Duration: 7 Hours

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Course Outline:

This Course aims to provide employees working within the Highway Electrical Sector with the initial knowledge to administer emergency first aid to preserve life, prevent situations from worsening and promote recovery before a fully trained paramedic or ambulance technician arrives.

This course will cover:

• The role and responsibilities of the first aider.
• The situation assessment.
• Administering first aid in the event of unconsciousness.
• Administering cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
• Administering first aid in the event of consciousness but:
• Choking
• External bleeding
• Shock
• Minor Injuries

Prerequisites:

There are no requirements or existing knowledge necessary to attend this training.

Duration: 4 Hours

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Course Outline:

This course aims to provide employees working within the Highway Electrical Sector with an understanding and awareness of Health, Safety and the Environment, as well as their individual and collective responsibilities under the Health and Safety at Work  Act 1974, the current Environmental Legislation and their organisations Health and Safety Policies.

This Course will cover:

• The Health and Safety at Work Act.
• Organisation Health and Safety Policies and Procedures.
• Responsibilities: Individual and organisation.
• Accidents and Reporting.
• Environmental Policy and Obligations

Duration: 4 Hours

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Course Outline

This course aims to provide employees working within the Highway Electrical Sector with an understanding and awareness of the control of substances which are hazardous, as well as their individual and collective responsibilities under organisational and legislative policies.

This course will cover:

• Identification markings.
• Other potentially hazardous substances covered by legislation, other than COSHH e.g. asbestos, lead.
• How substances enter the body.
• Assessment sheets.
• Reducing the risk.
• The management role and responsibilities.
• The COSHH assessor role and responsibilities.
• The user’s role and responsibilities.
• First aid action.

Duration: 4 Hours

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Course Outline:

This course aims to provide employees working within the Highway Electrical Sector with an understanding and awareness of Electrical Safety and their individual and collective responsibilities under organisation and legislative policies.

This course will cover:

• Injuries from electricity.
• Types of contact.
• Effects on the human body.
• Measures to prevent electrical injuries.
• Awareness of electricity at work.
• Inspection and testing principles.

Duration: 4 hours

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Course outline:

This course aims to provide employees working within the Highway Electrical Sector with an understanding and awareness of Moving and Handling and their individual and collective responsibilities under the organisation and legislative policies.

This course will cover:

• The spine.
• Definition of ‘handling’.
• Moving and handling operations regulations and obligations.
• Identification of hazards.
• Reducing the risk.
• Management of responsibilities.
• Lifting equipment.
• Lifting methods.

Duration: 4 hours

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Course Outline:

This course aims to provide employees working within the Highway Electrical Sector with an awareness of and the skills required to establish where to look for advice and information relating to relevant legislation and standards other than the Health & Safety at Work Act, the Electricity at Work Regulations, BS7671, COSHH Regulations, Manual Handling Regulations and the Personal Protective Equipment Regulations which are covered elsewhere (if this is not the case for an individual learner, the general principles should be covered).

This course will cover:

• Key regulations & ACoPs- e.g. Management, CDM, LOLER, Noise at Work, PUWER, RIDDOR, Work at Height, Workplace health, safety, and welfare.
• Health and Safety; signs and signals regulations.
• Health and Safety; Guidance notes e.g. HSG (6), HSG (47).
• Industry Guidance.

Duration: 2 hours

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Course Outline:

This course aims to provide employees working within the Highway Electrical Sector with the knowledge and practical key skills required for planning and applying responses to emergencies in the workplace. This does not cover emergency attendance or emergency works to damaged or faulty highway electrical equipment.

This course will cover:

• Electrical and other injuries.
• Works vehicle accident.
• Vehicle malfunctions.
• Emergency first aid procedures and their limitations.

Duration: 4 hours

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Course Outline:

This course aims to provide employees working within the Highway Electrical Sector the underpinning skills required to carry out Hazard identification and Risk assessments according to organisation policy and complete associated documentation.

This course will cover:

• Definitions of hazard and risk.
• Identifying hazards in the workplace.
• Identifying significant hazards.
• Assessing risks.
• Measures to reduce risks.
• Recording risk assessments.
• Personal conduct on sites.

Duration: 7 hours

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Course Outline:

This course aims to provide suitably qualified employees working within the Highway Electrical Sector the underpinning skills required to understand and use equipment to avoid danger from underground services. Additionally this course aims to provide sufficient knowledge to undertake the Assessment for Unit 1 of the NRSWA 1991.

