Health and Safety Courses

That’s a question health and safety professionals and educators are often asked. But one with no easy answer, because there are a variety of different courses and qualifications for different purposes and candidates. So here’s a much more interesting question, leading to a much more useful answer.

Become a health and safety inspector and you are most likely to be working for the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), although there are also opportunities to work as an inspector for local authorities and large organisations.

If you are an employer or in control of premises, you have duties to control risks from work activities related to Legionella under the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 and the Management of Health and Safety at Work regulations.

Treatment of Legionnaires’ disease is by antibiotics, and early recognition and treatment are important for survival. The symptoms vary, depending on whether it is mild or severe.

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An investigation by the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) interviewed the survivors and carried out microscopic autopsies.

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The true history, and some wild theories

On 27 July 1976, as America celebrated the bicentenary of the Declaration of Independence, five military veterans died of apparent heart attacks.

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We offer the course in a classroom environment, delivered in 7 weeks of tuition over a 6 month period. There are additional revision workshops for each unit included FREE OF CHARGE.