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Training & Certification
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Training & Certification

Apprenticeships – companies can register an apprenticeship on the ConstructionSkills website: › Programme Led Apprenticeships [BS 003]
› Apprenticeship Matching Service

Competency Cards: › CSCS
› CPCS

OSAT (On-Site Assessment Training)

Grants & Funding

ConstructionSkills Grant: CITB Grants Online – register to view your grant online
Training & Development Plans (including an example T&D Plan)
› Grants for construction related work experience [BS008a]
› Construction related work experience [BS008]

Train to Gain (the free route to OSAT): › Train to Gain: Contribution to Wage Costs [BS006]
› Train to Gain: Leadership & Management 2008 [BS007]

Business Link: Business Turnaround Grant – Business Link, funded by emda, have introduced a grant to help firms in the East Midlands to develop a revised strategy for their business in order to cope with profound change.

Grant for Business Investment – provides help in a number of areas, including: starting up, understanding finance, developing people, environment and efficiency, exploiting ideas, international sales and marketing and growing your business.

› NTI Technical Development Grants [BS 002]

Health & Safety

Health & Safety Test (including becoming a test centre and booking online)

Managing Health & Safety: › Health & Safety for Directors: Effective leadership
› Leading Health & Safety at Work

Health and Safety Performance Indicator – a self-assessment tool to help you find out how well you are handling your health and safety

Construction Infonet e-Bulletin – sign up for the HSE publication

Asbestos

Asbestos is the greatest single cause of work-related deaths in the UK, with over 4,000 deaths a year and rising. See forthcoming courses for training.

NEW: On the 2nd November the HSE launched its Hidden Killer campaign. Every week 20 tradesmen die from asbestos-related disease. If you carry out work on a building that was built or refurbished before the year 2000 you and your workers could have been exposed to asbestos. Get clued up and protect yourself and your workforce. The updated HSE website has lots of downloadable free resources including this Asbestos Awareness leaflet, essentials task sheets and workplace posters.

Risk Assessment

Did you know that during 2004/05, 220 people were killed and over 150,000 were injured at work because of a failure to manage risk. See forthcoming courses for training.

Semi Automatic Quick Hitches

› Interim Guidance on Advanced Guardrails

NEW: Ladder safety

The HSE Ladder Exchange programme finishes on 31st December – have you got old ladders that need replacing? Why not find out more about the scheme?
› A toolbox talk on leaning ladder and stepladder safety from the HSE
› Ladder Book from the Ladder Association

Business Opportunities

Winning Public Sector Business – a unique programme of events designed to help businesses based in the East Midlands to win business from public sector bodies.

East Midlands Property Alliance (EMPA) – formed by Local Authorities in the East Midlands to improve the delivery of property services to their communities.

Source Northamptonshire – the first point of call for companies searching for contract opportunities with Local Government in Northamptonshire.