the Monaghan Mushrooms Group, when the incident occurred on 18 November 2010.
The worker was using a machine which washes the nets used to cover mushroom fields at the farm. The nets were fed into the machine which then washed them – but the clamping mechanism which held them in place as they went in was ineffective.
EssentialSkillz, one of the UK’s leading suppliers of world-class online Health & Safety training and risk assessment software solutions has launched a Whitepaper for health & Safety and HR training professionals.
Download the DSE Whitepaper by clicking here.
A good online system has the potential to transform and enhance the way you deliver and manage DSE training and risk assessment, this whitepaper considers the most important factors that Training HR and Health & safety professionals should consider when selecting an appropriate product for their business or organisation. The Whitepaper outlines the key considerations needed to ensure compliance with legislation and why so many organisations utilise technology to help them deliver and manage DSE training and risk assessment.
Since its infancy, the marketplace for DSE training Systems has been dominated by several niche providers. Each provider offers a particular solution which deals with the complexities of delivering compulsory training content and capturing DSE risk assessment data. As an e-learning application, DSE training and risk assessment has gone on to be one of the most successful e-learning deployments in many organisations.
The Whitepaper explores how different these systems are from one another and what factors a Health & Safety department should consider before choosing an online DSE system for their own particular organisation.
The Problem
A major Engineering Company approached us with an issue in January 2009. The client had used a range of e-learning courses and had managed the roll out process internally for a number of years. A new requirement demanded that their e-learning solution be as automated as possible.
Within the business there was a small, centrally based, Health & Safety team supporting a large number of employees dispersed over many different locations. They wanted to provide standardised training on a number key Health & Safety issues and ensure that all staff received the training they required to work safely. Additionally, there was also a desire to deliver industry specific information using e-learning so that the client could track completion and maintain compliance records.
Ideally they wanted to:
- populate a central compliance training staff database
- pre-programme training for all users for the next 24 months
- create custom e-learning on key industry specific topics
- record and report on department and user training completion
- managerial control over employee training
A former hotel manager has been fined a total of £5000 including costs for failing to comply with an enforcement notice issued by Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Authority.
The Authority had served an enforcement notice on the former hotel manager whilst he was employed at Kedleston Country House Hotel near Derby, after concerns with the means of escape at the building. These included inadequate emergency lighting and fire doors that were deemed inadequate. The hotel was given two extensions to complete the work, but fire safety at the hotel remained inadequate.
The fine imposed by Derbyshire Magistrates Court was £3000 with £2000 costs.
SIG Trading Limited of Sheffield have admitted breaching S.2 of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and have been fined £36,000 after a forklift truck driver twice ran over the leg of a colleague. The operator driver was unaware that 2 other employees were in the warehouse and as he advanced his truck a few metres he became aware of a colleague shouting and indicating to him to reverse. Having just run over another colleague’s leg he then reversed the truck over his leg again. The accident victim now lives with constant pain.
The forklift truck had its load, a large metal coil, supported on its forks which were raised and this restricted the operator’s view. No arrangements were established to separate pedestrians from vehicles operated by 2 companies which shared that part of the site. No employee training on transport issues had been carried out and no high-visibility garments for use in the warehouse were issued.
EssentialSkillz, one of the UK’s leading suppliers of world-class online Health & Safety training and risk assessment software solutions has launched a Webinar Programme for health & Safety and HR training professionals.
Training through E-Learning is one of the most cost effective methods of delivering Health and Safety or HR training. The free webinars will demonstrate the power of E-Learning and how effective it can be as a training tool.
Each webinar takes 30 minutes and will give an insight into:
- The range of courses available from EssentialSkillz
- The benefits of training through E-Learning
- How an online management system can help you control training and track compliance
- Effective online employee risk reduction
- Author your own E-Learning courses
- Editing EssentialSkillz courses
EssentialSkillz, one of the UK’s leading suppliers of world-class online Health & Safety training and risk assessment software solutions has launched a new workplace safety blog.
The blog, built on a Wordpress platform, brings subscribers the freshest insights and unlimited access to exclusive content including; useful nuggets of information and best practice; thought leadership pieces; industry news articles; whitepapers and case studies.
Julian Roberts, EssentialSkillz Managing Director said:
“We have launched this blog specifically to engage with our clients and prospects alike. In today’s climate it is extremely important to maintain a continuous dialogue with our clients and key industry influencers from all our market sectors “.
He went on to say:
“The purpose is to share views and generate debate amongst our growing client base of blue chip organisations. You can take a look, follow the conversation and join in the debate by visiting www.workstationsafety.com – drop us a line and let us know what you think”.