Health and Safety

Health and Safety nowadays is very important. But I do think it has gone over the top in some cases. There are hundreds of health and safety courses out there being offered by health and safety business's. But all courses do have to be accredited by either the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH), the National Examination Board in Occupational Safety and Health (NEBOSH), The British Safety Council Awards (BSC Awards), and the Safety Pass Alliance (SPA).

I have been looking into what type of courses there is now and here is some of them:

Accident / Incident Investigation Training Course
Asbestos Awareness Training Course
Auditing for Safety Training Course
BSC Awards Level 2 Certificate in Supervising Staff Safely Training Course
Confined Space Awareness Training Course
The Construction (Design & Management) Regulations Training Course
Controlling Contractors Training Course
Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (CoSHH) Training Course
Display Screen Equipment (DSE) Assessor Training Course
Environmental Management Training Course
Exhibition & Event Health & Safety Awareness Training Course
Fire Risk Assessment Training Course
Hazard & Operability Studies (HAZOP) Training Course
Introduction to Health & Safety Management Training Course
Institution of Occupational Safety & Health (IOSH) courses
IOSH Managing Safely Training Course
IOSH Managing Safely in the Exhibition & Event Industry Training Course
IOSH Managing Safely in the Oil & Gas Industry Training Course
IOSH Managing Safely Re-certification Training Course
Manual Handling Awareness Training Course
Manual Handling Instructors & Assessors Training Course
Patient / Manual Handling Instructors & Assessors for the Care Industry Training Course
National Exhibition Board in Occupational Safety & Health (NEBOSH) Courses
NEBOSH National General Certificate in Occupational Safety & Health Training Course NEBOSH International General Certificate in Occupational Safety & Health Training Course
Noise Assessment / Noise at Work Training Course
Office Safety Training Course
Permits to Work Training Course
Presentation Skills Training Course
Risk Assessment 1 day Workshop
Risk Assessment 2 day Workshop
Risk Assessment during Exhibition / Event Build-up & Break-down Training Course
Safety Awareness for Employees Training Course
Safety Awareness for Managers Training Course
Safety Awareness for Directors Training Course
Safety Awareness for Senior Executives Training Course
Safety Awareness in the Exhibition & Events Industry Training Course
Safety Pass Alliance (SPA) courses
SPA Safety Passport Core Health & Safety - 1 day Training Course
SPA Safety Passport, Food & Drink Industry Specific - 2 day Training Course
SPA Safety Passport, Food & Drink Industry Specific Renewal - 1 day Training Course
Safety Representatives and Safety Committees (Safety Improvement Groups) Training Course
Safety Planning for Exhibitions & Events Training Course
Training the Trainer Training Course
Working at Height Training Course

Managing health and safety is an important part of looking after your business. All employers by law are required to control health and safety risks. But surely some of the courses above are the same but just repeated under a different industry name.

I think its a good thing looking after peoples health but I don't really think we need training on it. Most of it is common sense.

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