Hi has to be a quick answer from me at the moment. http://www.hse.gov.uk/involvement/index.htm The HSE were running a campaign on this and offering training, not sure if its still going. good luck

I've been on this as we wanted to see what it was like to send our Safety reps on. It covered mainly what is in IOSH Managing Safely although not as much detail, so if any staff have done Managing Safely no point putting them on this, however even covering old ground for me i found it interesting and we have put some staff through already and hoping to put others through.

Martin, just a thought... has anyone ever taken the time to explain to the safety reps what their role entails and why it is important to both their colleagues and the company? To me that is a basic management function and should not need the services of an external trainer. I am not an advocate of paymemts for doing good deeds. In the case of first aiders the reward of receiving training and an annual refresher in a skillset that may save a loved-ones life should be sufficient. For the safety rep, if what they are being asked to do is in nornal working time then they are already being paid; if overtime is involved, they are being paid extra for their assistance to maintaining and achieving a safe and healthy working environment.

All our safety reps have been trained on BSC level 1 cert and we have an internal training presentation which covers the roll, aims, and legal requirements etc. The three union reps have been trained by the union, All three said that it was an excellent course which covered attending meeting, effective communication etc. I was looking for a course for the non union reps to attend, that would be of equal benefit. The course suggested appears to cover our requirement,