In House Training
Noise at Work
Noise at Work This Noise at Work course is designed to help employers and employees understand the risks associated with excessive workplace noise and how to manage them effectively.
The course covers:
Legal Requirements – Understanding regulations such as the Control of Noise at Work Regulations 2005.
Health Risks – Effects of prolonged noise exposure, including hearing loss and tinnitus.
Noise Assessment – How to measure and evaluate workplace noise levels.
Control Measures – Strategies to reduce noise exposure, including engineering controls, administrative controls, and personal protective equipment (PPE).
Employer and Employee Responsibilities – Ensuring compliance with workplace safety laws and best practices. This training is essential for industries such as construction, manufacturing, and entertainment, where noise exposure is a significant concern.
This training is essential for industries such as construction, manufacturing, and entertainment,
where noise exposure is a significant concern.
Hand and Power Tool Safety
The GHC Hand and Power Tool Safety course provides essential training on the safe use, handling, and maintenance of various tools to prevent workplace injuries.
The course covers:
Hazards and Risks – Common injuries and dangers associated with various hand and power tools.
Proper Tool Selection – Choosing the right tool for the job to enhance safety and efficiency.
Safe Operation Practices – Guidelines for handling, using, and storing tools correctly.
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) – Required safety gear such as gloves, goggles, and hearing protection.
Maintenance and Inspection – Identifying defects, proper cleaning, and ensuring tools are in good working condition.
Legal and Regulatory Compliance – Understanding the legislative requirements and safety standards relevant to tool use. This course is crucial for workers in construction, manufacturing, and maintenance to minimize accidents and improve workplace safety.
This course is crucial for workers in construction, manufacturing, and maintenance to minimize
accidents and improve workplace safety.
Essentials of Fire Awareness
Our Essentials of Fire Awareness course provides fundamental knowledge on fire prevention, safety procedures, and emergency response.
The course covers:
Fire Science Basics – Understanding how fires start, spread, and can be controlled.
Common Fire Hazards – Identifying workplace and household fire risks.
Fire Prevention Measures – Safe practices to reduce the risk of fire.
Emergency Procedures – How to respond in case of a fire, including evacuation protocols.
Fire Extinguishers and Their Use – Types of extinguishers and when to use them safely.
Legal Requirements and Responsibilities – Compliance with Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005. This course is essential for employees in all industries to enhance fire safety awareness and preparedness in the workplace.
This course is essential for employees in all industries to enhance fire safety awareness and
preparedness in the workplace.
Fire Marshal/Warden
This Fire Marshal course provides essential training for individuals responsible for fire safety in workplaces, public buildings, and other environments.
The course covers:
Fire Safety Legislation – Understanding legal responsibilities and compliance with the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.
Fire Prevention – Identifying fire hazards and implementing control measures.
Fire Behaviour – Learning how fires start, spread, and the effects of different materials.
Fire Extinguishers & Equipment – Types, usage, and maintenance of fire-fighting equipment.
Emergency Procedures – Developing and executing evacuation plans, fire drills, and alarm response.
Roles & Responsibilities – The duties of a Fire Marshal, including contributing to fire risk assessments and liaising with emergency services.
Fire Risk Assessment
This Fire Risk Assessment course trains individuals to identify, evaluate, and mitigate fire risks in workplaces and public spaces.Â
Fire Safety Legislation – Understanding legal requirements, including the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.
Principles of Fire Risk Assessment – The five-step process: identifying hazards, assessing risks, implementing controls, recording findings, and reviewing.
Fire Behaviour & Hazard Identification – How fires start, spread, and common fire hazards.
Fire Prevention Measures – Implementing controls to reduce fire risks, such as safe storage of flammable materials.
Emergency Planning & Evacuation – Developing escape routes, fire drills, and emergency procedures.
Documentation & Reporting – How to create and maintain fire risk assessment records.
Asbestos Awareness
Under the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health 2002 (COSHH) regulations, employers have a legal duty to provide adequate control of employees’ exposure to harmful substances in the workplace.
Asbestos is a highly hazardous substance which causes serious ill-health to anyone who disturbs it. It is because of the highly dangerous nature of asbestos that anyone who is likely to disturb or come into contact with asbestos in their work must have an awareness of the correct health and safety procedures to follow.
Safe Use of Compressed Gas cylinders
This course is designed for anyone involved in the use, handling, storage or transportation of compressed gas cylinders and is an essential qualification for all managers, supervisors, inspectors and personel who work with gases and oxygen-fuel welding/cutting equipment. This intervention is also essential for those who help shape safety policy within their organisation.
Safe Use of Angle Grinders
Angle grinders are versatile hand-held tools commonly used in the manufacturing industry, in particular the metal fabrication sector. Their ability to perform a variety of tasks is due to the different accessories that can be attached to them. The type of attachment placed on an angle grinder depends on the task being performed and the materials being used. The most common uses for angle grinders include grinding (with abrasive discs) and cutting (with cut-off discs) – however attachments will vary depending on whether the operator is working with metal, stone, tiles or other materials.
