Health and Safety External Consultant

Phoenix Health and Safety can act as your external health and safety consultant. We can do as little, or as much as you want us to.

We can write your health and safety policy. We can carry out your risk assessments. We can provide health and safety training for your staff. We can provide full health and safety telephone/email support.

Let us take the mystery out of health and safety for you - contact us today and become our latest satisfied client.

Health and Safety Retainer Contracts

Phoenix Health and Safety can offer health and safety retainer contracts for clients. The retainer contracts consist of telephone/email support, and provision of a health and safety newsletter. Clients on health and safety retainer contracts are also able to use our details and qualifications when tendering for work.

Contact us today for a chat about how we can help.

Health and Safety Training for Directors/Senior Executives

Phoenix Health and Safety provide health and safety awareness training for Directors and Senior Executives.

For any health and safety system to progress and the culture to develop positively, it is vitally important that the Directors are leading by example and demonstrating their commitment. Our 1 day Health and Safety for Directors training course is based on the principles contained in the joint Health and Safety Executive and Institute of Directors Guidance "Leading Safely at Work".

The course costs £595 + VAT for up to 15 delegates and is delivered on clients premises. The fee includes a handout and certificate for each delegate.

Training for Health and Safety Committee Members

Phoenix Health and Safety can provide training for health and safety committee members. All employers are legally required to consult with their employees on health and safety matters. One effective method for doing this is to form a health and safety committee (this is a legal requirement in certain cases in unionised workplaces).

However, the health and safety committee will only be effective if the committee members are suitably trained. We can help with this training - our one day Health and Safety Awareness for Committee Members course covers everything committee members need to know, and can be delivered on client's premises for only £595 + VAT. This price includes a handout and certificate for each delegate.

Contact us today to find out more.

NEBOSH Dubai/UAE

Phoenix Health and Safety can provide NEBOSH courses and qualifications for delegates studying in Dubai, UAE.

We have an exam centre in Dubai for our NEBOSH Distance learning students, who can study for any of the following NEBOSH courses:

• NEBOSH International Certificate
• NEBOSH National General Certificate
• NEBOSH Construction Certificate
• NEBOSH Fire Certificate

We can also provide tutors to deliver in house IOSH and NEBOSH Courses in Dubai/UAE.

Please contact us if we can help in any way.

NEBOSH Construction Certificate London

Phoenix Health and Safety have a NEBOSH Construction Certificate in London starting on the 4th January. We have a fantastic pass rate on the Construction Certificate, and the Central Trafalgar Square venue is extremely convenient.

The course is very popular, so book a place on our NEBOSH Construction Certificate in London today - the usual price is only £1495 + VAT (very cheap compared to our competitors), but you can claim an extra £100 off by quoting "blog offer".

Ongoing Health and Safety Support

Phoenix Health and Safety can provide ongoing health and safety support via our annual health and safety support contracts.

Especially suited to small or medium businesses who do not have the resources to employ full time health and safety personnel, the support contracts are totally tailored to the clients requirements, and can include:

1. Health and safety policy
2. Risk assessments
3. Health and safety manuals
4. Telephone/email support

Contact us today for a chat about how we can help.

CHAS Registration Assistance

Phoenix Health and Safety can assist with your Contractors Health and Safety Assessments Scheme (CHAS) or Safe Contractor Registration.

Our expert health and safety consultants can assist with putting in place the required procedures and documents, and we can assist with completing the questionnaire.

CHAS or Safe Contractor registration can significantly help your business to gain contracts from larger and public sector clients.

Please contact us for an informal chat on how we can help.

New Phoenix Health and Safety Employee

Phoenix health and safety are delighted to welcome Grace Collins to our team. Grace has joined the admin department, and will be providing support with handling enquiries, assisting our health and safety consultancy clients, admin support for our IOSH courses and NEBOSH courses, and assisting with internet marketing (amongst other things!).

A big welcome to Grace!

