East Midlands Chamber Training

Housing Associations Training

Housing Associations Training

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This Housing Associations Training learning outcomes include; Understand conflict resolution, working at height and fire safety, using housing industry specific scenarios as well as other safety essentials such as accidents, CoSHH, manual handling and anti social behaviour.
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£48 for Teams and Individuals
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27% off for Business & Groups

75% off for Agency & Enterprise

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Organisations, Groups and Businesses training 25 or more people with this course pay £35 per person.

Larger orders from Agencies & Enterprises, training 100 or more people with this course, only pay £12 per person.

These bulk discounts are automatically applied at checkout for your convenience.

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Showing 10 of the 42 included eLearning lessons in this course. The whole course takes on average 2 hours, 5 minutes

Understand computer workstation safety (aka DSE), the appropriate positioning of workstations and how to correct or adapt work chairs to improve an "ergonomic posture".

Understand the potential harm of driving for work and how to take a proactive role in health and safety when driving.

Understand the types of hazardous substances that may be found in the workplace, and their potential impacts upon health. Also provides an understanding about the types of hazard warning symbols and their meaning.

Understand the dangers of disabling or bypassing safety features and safeguards on electrical equipment.

Understand existing Risk Assessments and how to follow them when planning events.

Understand the potential hazard of theft and company banking policies such as restriction of unaccompanied banking.

Learn about and understand the surprisingly common hazards associated with home or remote working environments.

Understand the importance of regular workplace inspections to ensure that hazards are identified in order to pro-actively reduce risk.

Learn about the manual handling and movement of inanimate objects in the working environment and the techniques to use such as L.I.T.E.

Understand how to avoid and control the cumulative effects of harmful levels of noise and where they might occur in the workplace.

Learn about PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) including safety helmets (i.e. hard hats), hearing protection, eye protection, hand protection, protective footwear, masks, respirators, clothing and overalls.

Understand what working at height within the work environment actually means with examples to demonstrate suitable types of equipment and good practice.

Understand how to deal with anti-social behaviour using de-escalation techniques and reporting.

Understand the different levels of Disclosure and Barring Service (known as DBS Checks, formally CRB checks) and their relevance to the education environment as well as Regulated Activity and Supervised activity including illustrative examples.

Understand the actions to take if you happen to discover a fatality.

Understand how door knocking activities should be safely carried out and how to determine a potential threat such as physical or verbal abuse.

Understand the safe systems of work for colleagues who work by themselves or without close or direct supervision and the precautions to be taken where personal safety is a concern within the workplace.

Understand why colleagues under the influence of alcohol or drugs are not permitted to undertake work on the employers' behalf and learn about support options.

Understand infection control, handling, disposal and actions to be taken in the discovery of needlesticks or syringes used for drugs.

Understand how pets and animals can be intimidating (intentional or otherwise) and how to ensure protection when visiting residential homes.

Learn about the various types of hazard that may be encountered on site.

Understanding accidents, incidents, near miss events and the legal reporting requirements of RIDDOR (Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations).

Familiarisation with key principles of the 3 types of asbestos, Chrysotile (White), Crocidolite (Blue), Amosite (Brown) and the harm it can do, why buildings have asbestos and how is it managed.

Understand why colleagues under the influence of alcohol or drugs are not permitted to undertake work on the employers' behalf and learn about support options.

Understand the key principles of fire safety and how workplace fires can cause significant harm before reaching you. Learn about good housekeeping practices and other emergencies such as bomb threat and how they should be addressed in an emergency plan.

Understand the importance of informing colleagues of who their First Aider is and that medication such as pain relief is not to be administered during first aid. This module does not replace First Aid training.

Understand the identification, reporting and effective management of harassment and bullying instances at work.

A summary of the subject in a brief statement of key information with 'takeaway points'.

Understand legionnaires disease and the potential harmful impacts associated with the management of water systems in workplaces. Learn the sources of exposure for every-day workers, the effects on health, and how to control them.

Learn about an employers legal duty to protect pregnant women and their unborn children from any work-related risks and understand the elements to be considered within a risk assessment that might affect women who are pregnant, breast feeding or have given birth within the past six months.

Understand the benefits of actively communicating occupational health issues to line managers.

Learn about the requirements for moving office equipment, how those involved must be trained and capable and the assessment for competence under control of contractors.

Portable & Transportable Electrical Equipment description coming soon.

Understand the basics of the The 5 Steps to Risk Assessment concept to follow the guidance of Risk Assessors.

Learn about the different types of safety signs, such as; mandatory, prohibition, warning, safe condition and how to recognise them.

Understand the importance of reporting potential causes of slips, trips and falls within the education environment.

Learn about the management of visitors within premises and in the cases of an emergency.

Understand the different types of work equipment machine guards including; Fixed, Adjustable, Automatic and Interlocking. Learn about Emergency Stop, Trip and Two Handed control devices and the types of harm that can occur if they are removed or tampered with.

Learn about negative stress, positive stress and pressure along with it's various sources and how they can be work or home related. Understand how to recognise the symptoms and which actions can achieve a healthy work/life balance.

Understand that young persons should be considered within risk assessments for events or activities within the workplace.

Understand the importance of gas safety and the potential harm of inspections not being carried out effectively.

All trainees receive a globally recognized & subject informative Certificate of Completion as proof of successfully completing the training. Certificates are permanently stored in your account, always accessible online, and downloadable in PDF format too.

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Level 2
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Housing Associations Training

This online course includes all of the 42 lessons above. It is designed to develop the trainees Housing Associations Training skills for health and safety compliance in the workplace, providing valuable real-world learning outcomes at a high speed. It's used by individuals, groups and businesses to train their workforce across industries including Offices & Business Services, Government & Institution, Charities & NGO, Care Homes & Domiciliary Care, Logistics & Maritime, among others.

Provided by East Midlands Chamber Training based in East Midlands, it's accessible at anytime online from an internet connected device at work or home, such as a computer, tablet or smart phone. Teams have access to a highly rated LMS and all successfully completing trainees achieve a Certificate of Completion.

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Housing Associations Training eLearning

This Housing Health & Safety Induction course provides a detailed grounding for those working in the Housing environment, focusing on those industry specific issues such as lone working & home visits and anti-social behaviour, in addition to the basic principles of workstation safety (DSE), manual handling and fire safety.

The course content is arranged into four section including day to day tasks/activities, working with others, health and safety management and industry specific tasks and activities.

One of the benefits of this course is it's customisation feature. We understand that Housing Associations and other similar organisations have varying approaches to day to day activities such as lone working, door knocking and cash handling / banking, and so our development team will review your health and safety management practices during an initial review meeting and identify how we can customise the course to match your organisations practices.

This includes the use of references to job roles such as Health & Safety Representatives, Health & Safety Advisor etc.

Our development team will match your own job titles within the course content, so the course will be uniquely yours.

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