Anyone who needs a CSCS site card.

Suitable for those seeking to register under the R.O.L.O (Register of Landscape Operatives) scheme.

Satisfactory completion of a one day approved health and safety awareness course is a mandatory requirement of the CSCS application process.

• Legislation – European Legislation
• HSE Law – R.I.D.D.O.R
• 1997 Regulations – Risk Assessments
• P.U.W.E.R. – Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
• Hazardous Substances – C.O.S.H.H.
• Electricity – First Aid
• Noise – White Finger/Arm Vibration (HAVS)
• Working at Heights – Fire
• Manual Handling – Safety Signs
• Excavations – L.O.L.E.R.

The course is an excellent qualification which is widely recognised. A Multiple Choice examination will be taken at the end of the training day. Successful candidates will achieve a BALI/ ROLO Health and safety certificate for their CSCS application.

This course is ideal for smaller workplaces(less than 50 employees) that present low to medium health and safety risks, where a nominated or appointed person is required to take charge in the event of an illness or accident.

Larger organisations that have a fully qualified first aider may also wish to have other staff trained in the basic principles of first aid to support the qualified first aiders.

• Basic life saving first aid and workplace health and safety regulations.
• Health and safety (first aid) regulations.
• Managing an incident.
• The priorities of first aid.
• Treatment of an unconscious casualty.
• Resuscitation.
• Shock.
• Bleeding.
• Common workplace injuries.

Completion of the course provides Certification valid for 3 years.

Our pesticide refresher training will update candidates regarding pesticide current legislation and remind them of the procedures and equipment checks that they need to carry out when using pesticides.

• The hazards arising from the use & storage of pesticides & the precautions that should be observed
• Their responsibilities under current legislation
• How to apply & store pesticides safely
• Record keeping
• Calibration

This course is suitable for anyone who is required to operate chainsaws for cross cutting only.

• Introduction.
• Maintenance.
• Fuelling and starting a chainsaw.
• Performing pre-cutting checks.
• Adjusting the chainsaw.
• Health and safety features of a chainsaw.
• Personal protective equipment.
• Clearing site and chainsaw checks.
• Cross cutting timber.

The course provides both training and assessment, so that by the end of the course you know whether you have reached the Lantra Awards standard. If you are successful, you will be awarded not only a Certificate of Basic Training, but also a nationally recognised Skills ID Card.