Risk Assessment Training

Phoenix Health and Safety can offer risk assessment training for your employees. It is a legal requirement for anyone conducting risk assessments to be competent.

The risk assessment training can be conducted on clients premises or ours, and the course fee includes a handout and certificate for each attendee (maximum 15).

We can also help with all of your other health and safety training requirements - contact us for an informal discussion on how we can help.

NEBOSH South Africa

Phoenix Health and Safety offer NEBOSH courses in South Africa. Our NEBOSH distance learning programme is available in South Africa, and we have exam centres in Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban.

Our South African delegates can take any of the following courses:

• NEBOSH National General Certificate
• NEBOSH National Construction Certificate
• NEBOSH Fire Certificate
• NEBOSH International General Certificate

We even have South African staff who can speak Afrikaans, and our SA studyers get the same great benefits as their UK counterparts:

• Fantastic course materials
• Great support on telephone, email and skype
• A guaranteed pass (or free support until you do!)

Book on our NEBOSH distance learning programme today!

Manual Handling Risk Assessment

Manual handling is defined as the “transporting or supporting of a load, by hand or bodily force”. If manual handling activities cannot be eliminated, there is a legal requirement (Manual Handling Operations Regulations) to carry out a specific manual handling risk assessment.

The manual handling risk assessment should cover:

• The TASK being carried out – for example stooping, twisting, pushing, pulling etc.

• The INDIVIDUAL carrying out the task – for example age, health, strength etc.

• The LOAD being carried – for example heavy, bulky, sharp, hot etc.

• The ENVIRONMENT the task is being carried out in – for example stairs, noise, lighting etc.

• Any other relevant factors

Phoenix Health and Safety can assist with your manual handling risk assessment requirements. We can carry out the assessments on your behalf, or we can assist you to carry them out by providing forms, examples and support.

We can also provide training in manual handling risk assessment.

Please contact us for an informal discussion with our expert team on how we can help.

Risk Assessment for Retail Outlets

Phoenix Health and Safety can assist with your risk assessment requirements for retail outlets. Every retail store and shop is required by law to have a suitable and sufficient risk assessment by a competent person.

Our expert health and safety consultants have extensive experience within retail outlets. Stores can be visited within a few days of approval, and reports are delivered promptly.

Please contact us if you are looking for health and safety assistance in your retail business.

NEBOSH Fire Certificate Results

Phoenix Health and Safety are delighted to announce a fantastic set of results from our latest NEBOSH Fire Certificate in London. We achieved a 100% pass rate in the FC1 exam - of the 11 people that attended the course, 2 achieved distinctions and 3 achieved credits.

Be the latest to achieve success with our NEBOSH courses - contact us today!

Health and Safety Advisor Service

Phoenix Health and Safety offer an extremely cost effective health and safety advisor service. For some of our smaller clients, this just consists of a telephone/email support contract. For this, clients get:

1. Unlimited telephone/email support on health and safety issues e.g. accidents, HSE inspector visits, assistance with tender documents etc.
2. Our regular health and safety newsletter, keeping clients up to date with changes in health and safety legislation, recent court cases etc.
3. Ability to use our details, CV, qualifications etc. as your competent health and safety advice when tendering for contracts

Larger or more complex clients may require extra services, e.g. risk assessments, health and safety policies, health and safety manuals etc. These can all be built into our annual health and safety support contracts.

Contact us now for an informal discussion on how we can help.

NEBOSH Qualifications Online

Are you looking to do a NEBOSH qualification, but can't commit to spending 3 weeks in a classroom?

Why not study for a NEBOSH qualification by distance learning? Flexible study, amazingly detailed course materials and a guaranteed pass!

The following courses are available:

• NEBOSH National General Certificate
• NEBOSH Construction Certificate
• NEBOSH Fire Certificate
• NEBOSH International General Certificate

You can start whenever you want to, so book a NEBOSH distance learning course today and get started on your new career!