Working at Height and Personal Fall Arrest Equipment
The GHC working at Height and Personal Fall Protection course delivers a minimum of four hours of both theory and hands-on harness/lanyard instruction and assessment, affording delegates with a good understanding of the principles for working at height, using and carrying out pre-use inspections of Safety Harnesses, Lanyards, and Connectors in the workplace. This course also provides each delegate with a base theoretical knowledge of the work at height regulations required to effectively reduce the risks associated with working at height, the hierarchy of controls, correct pre-use inspection and using personal prevention and protection systems for fall restraint, work positioning and arrest.
Vehicle Banksman
Vehicle Banksman training assures that an organisation and its operators work alongside with the relevant legal requirements. It is designed to help reduce damaging accidents when carrying out vehicle manoeuvres. Almost a quarter of all vehicle-based fatalities that occur are due to a reversing vehicles at work.
Confined Space Awareness
This GHC training intervention is targeted at anyone whose work requires them to enter a confined space, this includes, managers, supervisors, operators and rescuers. The course is designed as an introduction to working safely in confined spaces therefore no pre-requisite training is needed.
​A confined space is any area which is substantially enclosed and where there are risks to health and safety from hazardous substances or hazardous conditions. If you, or your employees are required to work under such conditions then regular training is recommended.
Abrasive Wheels
This half day training course is aimed at anyone who selects, mounts or uses abrasive wheels. The course covers different the different aspects and types of abrasive wheels, including, pre-use inspection to wheels and tools, hazards, correct PPE and the correct cutting/grinding techniques and correct selection of abrasive wheels. This course has both a theory and practical element
Control of Substances Hazardous to Health
This Control of Substances Hazardous to Health course provides appropriate training for all levels of employees who work, or may come into contact with, hazardous substances in their workplace. All employees must have the necessary knowledge to be competent and conduct their job role correctly.
This includes, but is not limited to, people who work in professions such as:
Engineering, Woodworking, Welding,, Vehicle repair and spraying, Catering and baking,
Cleaning, Beauty and hairdressing, Offshore oil and gas, Printing, Agriculture. and Any other profession where contact with substances is inevitable.
Risk Assessment
This In-House qualification is designed to introduce the principles of risk assessment. It covers why risk assessments are necessary, the legal requirements relating to them and simple processes for carrying them out.
​It is suitable for delegates working in any environment who need to be more risk aware by raising their knowledge of risk in the workplace and the basic steps they can take to control it.
​This course is a trainer-led course that is delivered over half of one day.
Safe Manual Handling Techniques
This intervention is for those employees who conduct as part of their duties in the workplace, manual handling activities and is suitable for employee at all levels within the organisation.
​Successful completion of this training intervention will prepare delegates to look critically at their own work activities and contribute to the development of safer methods and practices, in collaboration with their supervisors and managers. The qualification is not intended to train students to carry out manual handling risk assessments, bur to teach correct lifting and carrying techniques
Personal Protective Equipment
The Graham Howard Consulting Personal Protective Equipment course is targeted at anyone performing high-risk activities or working in high-risk environments such as but not limited to engineering sites.Â
Ladder Safety
Falls from ladders are one of the leading causes of occupational injuries. The intent of this Ladder safety course is to serve as a reference for employers and employees in the safe use of ladders in the workplace.
This training highlights best practices for setting up and using ladders safely and is designed to help employers and employees do their jobs safety and comply with the Health and Safety at Work Etc. Act 1974 and the relevant subservient regulations.
Display Screen Equipment
This Display Screen Equipment training intervention from Graham Howard Consulting helps all employees throughout the organisation meet the requirements of the ‘Display Screen Equipment Regulations’ by following the Health and Safety Executive’s Guidance note on the Regulations (L26) to ensure they are not exposing themselves to risk.
This intervention is aimed at all levels of employees who may use display screen equipment such as office personal computers and laptops. The module has been developed by qualified and experienced health, safety and environmental professionals with many years experience in the delivery of training interventions. The result is a high quality DSE training solution that gives the delegate the necessary tools to meet their health, safety and environmental obligations and provides the organisation with a level of compliance through an engaging and effective learning medium
Respiratory Protective Equipment
Respiratory Protective Equipment Training (RPE) is required where RPE is provided. There is a requirement for it to be suitable for the wearer, environment and task and for those wearing it to be suitably trained in its safe use.
This training intervention has been designed to provide the necessary information and instruction to equip delegates with a satisfactory understanding and awareness of the issues relating to the selection, use, maintenance, cleaning and storage of Respiratory Protective Equipment according to current regulations.
The above list of courses is not exhaustive, please contact us with your requirements.