Abrasive Wheels Safety
Learn how to select, mount and use abrasive wheels safely — covering wheel types and markings, common causes of accidents, PPE, and the checks required before grinding or cutting work.
One registration unlocks all 15 construction safety courses below — each with its own assessment and certificate. Learn at your own pace and pick up exactly where you left off.
Learn how to select, mount and use abrasive wheels safely — covering wheel types and markings, common causes of accidents, PPE, and the checks required before grinding or cutting work.
Understand where asbestos may be found, the serious health risks of exposure, and the precautions and legal duties that keep you and others safe when working in older buildings.
An overview of the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations: the duty holders, their responsibilities, and how good planning keeps construction projects healthy and safe from design to handover.
Recognise confined spaces and their hazards — toxic atmospheres, oxygen deficiency, engulfment — and learn the controls, permits and emergency arrangements for safe entry and work.
Control of Substances Hazardous to Health: how to identify hazardous substances, read safety data sheets, assess risks and apply the control measures that prevent ill health at work.
The essentials of working safely with and around electricity: common electrical hazards, safe systems of work, inspection and testing basics, and what to do when something goes wrong.
Prepares you to act as a fire marshal: fire prevention, raising the alarm, safe evacuation, roll calls, and choosing and using the right extinguisher for each class of fire.
Foundation first aid knowledge for the workplace: assessing an incident, the recovery position, CPR basics, and how to respond to bleeding, burns, choking and other common emergencies.
Reduce the risk of musculoskeletal injury: how lifting injuries happen, planning a lift, correct techniques for lifting, carrying, pushing and pulling, and when to use mechanical aids.
How workplace noise damages hearing, the exposure limits and action values that apply, and the practical controls — from quieter methods to hearing protection — that preserve your hearing.
Recognise the signs of abuse and neglect, understand your responsibilities when working around children and vulnerable adults, and learn how to raise a safeguarding concern correctly.
The most common cause of workplace injuries — learn how slips, trips and falls happen, how to spot and report hazards, and the good housekeeping that prevents them.
Understand hand-arm and whole-body vibration, the health conditions they cause, exposure limits and action values, and the practical steps that reduce vibration risk at work.
The Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations explained: selecting suitable equipment, inspection and maintenance, guarding, and the information and training every user needs.
Plan and carry out work at height safely: the hierarchy of controls, choosing the right access equipment, ladder safety, fall protection, and the duties set by the Work at Height Regulations.