NEBOSH International General Certificate in London

Last minute discount on a NEBOSH International General Certificate course starting Monday 23rd November in Central London.

Normal price is £1495 + VAT, if you book before the course starts and quote "blog offer", you can do it for just £1195 + VAT!

Contact us now!

Health and Safety Legal Compliance

Are you a small to medium business, looking to achieve health and safety legal compliance in the most cost effective way? If so, then you can take advantage of one of Phoenix Health and Safety's annual health and safety support contracts.

The contracts are totally tailored to suit your organisation, but can include:

• A health and safety policy
• Risk assessments
• Inspections or audits
• A health and safety manual
• Employee health and safety handbooks
• Ongoing health and safety telephone/email support

Contact us today, and take the first steps toward legal compliance.

NEBOSH Certificate by Distance Learning

Our NEBOSH distance learning programme has a number of fantastic benefits that just can't be matched by our competitors:

• The best tutors available 12 hours a day (including weekends) by phone, email, instant messaging etc.
• The best course materials, filled with activities, mind maps, revision questions etc.
• A guaranteed pass (or free support until you do) - with no time expiry
• NEBOSH Exam centres around the UK, and the world
• Facebook groups with additional resources, pictures, movies etc.

Bearing all this in mind, we think we are the very best at NEBOSH Distance Learning (of course we do!). However, don't take our word for it - check out what our delegates say:

"Your course notes are great and very understandable"

"Your service in getting me started on this course has been very professional"
 
"The course materials are excellent - well presented and easy to follow."

“The course notes are great, and the tutor support has been first-class.”


“….past exam questions and revision exercises are really helpful.”

Book on a NEBOSH distance learning course today!

Blog bonus - check out our free NEBOSH revision materials for a sample of how great we are!

React Funding for NEBOSH Courses

Phoenix Health and Safety are delighted to have helped many people who have been made redundant in Wales to get their feet firmly back on the career ladder, with the help of the ReAct scheme from the Welsh Assembly.

The ReAct (or Redundancy Action) Scheme is a programme of funding for training provided by the Welsh Assembly Government for people living in Wales who are facing redundancy. Phoenix Health and Safety are one of the few IOSH and NEBOSH course providers to accept the funding.

One of our recent course delegates that was funded by the ReAct scheme, Tony Morgan, had this to say about his experience with us:

"May I congratulate and thank you all at Phoenix Health and Safety for another excellent course and I hope I will be as succesfull as I was on your NEBOSH General Certificate".

If you are using funding to get into a health and safety career, or are just interested in any of our health and safety services or health and safety training, then please contact Phoenix Health and Safety!

Sensible Health and Safety Management - No Clowning!

In April this year Valerik Kashkin, a clown in the Moscow State Circus, was performing in Liverpool's Sefton Park. Mr Kashkin’s routine included dressing himself whilst walking on a wire and within a hoop of fire, he also played a drum-kit, trumpet and double-bass all at the same time.


During this extravaganza performance he fell three metres from a high slack wire which broke the metatarsal bone in his left foot.

The culprit for calamity, his giant clowning shoes!

Upon returning to the circus Mr Kashkin was told by Circus managers that he could no longer wear his crucial clowning size-18 because they compromised his health and safety.

‘Coco nuts!’ bellowed the circus ring of tabloids, slapping the reputation of the health and safety industry with a pointy and now very worn jester slapstick.

So, how do we as practitioners gain the confidence of our audience to encourage shouts of encore!

The Health & Safety Executive have been publishing a sensible risk management campaign for many years, with clear principles launched by Bill Callaghan, Chair of the Health and Safety Commission in August 2006.

The aim was to tackle the majority of popular stories about health and safety ‘requirements’ which are based on a misunderstanding of true legal requirements, either having no basis in fact or, more often stemming from over-interpretation of legal requirements by an individual.

