Free Health and Safety Training From BAPC

Following funding from the European Social Fund, the BAPC has been able to provide valuable free training and assistance to a variety of companies throughout the UK.

Following funding from the European Social Fund, the BAPC has been able to provide valuable free training and assistance to a variety of companies throughout the UK.

Thanks to the efforts of both BAPC staff and the individuals concerned, the first successes have been achieved.

Caroline Kenton of CPI London and both Paul Stokes and Shabbir Hussein of Birmingham-based Partners in Print, have been awarded the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health's, Health and Safety Certificate.

The qualification centres on risk assessment and covers the legal requirements needed to conduct risk assessment within the workplace.

Like all courses organised by the BAPC, training towards the certificate was tailored to suit the time commitment to the participants' full-time roles.

For CPI's Caroline Kenton, training lasted a total of one and a-half days, spread over a period of two months at the convenience of both her and her employer.

As with other companies with whom it works, the BAPC arranged for one of its training staff to visit Caroline at work and conduct the training on a one-to-one basis.

Kenton, said: "Because the training was carried out at my workplace and at times most convenient to me, I was able to remain effective to my employer and still acquire new skills.

More importantly, the in-house training meant that the risk analysis undertaken related directly to the business." Paul Stokes, general manager of Partners in Print, was equally appreciative of the flexibility of the learning programme and the new skills he acquired.

He said: "Running a print business takes a great deal of time but the three visits from the BAPC's trainer were spread out over six weeks, so there was minimal disruption to the company.

I had been involved with risk assessment in the past but the formal and friendly training I've received through the BAPC has given me the confidence to actually apply it and carry it out correctly." By allowing members of its own workforce to obtain the necessary skills required to undertake risk analysis, companies benefit from the cost-saving associated with the alternative option of using an external assessor.

Assisted by a European backed grant, the BAPC continues to operate a number of initiatives that, via its industry consultants, provide companies with free strategic, focused advice and help, it said.

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