Progressive's Safety Standpoint

Classroom based Nebosh - Huge discount

2011-10-25T16:37:00.002+01:00

Well, what a couple of months it's been! Since moving from our premises in Netherton, Dudley things have gradually picked up and we're now rushed off our feet again. Our new training venue is located in Halesowen town centre in the West Midlands, just 5 minutes from Junction 3 of the M5.

We've now listed our 2012 courses on the website and these include some great special offers and some new discounts. Take a look at our home page for more info.

Our next open course is due to commence on:
17th November 2011
IOSH Managing Safely
4 day course - One day per week
£449+VAT per delegate
We still hold our fantastic 100% pass rate on all IOSH courses!

Now for the biggy!! We're pleased to announce that we will be offering our highly successful Nebosh National General Certificate for the massively discounted rate of just £699+VAT* during January to March 2012. This is a one day per week classroom based course delivered over 12 days and we think you'd have to go a long way to find such a great deal. Many other training providers claim to offer low priced Nebosh training but the fine print points to a part taught / part distance learning set up that is ineffective as a learning option for many students.

PSS offer fun but informative training sessions in a comfortable learning environment. Our delivery offers just the right amount of humour mixed with past work scenarios and group participation and input to put our pass rate above the national average. Our price includes all materials, revision guide, course bag, lunch and refreshments.

For those not able to participate in January's bargain course we have two further courses running during 2012, Course 2 during Mar - June and Course 3 during Sept - Dec. These courses are now also being offered at the subsidised cost of £899+VAT* rather than our usual £950.

You can book your place on any of our open courses by calling 01384 410825 or email enquiries@progressivesafetysolutions.co.uk. A booking form is also available from our website.

Rachel

*plus £100 non VAT exam fees

Progressive Coffee Morning for Macmillan

2011-10-03T11:48:00.001+01:00

Friday saw Progressive Safety Solutions taking part in the 'World's Biggest Coffee Morning' in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support. This is the first time we've taken part in this event but will definitely be signing up again next year.

We decided to take part on the 'official' coffee morning date but in hindsight this made it very difficult for a lot of our current and previous clients to support us due to work commitments. For those of you who missed out we are looking to do things a little differently next year either by way of a Saturday morning or after work event. We hope you will be able to join us.

Even though we didn't get quite the number of visitors we'd hoped for we managed to raise just over £100 through refreshment and cake sales, handmade cards and a book sale. For those of you who were unable to visit but would still like to donate please feel free to contact us as donations will be submitted at the end of this week.

Massively Discounted Summer Safety Training

2011-05-25T13:28:00.000+01:00

Progressive Safety Solutions are pleased to announce there plans to run an IOSH Managing Safely course during the month of July at the massively discounted price of just £299+VAT.

This price includes 4 days training (one day per week), official IOSH workbook, resource materials, delicious lunch and refreshments.

Our IOSH Managing Safely course is usually priced at £449+VAT so grab yourself an absolute bargain while you have the chance. Enjoy a leisurely Friday for 4 weeks, away from the workplace, learning about the basics of Health and Safety in a fun and informative environment.

We have a 100% pass rate on all our IOSH courses and anyone who's studied with us will tell you just how interesting our training is. Take a look at our testimonials page for more information.

Course dates:

1st, 8th, 15th & 22nd July, 2011

Venue: (new training premises from 1st June 2011)

Progressive Safety Solutions

Halesowen Town Centre, West Midlands

If you would like to book a place please call us on 01384 410825 or email enquiries@progressivesafetysolutions.co.uk to request a booking form.

Open Courses - May 2011

2011-04-19T14:22:00.000+01:00

Just a quick blog post to let you know that we have 2 popular open courses coming up over the next month:

IOSH Managing Safely - 4 day course (one day per week) - £449+VAT - 3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th May 2011
CIEH Level 2 Award in Environmental Principles and Best Practice - 1 day - £70+VAT - 6th May 2011

Both of these courses will be running at our training centre in Dudley, West Midlands and we currently have a 100% pass rate on both courses.

IOSH Managing Safely - If you are looking to train yourself or staff in the basic principles of Health & Safety in the workplace, IOSH Managing Safely is the ideal course. It looks at your responsibilities as an employer, hazard identification, basic risk assessment etc and is a superb introduction to the subject of safety at work.