To engage a sensible debate about risk, knowledge and training is essential, ensuring we can make risk based decisions competently. At Phoenix Health and Safety we support this vision and put these principals into action with our practical and professional solutions - all of our health and safety consultants have been selected for their approach.

If your company needs some sensible and practical health and safety advice or health and safety training, contact Phoenix Health and Safety, no clowning about, and we promise not to make you walk the wire in size 18, but we might be partial to some juggling and plate spinning.

Volatile Organic Compounds

Todays health and safety blog post is an article on volatile organic compounds (VOC's) written by our expert health and safety consultant (and renowned expert on air quality), Julie Riggs MSc DipOSH Grad IOSH MIIRSM MCIEH MBOHS.

Volatile Fetishes

I have a friend who likes to sniff new shoes; exploring this strange shoe obsession it appears the smell of ‘new’ is the alluring feature, not the foot fetish that adorns the footwear. The whiff of brogue or the effluvium scents of moccasin are not to the taste of the sniffer; however the pleasure of the trainer is sheer delight.

An exhaled exclamation of “mmm new” rings the air and the sniffer is lost in a world of odours. ‘VOCs’ I interrupted, “volatile, organics compounds”. My foot fetish friend grumbles, acknowledging the technical jargon that is about to follow will ruin any gratifications they are trying to be obtained.


Open a magazine, purchase new furniture or sitting behind the wheel of a new car can create a carnal attraction. It is not just our eyes and ears that are influenced by the marketing of products, some manufacturers infuse smells within their merchandise to entice the consumer.


Car manufacturers have recognised this sensual secret and have been using bottled scent that encapsulates the allurement of a new car; the discerning buyer whiffing leather and mahogany, rather than plastic or PVC.


Indeed to improve customer satisfaction with their new vehicles Rolls Royce analysed a 1965 Silver Cloud and discovered over 800 compounds that could be reproduced to create a ‘new car smell’, which has been used by other car manufactures.

However the alluring bouquet of VOCs can, for some people, be offensive and even cause adverse effects.


Apart from the enticement to empty your pockets, how can a smell be harmful?


VOCs are a chemical compound that has a high enough vapour pressure to evaporate into the atmosphere at room temperature, potentially causing health effects within your home and work. VOCs are essentially an air contaminate. Outside they also contribute towards global warming.


Typically the toxic tyrants emanated from synthetic and/or scented materials, such as:


• Air freshener;
• Perfumes;
• Cosmetics;
• Toiletries;
• Household cleaners;
• Laundry detergents and fabric softeners;
• Cooking;
• Clothing fabrics;
• Shoes;
• Scented candles, incense, oils;
• Floor coverings, vinyl floors, carpets, varnished;
• Paint;
• Pesticides;
• Varnish;
• Newspapers/magazines;
• Adhesives;
• Furniture;
• Dry cleaned clothing.


As we become more aware of our environmental obligations to protect our energy resources, and perhaps our pockets, households are becoming more air tight, with less air flow to insulate against energy loss. We are also using more synthetic materials and chemical. Therefore, such contaminates within the home can crescendo to an unacceptable cocktail of emissions. Some compounds can take up to six months for vaporised chemicals to dissipate.


Research concluded that VOCs are higher in new homes, than old; and 3 times higher in homes built after 1982, than in home built before 1940. New furniture can double emissions in new homes, whilst the accumulation of painting or decorating in the home can triple the emission levels.


Individually the contribution from one product may not be significant; however a cumulative level can create a chemical soup of emissions to cause concerns.


On average, as we spend approximately 80 – 90% of our time indoors, we are exposed to greater levels of pollutants in our homes and workspaces than outside. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, the air indoors is often two to five times more polluted than it is outside.


With hundreds of varied compounds present within our homes, typical health effects can include eye, nose and throat irritation, headaches, migraines, nausea and the feeling of dizziness. For those who are chemical sensitive, it can also exacerbate asthma.


