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TWIaccreditationThe skills of all Niplast’s qualifiedwelders have been recognised withThe Welding Institute’s (TWI)accreditation.

Lee Dervan and Mark Richardson,fabrication technicians at SimpsonThomson Filtration (STF) whichmanufactures Niplast Tanks,successfully completed the assessmentfollowing a two-day hot gas andextrusion welding qualificationprogramme to BS EN 13067, forwelding polypropylene andpolyethylene. The team’s acknowledgedskills in welding thermoplastic sheetand pipe offer customers guaranteedquality assurance and furtherconfidence in the manufacture ofNiplast Storage Tanks.

During discussion with TWI, STFidentified the delivery of hot gas andextrusion welding, and butt fusionand socket fusion as areas for skillconsolidation and recognition.  STFalso saw a benefit in qualifying all oftheir skilled fabrication techniciansto BS EN 13067 ‘Approval Testing ofPlastic Welders’, which could offer alever into new market opportunitieswhere welding certification isrequired.Tel: 0161 477 6777

Confined space courses

Despite legislation and copiousamounts of available information,injury and death in confined spacesstill occur, sometimes withemployers or employees beingunaware of how the Confined SpacesRegulations 1997 apply to them.

Andy Richford at PASS, says: “Abest practice solution is foremployers to instil a basic awareness

Course launch

Health and safety training providersBSS (British Safety Services) andRRC International have formed astrategic alliance which will enableboth companies to expand theirrange of successful health and safetytraining courses.

The union between BSS and RRCoperates on a similar premise to acode share agreement between twoairlines, whereby the twoorganisations effectively operate thesame services. As such, BSS andRRC will offer each other’s courses,ensuring professional cross-promotion while providing theirstudents with a wider range of healthand safety training.Tel: 0121 333 72320

High hopes forcentreFall protection companyEurosafe Solutions has openedthe doors of a new purpose-builttraining centre at its Sheffieldheadquarters.The centre will offera range of work at height courses,including horizontal and verticalfall protection equipment, rescuefrom height, PPE webbinginspection, PASMA, harness,lanyards and arrester blocks, roofsafety and roof safety and access. 

The 130 m2 dedicated trainingcentre features a large internalmezzanine that replicates a roofarea but under cover, horizontaland vertical fall protectionsystems, an external roof areawith its own dedicated fallprotection equipment and a largeclassroom with wide screen TV.  Tel: 0870 777 6940

of these potentially lethalenvironments if they are unsure as towhether or not they have theseenvironments, or whether or nottheir employees are ever exposedduring their activities.”

Having had the initial training,employees will then be able toidentify further trainingrequirements should that be the case.

PASS holds specialist confinedspaces training at its Northeast City& Guilds (C&G) approved locationand is an industry-wide confinedspaces specialist for utilities andfacilities management in commercialand industrial environments. Tel: 0845 3654050

Strategic alliance

Castle Group, a provider of healthand environment training, haslaunched three new one day coursesin vibration, noise and hazardoussubstances. Housed at TankersleyManor, Sheffield, the courses coverhow to deal with any issuesregarding Noise at Work, Vibrationat Work, and Air Sampling for theCOSHH regulations.

Delegates will learn how to ensuretheir staff are operating safely (andlegally), and receive CPD points,a certificate of attendance and a freemeasurement device.

HAVS Course: 20th May 2014 -Receive a free HAVI worth£59.95.Noise Course: 21st May 2014- Receive a free noise activatedwarning device worth £49.AirSampling Course: 3rd June 2014 -Receive a free anemometer worth£55. The costs are £195 per personper course, or two courses for £295,or all three for £395.  Tel: 01723 584250

Free gifts fordelegates

FASET, the trade body representingthe fall arrest and safety net riggingindustry, has launched a trainingcourse for riggers needing to accessopen steelwork to rig safety nets forroofs and floors where other formsof access - such as ladders andMEWPs - are not practical. Thefour-day Specialist Rigger Safety NetCourse has been developed incollaboration with the NationalAccess & Rescue Centre (NARC), adivision of the Heightec Group, andwith the cooperation of the Healthand Safety Executive (HSE).

It allows qualified CSCS cardedriggers who successfully completethe course to add the endorsement‘FASET Specialist Rigger’ to theirexisting CSCS Safety Net RiggerCard. Delegates cannot be enrolledon the new course before a company

Columbian courseRRC International, and itspartner, the Latin AmericanIndustrial Safety TrainingOrganisation (LISTO), haveintroduced their first ever face-to-face NEBOSH InternationalTechnical Certificate in Oil andGas Operational Safety (IOG)course in Colombia. The course,which will be held in Medellin, isnew to Latin America and hasalready attracted delegates fromother countries in the region,including Venezuela and Mexico,as well as from Colombia itself. 

The globally-respected IOGcourse is designed forsupervisors, managers, safetyrepresentatives and advisersresponsible for health and safetyboth onshore and offshore in theoil and gas industry. Focusing oninternational standards andmanagement systems, the IOGCertificate will enhance thecareer prospects and professionalstanding of oil and gasprofessionals in the region.Tel: 0208 944 3100

representative has satisfactorilycompleted the accompanying one-day ‘Specialist Rigger Manager’sCourse’.     

The four-day course combinesboth classroom and practicalsessions, and includes a finalassessment. Topics include TheWork at Height Regulations;elementary rigging techniques andhow to move safely along beams;rescue methods and suspensiontrauma. Tel: 01948 780652

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