Health and Safety

Acquire Training employs professionals who have substantial industrial experience as well as an academic understanding of health and safety and environmental practices. Staff are Chartered Members of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) and are qualified trainers which enables them to effectively facilitate the learning process.

Our team is dedicated to providing quality training and works closely with employers to provide flexible training packages to its clients, using specialist trainers who have substantial experience of Health and Safety.

The Employer Engagement department is accredited by the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH), the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) and the National Examination Board for Occupational Safety and Health (NEBOSH). We are an accredited centre to run the NEBOSH Diploma in Occupational Safety and Health Practice.

Accredited health and safety courses can be customised to meet business needs. Training can take place on company or college premises, or via distance learning.

Health & Safety courses we offer:

NEBOSH National Certificate In The Management of Health and Well-Being at Work
NEBOSH Guide to the NEBOSH Award In Health and Safety at Work
NEBOSH Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety Practice
NEBOSH General Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety Practice
NEBOSH Fire Safety and Risk Management Certificate
NEBOSH General Certificate in Construction Health and Safety
IOSH Managing Safety Certificate
CIEH Foundation Certificate in Health and Safety in the Workplace
CIEH Supervising Health and Safety
NEBOSH Environmental Management Certificate
Level 2 Award in Principles of Risk Assessment
Level 2 Award in Environmental Principles and Best Practice

Case studies

• Headland Foods
  

  Acquire Training provides a comprehensive portfolio of health and safety training to employees at Headland Foods. Initially, its workforce studied the CIEH Level 1 – The Foundation Certificate in Health and Safety to help influence safer and healthier workplace. Recently, the organisation has sent its managers and supervisors on the IOSH Managing Safely Certificate to promote management awareness for its responsibilities toward health and safety.

  Joy Parry, Training Officer at Headland Foods, said:
  "I have learnt much more than I could have imagined through my apprenticeship framework. The tutors and assessors are really supportive. Headland Foods is working along side Deeside College to raise health and safety awareness, and the commitment to this across all employees. Deeside College has provided us with an excellent range of health and safety training courses".

• North Wales Fire and Rescue Service
  

  The North Wales Fire and Rescue Service headquarters in Rhyl have been working with Acquire Training on health and safety training which incorporates the NEBOSH General Certificate. A customised Accident Investigation course was designed for them by Deeside College and a prerequisite for persons wishing to attend this course was that they had to be qualified to NEBOSH General Certificate level.

  Since the delivery of this course, the NEBOSH General Certificate and the nomination of Accident Investigators, the organisation has significantly reduced the number of accidents in the workplace. This is mainly due to an improved health and safety knowledge and approach towards accident causation analysis, resulting in an improved approach towards controlling risk.

  Mr Kevin Hughes, Training and Development Manager, said:
  "North Wales Fire Service is pleased to be associated with Deeside College as a training provider. In excess of 45 service members have undertaken a customised, NEBOSH General Certificate programme. This programme was designed to meet our needs and will undoubtedly assist the service in meeting its commitment to providing a safe and healthy working environment".

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Get in touch via our online enquiry form, email acquire@deeside.ac.uk or phone 01244 834545.