HSEDocs Blog

Schools, colleges, universities, or other educational institutions, like any business, need to be fully compliant with the latest regulations from national government and agencies in health and safety. This doesn’t just include basic first aid training, but also includes food hygiene, manual handling, DSE awareness, and more.

First aid training can be the difference between life and death when accidents happen in the workplace. If you’re an Appointed Person, and you are keen to learn what to do in an emergency situation, taking a First Aid at Work course is likely to be on your to-do list. But what do these courses actually teach you?

In this article, our health and safety team discusses when and why you’ll need working at heights training, as well as the best way to get certified.

If you are involved in construction in any sort of way, you’ll likely hear the phrase ‘construction phase plan’ mentioned. In this blog, our experts outline what is required in a construction health and safety plan, who’s responsible for it, and what a construction phase plan should contain.

Keeping on top of food hygiene qualifications is important for those of you who work in catering or manage a kitchen. In this article, we answer commonly asked questions surrounding food hygiene certificates, including when they expire, if they should be renewed, what level of certification you need, and more.

We design the training we offer on diversity and equality to be informative and fun for all employees regardless of their role in the organisation. In this course, participants learn about nine protected characteristics that people may encounter at work.

Any task in which one or more employees need to move or support a load manually is considered manual handling. A load like this can lead to injuries, especially back injuries and, as such, employers must make every effort to reduce the risk of workplace injuries.

First aid training is the best way to ensure your staff stays safe within the workplace, but it can bring a number of surprising other benefits to your team too. In this article, we discuss how first aid can create a positive workplace culture, build leadership key skills, and more.

To ensure you stay within the legal guidelines in a kitchen, you must be following certain food hygiene rules. In this article, we explain the rules you should follow, the consequences if you don’t follow food hygiene regulations, and how you can get qualified in Food Hygiene Level 2. 

Ensuring you keep your staff safe within the workplace is a legal requirement, but do you need a qualified first aider? In this article, we will explore the recommendations for the number of first aiders you should have in the workplace, and where you could get first aid training for your employees.