Cosaint Training is committed to delivering quality training and qualifications to a range of health and safety professionals across the UK and Ireland. We have proudly been the first training provider in Ireland to deliver certain courses, and now we've done it again. We are the first provider in Ireland for the new one-day NEBOSH HSE Certificate in Health and Safety Leadership Excellence. This is not the first time [...]
The past 12 months have resulted in new ways of working for most employers – understanding and implementing furlough as a new concept, ensuring COVID-safe practices such as frequent sanitising and social distancing, and many employees adapting to full-time or part-time remote working or working from home (WFH). Initially, it was assumed that working from home would be a temporary arrangement, but as we begin to emerge from strict lockdowns [...]
Cosaint Training are at the forefront of delivering quality training and qualifications to a range of health and safety professionals across Northern Ireland, Ireland, and the UK. The company were the first training provider in Northern Ireland to be approved to deliver the new NEBOSH HSE Introduction to Incident Investigation one day course. Many Cosaint clients have been asking about incident investigation training, so when two huge names in [...]
Cosaint Training are the only provider in Ireland approved to deliver the NEW IOSH Managing Occupational Health and Wellbeing one day course. Health and wellbeing has increasingly become a strategic consideration for many businesses, bringing with it the need for companies to focus on both what they do for health and wellbeing and how they do it. According to the IOSH report ‘The Healthy Profit’, sickness absence due to mental [...]
The Northern Ireland Safety Group recently held a meeting that discussed Accident Investigation and Claims Defensibility, which attracted an audience of over 100 safety professionals. This is clearly an important subject area for the profession, and one that requires more attention, more knowledge, and more know-how. One of our clients who understands the importance of being knowledgeable and competent in this area is Glanbia Cheese. As Europe's largest mozzarella cheese [...]
Accident investigation is one of the most challenging aspects of a Health and Safety Manager's role - the investigation needs to uncover a full picture of the incident, being sufficiently detailed, while also ensuring lines of communication remain open. A Health and Safety practitioner is also carrying out an accident investigation in the knowledge that a HSE inspection or compensation claim could be just around the corner, which can increase [...]
Cosaint Training are the only provider in Northern Ireland approved to deliver the new Certificate in Controlling Health Risks in Construction course. The course teaches students how to identify the most common health risks on construction sites, the processes that generate them, and how to control them to a standard to prevent and reduce occupational ill health. "This was a valuable and informative course that will equip line managers and [...]
Just as many of us start off a new year by thinking of resolutions we would like to make to improve our personal well-being and performance, it's time to take stock and consider how you would like to improve your business performance in the new year, and you should start by thinking Safety First! A new calendar year is the perfect opportunity to ensure that good practice is being adhered [...]