QCS International - training, consultancy and assessment services for management systems


	Health & Safety Management Systems
	With ever increasing pressure to effectively manage Health & Safety, OHSAS 18001 provides an excellent framework to ensure legal compliance, reduce accidents and other losses to your business. This will support your organisation by avoiding the risk of criminal prosecutions, reductions in liability claims and insurance premiums and help focus on the reduction of lost time through employee illness and injury.


•	TRAINING
•	H & S CONSULTANCY
•	ASSESSMENT AND AUDIT

Training
OHSAS 18001 Internal Auditor Course (IRCA Guidelines)
This practical two day course provides an introduction to the principles behind the management of health and safety and the OHSAS 18001 standard. CPD: 14 hours. 2 day course includes:
•	Introduction to OHSAS 18001:2007
•	Legislative framework for OH&S in the UK
•	Audit planning and preparation
•	Process based auditing methods
•	Audit reporting
Early bird price from £410 plus VAT Two for less price of £699 plus VAT			Back to Top

Introduction to Health & Safety Workshop
This workshop provides an introduction to health & safety in the workplace for anyone in your organisation. It's designed to give your employees a base knowledge and awareness of the main health and safety issues and applicable legislation. CPD: 7 hours. 1 day course includes:
•	Assessing & controlling risks
•	Key H&S legislation
•	Understanding your responsibilities
•	Identifying hazards
•	Investigating accidents and incidents
•	Measuring performance
Early bird price from £150 plus VAT			Back to Top

Practical Risk Assessment Workshop
All employers are required by legislation to make suitable and sufficient risk assessments of the workplace. Risk assessments are essential to good management of the workplace for all sectors of industry. CPD: 7 hours. 1 day course includes:
•	Legal requirements
•	Understanding hazards and risks
•	The different types of risk assessments
•	Key elements of risk assessment
•	Hazard recognition
•	Developing controls measures
•	Hierarchy of controls
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IOSH Managing Safely
Managing Safely is for anyone required to manage safely and ensure compliance with their organisation's policy and deliver best practice in Health and Safety. The course takes place over four one day sessions for greater flexibility and leads to the IOSH Managing Safely qualification following successful completion of written and practical assessments. CPD: 24 hours 4 day course includes:
•	Safety Management
•	Reactive monitoring
•	Risk Assessment and control
•	Active monitoring review and audit
•	Health and Safety Legislation	Back to Top

IOSH Working Safely
Working Safely is aimed at anyone within an organisation to ensure that their actions contribute to Health and Safety in the work place and that the individual's responsibilities are clearly understood. The course is run in house only and is ideal as an induction training for your personnel. Call for more details.
(OH&S courses are run in partnership with IOSH accredited training organisations)		Back to Top

Take advantage of an extra 5% discount when booking two half-day Health & Safety Workshops
Practical COSHH Awareness
The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) Regulations place duties on employers to manage and control the use of, or production of, substances in the workplace to protect employees and others from harmful effects. CPD: 3.5 hours. This half-day workshop looks at practical ways to address the issues and includes:
•	Legislation Overview
•	Substances in the workplace
•	Harmful effects and routes of entry
•	Assessment techniques
•	Control strategies
Contact us on: 01236 734447 or email: info@qcsl.co.uk for more details			Back to Top

Integrated Management System Auditor
This three day course is for anyone with an existing qualification for the auditing of management systems. The course is designed for delegates who need to audit both environmental management systems to ISO 14001 and safety management systems to the OHSAS 18001 standard. This provides an intensive but effective solution for anyone wishing to audit, implement or integrate these systems. CPD: 21 hours. This 3 day course includes:
•	Introduction to environmental & health and safety management
•	ISO 14001 & OHSAS 18001 overview
•	Legislative framework
•	Process based auditing methods
•	Audit planning & preparation
•	Audit evaluation & reporting
In house training only Contact us on: 01236 734447 or email: info@qcsl.co.uk for more details			Back to Top

Practical Risk Assessment
ALL employers are required by legislation to make a ‘suitable and sufficient’ assessment of the risks in the workplace to which employees and others may be exposed. Risk assessment is essential to good management of the workplace health and safety for all sectors of industry and commerce. CPD: 3.5 hours. This practical half-day workshop covers:
•	Definition of hazard and risk
•	Legislation overview
•	Which risks should be assessed
•	Hierarchy of control measures to reduce risk
•	Practical risk rating techniques
•	Requirements for a competent assessor
•	Documenting risk assessment
•	Risk analysis and reviewing assessments
Contact us on: 01236 734447 or email: info@qcsl.co.uk for more details			Back to Top

Health & Safety Consultancy
With backgrounds across service and manufacturing sectors, the QCS team of specialised consultants and trainers are able to deliver consultancy projects effectively into any organisation. Our expertise is diverse from practitioners and certification body auditors to ensure you get the best advice for your business.
7 Step Package: Implementing OHSAS 18001
Implementing OHSAS 18001 involves learning a new approach to managing your OHSAS system. Our proven 7 step package can be tailored for any size of organisation and budget to deliver a system that adds value to your customers and you. The QCS package provides clear, practical direction to implement OHSAS 18001. The 7 Step package includes:
•	Gap Analysis: Our approach is to capture what you are already doing, identify the gaps and provide a plan to bridge this to ensure full compliance with OHSAS 18001.
•	OHSAS Manual: A working draft manual including the H&S policy is produced by QCS for review and then finalised together with the client.
•	Procedures Records & Registers: QCS produces working drafts for all key procedures, records and legislation register.
•	Awareness Training: A tailored package is delivered to senior management and other key personnel in the organisation.
•	Implementation: Advisory visits are made throughout implementation to ensure a successful finish.
•	H&S Auditor Training: Training can be organised at QCS Training Centres or alternatively at client's venue.
•	Pre-Certification Audit: Experienced H&S auditors conduct a review to ensure first time success with certification.	Back to Top

System Gap Analysis
By reviewing your systems at the early stages, we will capture what your are already doing, identify the gaps and provide you with a practical action plan to help you develop your system. Following the report, full support is given on an ongoing basis to ensure you can implement your system effectively. Available for all management systems.
Price from £750 plus VAT(For organisations up to 75 people) Contact us on: 01236 734447 or email: info@qcsl.co.uk for more details		Back to Top

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