2004 research concluded that mothers who used air fresheners daily suffered almost 10% more headaches than those who used them less than once a week. And that of the mothers who used air fresheners, 16 percent suffered from depression compared with 12.7 % of those mothers who hardly ever used air fresheners.


Some synthetic compounds can enter into your human tissue and stay for years causing carcinogenic activities. High concentrations of VOCs can affect your central nervous system, cause depression and/or sensitivity to certain compounds.


Key advice for reducing the VOCs within your home:


• By aware of the products you use and bring into your home;
• Check manufacturers VOC emissions from their products;
• Use more organics, nature products or low VOC products;
• Use water based decoration coatings;
• Limit the use of aerosols;
• Most importantly ensure your home is well ventilated.
• Reduce products that contain the following emissions:
• Benzene;
• Xylenes;
• Methylene chloride;
• Perchloroethylene;
• Formaldehyde;
• Toluene;
• Ethylene glycol;
• Styrene;
• 1,3-butadiene;


This list is not exhaustive, but a representation of significant emissions found in the home and workplace.


The nasal passages are clearing as more manufacturers are beginning to smell sense and incorporate VOC reduction within their environment strategies.


Paints contribute towards less than 1% of all man-made VOCs in the UK, however the British Coating Industry have adopted a volunteer industry agreement to display VOC labels on all decorative coatings. The VOC labels are divided into five ‘bands’ showing minimal; low; medium; high or very high VOC content.


So if this another tick on our checklists of health concerns? Obviously ticked in a non-VOC marker pen.


As our evolving awareness of our interaction with our environment becomes paramount, we must conversely understand how the environment interacts with us. By detoxing our homes, we will detox our bodies and contribute towards reduce indoor and outdoor pollutants.


No more shall I mock the sneaker sniffer for his odd smelling preferences, the lure of VOC has enticed us all. With the technical jargon now over, as the emissions from his trainers starting to fade, the allurement of VOC seduction also dissipates.

Phoenix Health and Safety on Facebook and Twitter

As well as our amazing health and safety blog (!), you are also able to follow Phoenix Health and Safety on Twitter and Facebook.

The twitter page is used for regular updates, often linked to the blog. We have a couple of Facebook pages - one general one, and one specific for our NEBOSH distance learning students. This includes past exam questions, photos, mind maps, videos and lots of other free NEBOSH revision materials.

Our twitter page is at www.twitter.com/phoenixhsc

Our general facebook group can be found at http://www.facebook.com/group.php?v=app_2373072738&gid=73064824004#/group.php?gid=76999775953 and our distance learning group can be found at http://www.facebook.com/group.php?v=app_2373072738&gid=73064824004#/group.php?gid=73064824004

Follow us today!

In House NEBOSH Courses

Phoenix Health and Safety are able to offer all of our NEBOSH Certificate courses, IOSH Managing Safely, IOSH Working Safely and CIEH Courses in-house. This means the course is delivered on client premises, specifically for their employees.

The course can be tailored to include clients forms, procedures, templates etc.

The latest client to take advantage of these fantastic courses is CE Electric UK - they have awarded the contract to Phoenix Health and Safety to deliver 2 NEBOSH Construction Certificate Courses on their sites in County Durham and Castleford.

Delivering health and safety courses in-house has added benefits of reduced costs, travel and accommodation.

Please contact us for a tailored quotation.

NEBOSH General Certificate Training Courses by Distance Learning

In these tough times, many people are preferring to study for their NEBOSH qualifications by distance learning, rather than the traditional (and more costly) method of attending public courses.

Phoenix Health and Safety offer the NEBOSH National General Certificate by distance learning, as well as a variety of others:

• NEBOSH Construction Certificate
• NEBOSH Fire Certificate
• NEBOSH International Certificate

Support on offer is fantastic, including:

• Guaranteed pass (or free support until you do - no time limit!)
• The very best tutors, available 12 hours per day by telephone, email or skype
• Fantastically detailed course materials

Book on our NEBOSH distance learning programme today, and make the first step on your new career!