CIEH Environmental - Our CIEH Environmental course is suitable if you need to make your employees aware of the impact they have upon the environment and is also an ideal course for those who require environmental training to aid their applications when tendering for contracts.

For either of the above courses contact us on 01384 410825 or email enquiries@progressivesafetysolutions.co.uk to make further enquiries or to book your place.

Don't forget to enquire about our discounts for previous delegates or multiple bookings!

Stay safe

Rachel

Latest Nebosh Results

2011-03-18T12:23:00.000Z

Progressive Safety Solutions is extremely pleased to announce that, of our last group of 7 Nebosh General Certificate delegates 6 obtained credit marks and 1 gained a distinction. We also had 2 candidates sitting the Nebosh Construction paper both of whom also obtained a credit mark.

Well done to all of you for the hard work and dedication you put into your study!

Take a look at the testimonial left by one of these students http://www.progressivesafetysolutions.co.uk/ and see why Progressive Safety Solutions is the right choice for your Nebosh training.

New day release course commences on Wednesday 23rd March over 12 weeks. Contact us on 01384 410825 or email enquiries@progressivesafetysolutions.co.uk to book your place. Discounts available.

Rachel

Upcoming Open Courses 2011

2011-02-07T16:45:00.001Z

Upcoming Courses from Jan - Jun 2011

HEALTH & SAFETY TRAINING

IOSH Managing Safely - £449+VAT

4 days

One day per week

Course 1 dates: 18th, 25th Mar, 1st & 8th Apr 2011

Course 2 dates: 3rd, 10th, 17th & 24th May 2011

Nebosh National General Certificate - £950+VAT (plus exam fees)

12 days + Exams

One day per week

Course dates:

23rd, 30th Mar
6th, 13th, 20th, 27th Apr
4th, 11th, 18th, 25th May
1st, 8th Jun 2011
Exams – 10th Jun 2011

CIEH Level 2 Award in Environmental Principles & Best Practice - £70+VAT

1 day

Course dates:

6th May 2011

Teacher Training

CIEH Level 3 Award in Preparing to Teach in the Lifelong Learning Sector - £250+VAT

(Conversion Course)

2 days

One day per week

Course 1 dates: 14th & 21st Mar 2011

Course 2 dates: 9th & 16th May 2011

CIEH Level 3 Award in Training Skills & Practice - £399+VAT

(Replaces Professional Trainer Certificate)

3 days

One day per week

Course dates: 28th Mar, 4th & 11th Apr

Nebosh Inspection Success!

2010-07-02T12:29:00.000+01:00

We had an unexpected visit from Nebosh during our last exam sitting on Friday 11th June. As this was our first inspection since becoming an accredited centre 18 months ago we were all rather nervous to say the least!

However, our fears were unfounded. Both Peter and Melissa were extremely helpful and friendly and couldn't have put us more at ease. We were congratulated on our efficiency and organisation and our final report states that our invigilation and examination procedures were exemplary. Our report has also signified that there are no corrective actions to be taken.

Needless to say we are very proud of our inspection result but would also like to thank both Peter and Melissa for their patient and helpful approach.

PQQ - Environmental criteria causing a problem?

2010-05-20T13:07:00.000+01:00

Do you miss out on valuable tenders because your company doesn't have relevant environmental knowledge?

If so, the CIEH Level 2 Award in Environmental Principles and Best Practice could be the answer!

Many procurement decisions are made by assessing whether an organisation shows a commitment to environmental performance and improvement. Often, suppliers are asked to demonstrate this by means of a relevant environmental qualification or experience.

This low cost, one day course provides a basic understanding of environmental principles including law, energy efficiency, pollution, environmental impact and is suitable as starting point for anyone with a responsibility for environmental issues within your company.

Contact us now for details of our open courses (priced at just £70 + VAT per delegate) or if you really want to show a 'workforce' commitment then enquire about our in-house training.

Telephone 01384 410825 or email enquiries@progressivesafetysolutions.co.uk

Take a week off and gain a new qualification!

2010-05-19T13:58:00.000+01:00

Is work slow over the Summer?

Want to acheive a health and safety qualification in a hurry?

Progressive Safety Solutions are offering IOSH Managing Safely and Nebosh National General Certificate as block courses over the Summer months enabling you to take time off and gain a full and recognised qualification.

