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Free Fieldwork Safety Course for Uni Staff

We've just completed a very successful training taster in Scotland - and there is another one coming up in London. We've been delivering fieldwork safety training to universities since 2007. Over the last few years this area has received more and more attention as Universities look to support students and staff carrying out fieldwork and ensure they meet new national guidelines such as those produced by USHA and BSI. On 3rd June 2010 health and safety staff from across Scotland came together at an event run by Fieldskills and hosted by Strathclyde University. This one day session looked at a broad range of topics from getting the attendees involved in practical first aid scenarios to discussion of the difficulties of perception of risk in the fieldwork environment. The issues of how to really assess risk in the field and how to be prepared in case things do go wrong are covered through Fieldskills’ unique training programs. Using hands on scenarios and discussions about real life situations the courses encourage people to get actively actively engaged with risk management and emergency planning before and during fieldwork trips. For Universities south of the border Fieldskills will be running a second taster course at UCL on the 23rd June. Please contact us if your University may be interested in sending a representative.