This course will cover:

• Identification of hazards.
• Safe Systems of Work and HS (G) 47.
• Site Drawings.
• Service Types.
• Introduction to CAT & Genny.
• Operation of Cable Avoidance Tools.
• Operation of Generators.
• Using the CAT in conjunction with a Sonde.
• Safe excavation.

Duration: 4 hours

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Course Outline:

This course aims to provide employees working within the Highway Electrical Sector the underpinning knowledge regarding the different types of public lighting equipment, including traffic sign equipment, and boundaries for its use on the public highway.

This course will cover:

• The need for public lighting
• Different types of equipment
• Different types of Highways

Duration: 4 hours

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Course Outline:

This course aims to provide employees working within the Highway Electrical Sector the underpinning skills required to operate specific powered hand tools and associated hazards and risks.

This course will include:

• Legislation requirements.
• Tool identification, checks, maintenance, and safety.
• Basic maintenance of specific tools.
• Limitations and identifying the hazards.
• Correct use of power tools.
• Correct attachment of a tool, blade, or disc.

Duration: 4 hours

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Course Outline:

This course aims to provide employees working within the Highway Electrical Sector the underpinning skills required to carry out the correct methods of access to fix above ground equipment.

This course will cover:

• Organisation procedures and method statements.
• Inspection of access equipment.
• Using ladders and/or step ladders.
• Other access equipment.
• Work at Height Regulations.
• Safety Equipment.
• Setting and positioning ladders, including correct methods of securing (demonstration).

Duration: 4 hours

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Summary:

This course aims to provide employees working within the Highway Electrical Sector the underpinning skills required to carry out correct assessment and evaluation of Personal Protective Equipment in accordance with current organisation and legislative policies.

This course will cover:

• Hazards and Risks requiring the use of PPE.
• How substances enter the body.
• Tasks, risks and using PPE, including limitations.
• Organisation and legislative procedures.
• Types of personal protective equipment.

Duration: 4 hours

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Course Outline:

This course aims to provide employees working within the Highway Electrical Sector the underpinning skills required to correctly define site-working areas and confirm site details before and during work activities.

This course will include:

• Identifying typical significant hazards.
• Assessing risks.
• Working practices.
• Transporting goods on site.
• Assessing and securing loads.
• Site safety practices.
• Organisation policies.
• Confined spaces.

Duration: 7 hours

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Course Outline:

This course aims to provide suitably qualified Engineers and HERS registered operatives with the knowledge required for working in the vicinity of DNO / IDNO equipment- including overhead lines in a safe and responsible manner and to comply with their responsibilities under organisation and legislative policies. This course excludes the removal and replacement of DNO cut-out fuse carriers.

This course will cover:

• Electrical Injuries.
• Overview of EREC G39 Issue 2 2013.
• Overview of ILP HV OHL Supplement to the ILP CoP for Electrical Safety in Highway Electrical Operations.
• Statutory requirements.
• Means of providing electricity supplies.
• Commissioning, maintenance, repair, and emergency attention including supply cable insulation and shrinkage.
• Cut-out fuse carrier removal and replacement procedures.

Duration: 7 hours

Details:

Course Outline:

This course aims to provide suitably qualified Engineers and HERS registered operatives with the knowledge required for working in the vicinity of DNO / IDNO equipment- including overhead lines in a safe and responsible manner and to comply with their responsibilities under organisation and legislative policies. This course excludes the removal and replacement of DNO cut-out fuse carriers.

This course will cover:

• Electrical Injuries.
• Overview of EREC G39 Issue 2 2013.
• Overview of ILP HV OHL Supplement to the ILP CoP for Electrical Safety in Highway Electrical Operations.
• PPE
• Statutory requirements.
• Means of providing electricity supplies.
• Commissioning, maintenance, repair, and emergency attention including supply cable insulation and shrinkage.
• Cut-out fuse carrier removal and replacement procedures.

Duration: 4 hours

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Course Outline:

This course aims to provide employees working within the Highway Electrical Sector with an understanding and awareness of the procedures for the safe isolation of electrical circuits. The course will also cover the procedures for the safe method for the testing of supply and the checking of polarity. Course 210 Working in the vicinity of DNO/IDNO Equipment will be required for operatives working onsite and carry out isolation in the vicinity of DNO/IDNO equipment; this course should also be considered for any operative carrying out isolation on non-DNO/IDNO equipment.