IOSH Managing Safely kicks off on Monday 12th July running till Thursday 15th July, with 16th as an optional day to complete your project.

Nebosh National General Certificate commences on Monday 16th August and runs till Friday 27th August (additional revision days 31st Aug, 2nd, 7th & 9th Sept).

Courses are priced at our usual rates of:

IOSH Managing Safely - £449 + VAT

Nebosh National General Certificate - £950 + VAT (plus £90 exam fees)

(Prices include all coursebooks, revision guides, lunch and refreshments)

01384 410825

enquiries@progressivesafetysolutions.co.uk

Time off for training

2010-05-05T09:25:00.000+01:00

New Rights! - Time off for training

Did you know that under the Employee Study and Training (Eligibility, Complaints and Remedies) Regulations 2010 you may have a right to request time off for training?

Dependent upon the size of your company and the amount of continuous weeks worked you may be eligible for unpaid time off for training. Companies with at least 250 employees must consider the requests from employees who have 26 weeks or more of continuous service should they wish to undertake training that is relevant to their job. From 2011 this will also apply to all companies regardless of size.

Bear this in mind when you're looking to study your next health and safety qual!

For full information take a look at http://www.peoplemanagement.co.uk/pm/articles/2010/04/a-flexible-approach-to-employees-taking-time-off-to-study.htm

Room for Hire!

2010-04-29T14:39:00.000+01:00

Interested in hiring a room for your training or meeting requirements?

We have a medium sized room available to hire for low cost based at our training venue in Netherton, Dudley.

The room can be laid out in various styles and seats approximately 14 delegates for training purposes. Higher maximum numbers would be easily accommodated for seminar purposes.

Projector screen, flipchart and refreshments available (along with lunch for an additional charge) plus good parking facilities.

Prices currently £110 + VAT for full day & £60 + VAT for half day hire

Can also be hired by the hour if required

(please note, we have a second floor location with access by stairs only)

FREE Safety Workshops

2010-04-23T13:48:00.000+01:00

FREE workshops currently being scheduled for May/June 2010 for local business owners and managers.

'Employers - Your Safety Obligations'

Stayed tuned for dates and times.

Managers - do you know your responsibilites?

2010-04-23T11:44:00.000+01:00

Managers, did you know that many of you are not providing adequate health and safety in the workplace and that it is your legal obligation to do so?

No matter what type of employment you offer, be it adminstrative, engineering, manufacturing, retail etc, and no matter what size, you are bound by law to provide a duty of care to your employees and to any other person who may be affected by your activities.

In fact, if you have 5 or more employees you are also required to have a written Health and Safety policy and documented risk assessments. This is not open to negotiation - IT IS REQUIRED BY LAW! The Management Regs 1999 state that you must not only assess the risks within your workplace but also that you must control, monitor and review them.

Many managers, directors and board members are unaware of the responsibility they hold when it comes to Health and Safety, they often pay lip service to the issue and are ignorant to the fact that they may be held personally liable when duties are breached. In the case of board members this may be as a collective measure or on an individual basis.

You only need to look at the Health and Safety Executives Enforcement Notice register or the local press to see the many companies who have breached safety legislation. Many of whom may be in the same industry as yourself and didn't realise the costs involved with not taking adequate health and safety measures.

Once the initial set up is in place within your workplace, health and safety needn't be a burden. Small daily or weekly tasks can be implemented by communicating with and involving the whole workforce. The benefits of performing such simple measures such as reduced insurance premiums, better reputation, increased productivity, reduced staff absences will far outweigh the negatives.

Act today before the unthinkable happens.

Rachel Griffiths

Progressive Safety Solutions Ltd

Schools should take more risks!

2010-04-20T12:06:00.002+01:00

Schools Should Take More Risks!

A very interesting article in the Times Education Supplement quoting Judith Hackitt, Chair of the HSE on how she blames media for encouraging misplaced fear of trips and science practicals within schools.

She feels that schools feel that the risk assessment process for even minor trips and activities is overwhelming and that the HSE want to help by implementing new guidance that replaces the four sets of health and safety documents currently used by schools.

Part of Judith's view is that taking risks forms a massive part of children's education. Communication with parents needs to be improved making them aware that their childrens's responsible behaviour forms part of any risk and also detailing areas where the school can and cannot protect their children.