Risk Assessments by Health and Safety Consultants

Are you looking for help with risk assessments? A new health and safety policy? Phoenix Health and Safety can help!

Our expert health and safety consultants can do the work for you - not leave you with an enormous manual to complete yourselves like some of our competitors.

Outsource your health and safety requirements to the health and safety experts today - contact us for an informal discussion on how we can help you to comply with health and safety legislation.

IOSH Working Safely

The IOSH Working Safely training course is a one day health and safety awareness course, suitable for any level of employee in any industry.

 

The course is delivered on your premises, specifically for your employees.

 

The course content includes:

• Introducing IOSH Working Safely
• Defining Hazard and Risk
• Identifying Common Hazards
• Improving safety performance
• Protecting our Environment

There is a short test at the end, and all succesful delegates received a certificate or a passport card.

Please contact us for a tailored quote on the IOSH Working Safely course, or any of our other health and safety courses.

Bespoke Health and Safety Training Courses

Phoenix Health and Safety offer a variety of short health and safety training courses for all levels of staff.

Courses on offer include:

• Health & Safety Awaress for Employees
• Health & Safety Awareness for Managers
• Health & Safety Awareness for Directors/Senior Executives
• Risk Assessment
• Manual Handling Awareness
• Manual Handling Instructors/Assessors
• Accident Investigation
• Managing Contractors
• Display Screen Equipment
• Display Screen Equipment Assessors
• Hazardous Substances
• COSHH Risk Assessment
• Fire Risk Assessment
• Fire Wardens

These health and safety training courses are delivered on your premises, specifically for your employees.

Please contact us if you are interested in any of the our health and safety services.

NEBOSH International General Certificate in London

A NEBOSH International General Certificate Course is starting in London on the 23rd November. This course is aimed at people who intend to work in health and safety outside the UK.

Rather than the focus on UK law in the NEBOSH National General Certificate, the NEBOSH International Certificate focuses on International health and safety standards and best practice.

As well as the London NEBOSH Courses, we also run the NEBOSH International Certificate by Distance Learning. Exams are held around the UK, as well as in South Africa and the Middle East (Dubai).

Please contact us if you are interested in any of our health and safety training courses.

Feedback from our Course Delegates

Here at Phoenix Health and Safety, we think we are the best in the business. We know what you are thinking, but don't just take our word for it! Here are a few comments from recent course delegates:


From a NEBOSH Fire Certificate Course in Bristol:


"I have just completed the Nebosh Fire Safety Certificate with you in Bristol and was very pleased with the presentation of the course by the tutor."


From an in-house NEBOSH National General Certificate in Saudi Arabia:


"the delivery was excellent and at the right level"


From a NEBOSH National Construction Certificate Course in London:


"Although the course was very intense, at times, I found it to be very enlightening and as each day went on I became more and more interested. Paul's method of teaching was very very good and not too technical, he had everybody's attention and I found him to be a very interesting person, with regard to his own personal knowledge and what he was teaching us.
He put us all at ease, especially as the exam dates were getting closer, so much so that I felt very comfortable when taking the exams."


And finally:


"Your health and safety blog is the most amazing blog I have ever read. The blogger must be a good looking, intelligent, amazing person".


OK, I made the last one up but you can see that delegates on our health and safety training courses think we are the best too!

New Health and Safety Consultancy Clients

Phoenix Health and Safety are delighted that the following companies have signed up for our extremely popular and cost effective health and safety consultancy services:

•  Hilton Meats, Huntingdon
• Therabel Pharma, Cambridge
• Archmax, Bristol
• Intec Microsystems, Birmingham

The services provided to these new clients include:

• Health and safety policies
• Risk assessments
• Health and safety audits
• Telephone/email support

Please contact us if you are interested in becoming our latest happy client.