This course will cover:

• Safe Isolation.
• Testing to determine availability of supply and the use of appropriate equipment.
• Switching
• Protective devices used in Highway Electrical works.
• Reporting Procedures.

Duration: 14 hours

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Course Outline:

This course aims to provide employees working within the Traffic Sector with basic underpinning knowledge for basic traffic control principles which incorporate interpretation of site drawings.

This course will include:

• A general introduction to traffic signals.
• The traffic STS symbol/plans.
• Basic Concepts: – Phrases, Stages, Streams.
• Basic timing periods: – Min, Max, Extensions, Intergreens and Detection.
• Detection- an overview.
• Junction and pedestrian controller types and modes: – Traffic, Toucan, Pedestrian, Puffin, VA, FT and Manual.
• The basic specification data sheets interpretation with connections, stages, phases streams and general information.
• Use of the handset/terminals for checking controller operation and facilities.

Duration: 7 hours

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Course Outline:

This course aims to provide employees working within the Highway Electrical Sector the underpinning knowledge required for the understanding and use of equipment for Safety at Street Works and Road Works, as appropriate to the scope of their work on site. It aims to cover Moving / Minor Works / Short duration and Single Vehicle works signing and guarding and provides an awareness of other forms of signing and guarding.

It provides the underpinning knowledge to satisfy the training requirements of NHSS8 (as agreed with NHSS 12D) and does not confer NHSS12D registration on the Learner. To satisfy the current assessment requirements of NRSWA Unit 2 or Unit 10, additional modules are required.

This course will cover:

• An outline of the legislation, codes of practice, risk assessments and method statements.
• Highway terminology, site definitions and safety zones.
• Types of work, equipment and vehicles, and traffic lane widths.
• Mobile and minor works basic layouts, stop works sign, give, and take, priority signing, and stop and go.
• Dealing with pedestrians.

Duration: 7 hours

Details:

Course Outline:

This course aims to provide employees working within the Highway Electrical Sector the underpinning knowledge required for the understanding and use of equipment for Safety at Street Works and Road Works, as appropriate to the scope of their work on site. It aims to cover Moving / Minor Works / Short duration and Single Vehicle works signing and guarding and provides an awareness of other forms of signing and guarding.

It provides the underpinning knowledge to satisfy the training requirements of NHSS8 (as agreed with NHSS 12D) and does not confer NHSS12D registration on the Learner. In order to satisfy the current assessment requirements of NRSWA Unit 2 or Unit 10, additional modules are required.

This course will cover:

• Refresher of key points covered in course 302.1.
• Temporary/ portable traffic signals.
• Dealing with pedestrians.

Duration: 10 hours

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Course Outline:

This course aims to provide suitably qualified Installation Operatives with the knowledge and practical key skills required to install a combination of Poles, brackets and Lantern types in accordance with manufacturing and/or organisation and legislative policies.

This course will cover:

• Hazards and Risks.
• Onsite precautions.
• Pole and Lantern Types and Installation.
• LED systems.
• Concrete bases and mixes.
• Pole and Aspect alignment.
• Other Pole furniture.
• Bracket types.
• Variation reporting.

Certification:

M501 and M502 combined.

Duration: 4 hours

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Course Outline:

This course aims to provide suitably qualified Installation Operatives with the knowledge and practical key skills required to install a Cabinet types in accordance with manufacturing and/or organisation and legislative policies.

This course will include:

• Hazards and Risks.
• Onsite precautions.
• Cabinet installation.
• Concrete bases, mixes and sealants.
• Cabinet alignment.
• Variation reporting.

Certifications:

M501 and M502 combined.

Duration: 7 hours

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Course Outline:

This course aims to provide suitably qualified Installation Operatives with the knowledge and practical key skills required to install a combination of Detection equipment, including Loop, Optical, Infrared, Microwave and Pedestrian detection equipment.

This course will cover:

• Hazards and Risks.
• Onsite Precautions.
• Cabinet Installation.
• Concrete bases and mixes and sealants.
• Cabinet alignment.
• Variation reporting.

Duration: 7 hours

Details:

Course Outline:

This course aims to provide suitably qualified Installation Operatives with the knowledge and practical key skills required to install a combination of cable types and correctly wire to site specifications.

This course will cover:

• Hazards and Risks.
• Onsite precautions.
• Cable types and installation.
• Controller connections.
• Pole top connections.
• Variation reporting.

Certifications:

M501, M503, M504 and M505 combined.