Finally, this looks like a turning point for health and safety issues related to risks within education.

Rachel Griffiths
Progressive Safety Solutions Ltd

New IOSH and CIEH courses starting this week

2010-04-18T23:14:00.000+01:00

A new round of courses kicks off this week at our training centre in Dudley. The IOSH Managing Safely 4 day course commences on Wednesday 21st April and also the CIEH Professional Trainer Certificate 3 day course commences on Friday 23rd April.

A hand full of places remain on each course - book now to ensure your place: 01384 410825 or at enquiries@progressivesafetysolutions.co.uk.

IOSH Managing Safely - £449 + VAT per delegate - 4 day course (Day Release)

CIEH Professional Trainer Certificate - £399 + VAT per delegate - 3 day course (Day Release)

Spring / Summer Open Courses

2010-01-20T13:20:00.000Z

Our open courses for Spring / Summer 2010 have begun!

IOSH Managing Safely - £449 + VAT per delegate

Course 1 - 20th, 27th January, 3rd & 10th February 2010
Course 2 - 10th, 17th, 24th & 31st March 2010
Course 3 - 21st, 28th April, 5th & 12th Mary 2010
Course 4 - 9th, 16th, 23rd & 30th June 2010

Nebosh National General Certificate - £950 + VAT per delegate (plus £90 exam fees)

Course 1 -

5th, 12th, 19th, 26th Jan,
2nd, 5th, 9th, 16th, 23rd Feb,
2nd Mar + Exam Day 5th March 2010

Course 2 -

9th March - 8th June -
One day per week + Exam Day 11th June 2010

CIEH Professional Trainer Certificate - £399 + VAT per delegate

21st, 28th Jan & 4th Feb 2010
23rd, 30th April & 7th May 2010
17th, 24th June & 1st July 2010

Plus....................

IOSH Managing Safely - £449 + VAT per delegate

Block Release Course - 4 days (5th day optional for project completion)

12th - 15th (16th) July 2010

CIEH Professional Trainer Certificate - £399 + VAT per delegate

Block Release Course - 3 days

9th, 10th & 13th August 2010

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Autumn / Winter course dates coming soon - contact us for further details!

Progressive on the move!

2010-01-20T12:53:00.000Z

As of the 1st January 2010 Progressive Safety Solutions Ltd have moved to new premises at:

2nd Floor Central House

Central Park

Halesowen Road

Netherton

Dudley

DY2 9NW

Our telephone number has now also changed to:

01384 410825

New Autumn Season of Courses Begins

2009-09-09T13:32:00.008+01:00

Our Autumn season of courses kicks off next week with CIEH Professional Trainer Certificate beginning on Friday 18th September and running for 3 weeks.

Following this our IOSH Managing Safely and NEBOSH National General Certificate course will commence the week after on the 22nd and 23rd of September with a further IOSH Managing Safely course beginning on November 11th. With both courses being so popular there are currently only a couple of spaces left on both our IOSH and Nebosh courses, so anyone still interested should contact us as soon as possible to confirm their placement.

Here's hoping that our Autumn season will continue with our 100% pass rate on both IOSH and NEBOSH courses!

NEBOSH Success!

2009-08-26T21:43:00.000+01:00

We were very pleased to be accredited as an official Nebosh centre back in January. With experience delivering Nebosh under the banner of other centres we felt it was time to take the plunge and set up for ourselves.

Our first open course began in March, running one day per week up until exam day on Friday 5th June. We were extremely pleased to receive the results on August 12th informing us that all of our course delegates had passed with one acheiving a credit grade and another a distinction!

We wish to congratulate all of our recent Nebosh students. You are a credit to us and we hope that your new found knowledge serves you and your colleagues well.

Black Country Chamber of Commerce

2008-07-06T20:50:00.002+01:00

Progressive Safety Solutions Ltd were presented with their official Black Country Chamber membership plaque on Friday 4th July at the BCC's last networking lunch of the season.

Jackie Ashworth from Success Train delivered a short presentation on the benefits of NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming) within business and Titan Film and Hire were in attendance giving the lunch an authentic 'Independance Day' feel with backdrops and audio visual technology.
Philadelphia born Rashidah Andrews from Coombswood Business Centre described her experience of what July 4th is all about, which was both light hearted and amusing.

