The law protects employees working with hazardous substances, which can cause illnesses such as lung disease, cancer and dermatitis. This course introduces employers to their legal obligations according to the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) regulations.

This course aims to raise awareness of Legionnaires Disease, including the potential consequences of an outbreak and the symptoms associated with the disease.

This module looks at how consumer contracts can affect your business and what you need to do to comply with the rules.

This course has been brought to you through a partnership between Virtual College and the Chartered Trading Standards Institute.

This Virtual College course is designed to show learners how they and their colleagues can make customers feel that their business is genuinely interested in them.

Back injury is a major cause of employee absenteeism so it’s important that all staff are aware of the safest way to handle objects in the workplace. This course will raise awareness of how to avoid injury.

All council managers or supervisors are responsible for safety in their units. A key method of ensuring safety is to undertake risk assessments of work environments and activities, and this module outlines the process involved in doing so. On completion of the module learners will be aware of why risk assessments are important, know the definitions of hazards and risks, and know the seven key steps to risk assessment.

This course will provide people at any level, in any sector, with guidance that will help them to work safely at heights.

Contracts that consumers enter into in their own homes or away from business premises are called “off-premises contracts”.

The information in this course introduces you to key legislation, the Consumer Protection against Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 (CPRs).