With training budgets can to an all-time low. It's important to make sure that your training provider can provide you with exactly what you need.
1. What health and safety courses do they run?
Check their web site and brochure.
2. Can they offer you an accredited qualification with a nationally recognised awarding body?
These include IOSH, NEBOSH, CIEH (for Health and Safety training courses and Food Safety), HSE (for First Aid), ILM (for Management training), as well as many others.
3. What are their pass rates?
If you are spending money paying for your staff to get an accredited qualification you need to be confident that they have the best possible chance of passing!
4. Where can your staff do the health and safety training courses?
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Can they run multiple courses at different sites across the country (if you need it) or are they based in one geographical area?
6. Who else does the company work for?
Ask for testimonials from other companies who have used the training provider for similar training.
7. What experience does the trainer have of your sector?
The construction industry and the care sector are both very highly regulated but in different ways! A good trainer will know the regulations and be able to relate the training to the staff's working environment.
8. Do you need to meet the training provider?
This will usually depend on the training you need and how much money you are spending. If it is something straight forward like first aid, basic health and safety or food safety then you can usually get all the answers you need from talking to the company on the phone. For more complex / extensive / expensive training it is worth meeting more than one training provider.
9. How much does the health and safety training cost?
Ensure you get the total cost, including assessment papers and certificates per person (where appropriate). Some companies add the trainer's expenses too so clarify this at the
1. What health and safety courses do they run?
Check their web site and brochure.
2. Can they offer you an accredited qualification with a nationally recognised awarding body?
These include IOSH, NEBOSH, CIEH (for Health and Safety training courses and Food Safety), HSE (for First Aid), ILM (for Management training), as well as many others.
3. What are their pass rates?
If you are spending money paying for your staff to get an accredited qualification you need to be confident that they have the best possible chance of passing!
4. Where can your staff do the health and safety training courses?
If you …show more content…
Can they run multiple courses at different sites across the country (if you need it) or are they based in one geographical area?
6. Who else does the company work for?
Ask for testimonials from other companies who have used the training provider for similar training.
7. What experience does the trainer have of your sector?
The construction industry and the care sector are both very highly regulated but in different ways! A good trainer will know the regulations and be able to relate the training to the staff's working environment.
8. Do you need to meet the training provider?
This will usually depend on the training you need and how much money you are spending. If it is something straight forward like first aid, basic health and safety or food safety then you can usually get all the answers you need from talking to the company on the phone. For more complex / extensive / expensive training it is worth meeting more than one training provider.
9. How much does the health and safety training cost?
Ensure you get the total cost, including assessment papers and certificates per person (where appropriate). Some companies add the trainer's expenses too so clarify this at the