We look forward to many more networking opportunities with the BCC in the Autumn.

Discovery Day with BastockFirth

2008-05-23T21:42:00.004+01:00

Yesterday we spent a fab day down at Dumbleton Hall nr Evesham. We were invited to a 'Discovery Day' by our business colleagues at BastockFirth to give us a chance to experience one of their team leadership and motivational days, first hand.

The day itself gave us a superb insight into the whole BastockFirth experience whilst also giving us the chance to network with other business contacts. Dumbleton Hall itself is in a beautiful location and definately a place that we will consider using as a future training venue.

As part of the day we had chance to sample some of the various team building activities such as 'Get Knotted' and 'Roll Out the Barrel', pictures of these can be found on the BastockFirth website.

It was great to see how Nick and Eddie work as a team and the whole day had a very organised and professional feel to it. The whole experience has given us some great new ideas for our own training packages. We'll certainly be recommending the BastockFirth philosophy to our own clients.

Health & Safety Expo

2008-05-18T23:50:00.002+01:00

We attended the Health & Safety Expo at the NEC, Birmingham on Thurs 15th May. Great event but have to say, we expected a little more in the way of practical demonstrations.

The HSE were in attendance with their usual stand and gave us some great info on a new addition to their website coming shortly. The new section is an interactive tool to help identify hazards in the workplace. We look forward to this new tool being available to use.

New beginnings with Halesowen College

2008-05-09T15:09:00.004+01:00

After recent talks, Progressive Safety Solutions Ltd. are please to announce their new venture in conjunction with Halesowen College. This will enable the College to offer many more Health & Safety based courses including IOSH, CIEH and Nebosh training.

The working partnership kicks off with a seminar delivered by Paul Griffiths on the much publicised Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007. This will take place at the Halesowen College e-business centre on Wednesday 16th July, 2008 as part of their ongoing breakfast club meetings.

Further Health & Safety Training dates added

2008-05-09T14:41:00.008+01:00

Further Health & Safety Training dates have been added to our list of open courses. These are as follows:

CIEH Level 2 Award in
Health & Safety in the Workplace
West Midlands - 1 Day - 28th May
CIEH Level 2 Award in
Health & Safety in the Workplace
West Midlands - 1 Day - 16th June
CIEH Level 2 Award in
Health & Safety in the Workplace
West Midlands - 1 Day - 3rd July
CIEH Level 2 Award in
Health & Safety in the Workplace
West Midlands - 1 Day - 10th September
CIEH Level 2 Award in
Principles of Risk Assessment
West Midlands - 1 Day - 19th September
IOSH Managing Safely
West Midlands - 4 Day - 25th Sept/2nd/9th/16th Oct
CIEH Level 2 Award in
Principles of Risk Assessment
West Midlands - 1 Day - 31st October
IOSH Managing Safely
West Midlands - 4 Day - 5th/12th/19th/26th Nov
CIEH Level 2 Award in
Health & Safety in the Workplace
West Midlands - 1 Day - 7th Nov

For further information on prices and location please visit the website or call us on 0121 602 1262.

Website updated - great advice from the B2B

2008-04-28T21:45:00.004+01:00

Had a super visit a week last Friday from Gareth Edwards on behalf of the B2B centre. He gave us fantastic advice with regard to updating and optimising our website. Gareth had previewed the site prior to his visit and emailed us a lengthy report detailing areas for potential optimisation.

His visit was particularly helpful and insightful and since then I've been working non-stop making changes in a variety of ways to make the Progressive Safety Solutions website more appealing. Keyword optimisation has been put into effect and we're hoping to notice the effects within a few weeks.

Progressive - IOSH Managing Safely

2008-04-28T13:23:00.003+01:00

Progressive Safety's first IOSH Managing Safely training course as an accredited centre has been running over the last 3 wks with this week being the final week and exam day.

Paul our principal consultant, has much experience delivering this particular course but it gives us a sense of achievement to be able to deliver the course as a registered provider rather than as a trainer for other providers.

Our first IOSH training course has got off to great start with one of our delegates - Chris - having already obtained a fantastic score of 152 out of 155 on his course project after only a weeks worth of homework. Other delegates are well on their way to completing their projects with flying colours and only 2 further units and an exam sitting remain for completion on Wednesday.