Welcome

Welcome to Flagg Safety.

Over the years, we have developed friendly, professional working relationships with all sorts of companies, from large multi-national companies to small local builders. Take a look at a few of the companies we work with here.

Please take a look at our services using the links to the right and do not hesitate to get in touch for further information.

Telephone  01202 468770

 

Workplace Health and Safety Courses

Safe use and Erection of Scaffold Towers
Duration: 1 Day
This course is intended for anyone who has to supervise, erect, or work from a lightweight mobile scaffold tower. It will help a user identify when the tower is a suitable form of access, and cover its safe erection, use and dismantling. There is a strong practical element to this course. Delegates will have to erect and dismantle scaffold towers. Attendees should therefore be physically fit enough to do this and should dress appropriately.

Asbestos Awareness
Duration: 1/2 Day
Asbestos is the UK's biggest work related Killer. HSE advocate that suitable training and instruction should be given to anybody who could come into contact with asbestos at work. Essential training for anyone working in construction, especially in refurbishment or refit projects.

Abrasive Wheels
Duration: 1/2 Day
It is a legal requirement for employers to give suitable training and instruction to those who use and change abrasive wheels (grinders, disk cutters, etc). This half day course provides adequate levels of instruction to comply with PUWER (Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations).

Fire Marshall
Duration: 1/2 Day
This course covers the role of the designated fire marshal. It also gives you the opportunity to learn about the different types of fire extinguisher and how to use them correctly.

Manual handling
Duration: 1/2 Day
Provides delegates with the skills and knowledge to avoid musculoskeletal injuries. (The UKs biggest cause of absence from work). The course covers principles of lifting, along with the process of preparing a manual handling assessment for the workplace.

Display Screen Equipment / Workstation Assessor
Duration: 1/2 Day
For managers and users of computers at work. Employers should assess every employee's workstation to ensure that the hours of sitting at a computer do not cause strain on the user. Delegates will learn to set up chairs, desks, and more critically, the PC and display to prevent bad backs, RSI, and headaches that can so easily be avoided. At the end of the course, delegates will have received suitable training to assess workstations in an office environment.

First Aid

First aid at work (HSE approved course)
Duration: 4 Days
(From October 2009 this course will be three days following the changes announced by the HSE in workplace first aid training).
This course covers the practical skills needed by a nominated first aider in the modern workplace. The course will give you the confidence and knowledge to deal with first aid emergencies.

First aid at work requalification
Duration: 2 Days
(The duration of this course will not be affected by the changes announced by the HSE for workplace first aid training, which come into affect in October 2009).
This course updates the first aid skills for people who need to renew their statutory first aid at work certificate and whose existing certificate is still valid.

Emergency aid for appointed persons
Duration: 1 Day
This course is ideal for smaller workplaces that present few health and safety risks, where a nominated or appointed person is required to take charge in the event of an illness or accident.

CHAS and CSCS (click below to find out more)