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The New Right to Request TIme to Train

10th March 2010

From the 6th April 2010 The Department for Business Innovation & Skills is introducing a new right for employees to request time to train. The right applies to employees who have worked for a business for 26 weeks or more and where that business employs more than 250 people.

Under the new right employees will be able to make requests for time to undertake any training they think will help them with their day to day work. The training can be accredited leading to the award of a recognised qualification, or unaccredited which would help then develop specific skills relevant to their job.

On receiving a valid request, employers will have to respond to the employee within 28 days, either to accept the request and inform the employee of the decision in writing or meet with the employee to discuss the request and 14 days from that meeting inform them of the decision in writing.

The employer can accept the request but with changes, for example, providing an in-house training course as opposed to the employee atttending a public course, or to suggest training that the business feels would be better suited to the employee.

The right has been designed to work using similar processes that are used for considering flexible working requests. For the majority of businesses incorporating the request process this should be fairly straight forward. Where businesses already regularly review and invest in training for their staff then the requirements of the new right will probably mean little change.

From the 6th April 2011 the right is being expanded to cover all businesses so if you want advice on any aspect of training C&C Training will be able to help.

For further information on the new right, visit www.bis.gov.uk or www.businesslink.gov.uk

Expanding Accredited Course Locations!

8th October 2009

C&C Training is continuously looking to improve its service & course ranges for its new and existing clients and as such we are pleased to announce that we are now delivering the following courses at a dedicated training centre in Hitchin, Hertfordshire:

1) New Roads & Street Works Act
2) CSkills SMSTS & SMSTS Refresher Courses

For further information on course dates please see the course dates section on the website or contact us directly on 01525 851752.

We look forward to hearing from you!

Changes to First Aid at Work Regulations

8th October 2009

First aid cover in the workplace is a legal requirement. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) have been reviewing the current regulations and a new set of regulations will come into force on 1 October 2009.

The changes to training for first aiders in the workplace was announced by the HSE in April and reflect the way first aid protocols have changed over the last 25 years. New risk categories will be published on 1 October 2009.

The 5 Things You Need To Know:

1) The First Aid at Work course will be shortened to 3 days (originally a 4 day course).

2) A new 1-day Emergency first aid at work course has been created which covers the most common risks. The syllabus for this course has been specified by the HSE and can only be taught by HSE approved providers of the First aid at work course or Ofqual (QCA) registered providers.

3) A 3-hour annual refresher course has been specified by the HSE.

4) Current first aid at work certificates are valid until they expire.

5) The HSE is updating the rules about the number of first aiders needed in a workplace. It is expected that the HSE will reduce the categories of risk to two: low and high.

If you need any further information or help with your first aid training then please don't hesitate contact us.

Visit St Johns Ambulance here

Construction Skills Courses Available

9th June 2009

As a number of our clients are based within the Construction & Civil Engineering Industries we felt it was of importance to offer health and safety courses that were a bit more specialised to the industries.

As a consequence, we have now become accredited to deliver the following courses by Construction Skills:

1) SMSTS
2) SMSTS Refresher
3) PMSTS
4) SSSTS
5) Basic H&S Awareness

Closed courses and public courses are available throughout East Anglia and as usual are priced competitively, especially in these current economically hard times.

Levy payers of the CITB can also claim back grants on these courses so in reality they can cost you very little to attend.

For further information please e-mail us at enquiries@cctraining.uk.com

Visit Construction Skills here

HSE Accredited Asbestos Awareness Training

3rd March 2009

The United Kingdom Asbestos Training Association (UKATA) has been formed to promote and establish the very best practices relative to the delivery of all types of asbestos related training by developing Asbestos Training Standards, Procedures and Disciplines, and by working with the HSE to establish National Standards, Procedures and Requirements.

C&C Training Ltd are now delivering their Category 3 Asbestos Awareness course, which provides you with an HSE recognised certificate, to ensure you are compliant with the government guidelines in this area of Health & Safety.

We are currently the only provider in Suffolk & Buckinghamshire to offer this course, and we are able to deliver it anywhere within the UK to suit your locations.

For further information please e-mail us at enquiries@cctraining.uk.com

Visit UKATA here