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Our compliance training courses are available across Skillcast plans. Our plans cover businesses with small to large teams and offer a mix of tailored and off-the-shelf courses.
We have three plans available; simply choose the one that meets your needs below.
CoreCompliance
Skillcast CoreCompliance plan provides your own portal pre-loaded with the key compliance courses needed in your sector. It's the most comprehensive and cost-effective compliance training solution on the market for teams of up to 50 staff.
Prices start from £349 for 12 months.
Standard Plan
Skillcast Standard is a flexible plan for building your digital compliance portal. You start with our award-winning Learning Management System and select one or more course libraries to train your staff.
Later, you can add the Policy Hub for policy attestations, DSE self-assessment, Gifts and Hospitality register, and other features to streamline staff compliance.
Premium Plan
Skillcast Premium combines our innovative technology tools and features into one simple solution. The premium plan is designed for companies that want a fully featured, branded and managed portal to transform their staff compliance.
It enables you to create comprehensive user journeys to deliver learning and policies, obtain declarations and submissions, and consolidate data to achieve your compliance outcomes.
More on Health & Safety
Health and Safety stands as a pivotal pillar of compliance, focusing on the prevention of workplace incidents and the safeguarding of employees from hazards. This is achieved by mandating employers to foster an environment that is both safe and conducive to worker well-being.
The foundation of Health and Safety legislation rests on the Health and Safety at Work Act. This crucial piece of legislation requires employers to carry out thorough workplace risk assessments and actively engage in measures to reduce these risks.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and local authorities play a crucial role in ensuring workplace safety in the UK. They are responsible for overseeing and enforcing health and safety regulations, conducting inspections, and investigating incidents to maintain compliance.
The HSE focuses on high-risk sectors, while local authorities handle enforcement in lower-risk environments, such as retail and hospitality. Together, they work to prevent workplace injuries and illnesses, promote safe working practices, and provide guidance and support to employers and employees. Their collaborative efforts are essential for fostering a culture of safety and protecting the well-being of the workforce across the UK.
The HSE sets the course for Health and Safety standards, tailoring regulations to the unique demands of various industries and the common processes that span them. Employers must stay vigilant, adapting to the HSE's updates as technological advancements unfold. With each shift in technology, the landscape of risks and the strategies for mitigating them evolve, requiring a dynamic approach to ensuring workplace safety.
Health and Safety regulations are often designed in a goal-setting format, requiring employers to meet specific safety objectives. It is the employer's responsibility to provide employees with adequate training and information on complying with these regulations. In certain industries, this includes instruction on the safe use of hazardous equipment.
Accident books
Breaches in health and safety compliance can result in serious consequences, including injury and loss of life. Hence, it is crucial for employers to thoroughly document the training and competency levels of their employees. Often, employees are required to provide disclosures to confirm the completion of assessments, such as DSE Assessments.
Employers must report all Health and Safety breaches and establish a robust breach-reporting process. This record should comprehensively document all breaches, including evidence of how incidents are handled and any disciplinary actions taken.
With a Skillcast Compliance Register, employers can run this type of workflow efficiently and analyse data over time to ensure Health and Safety compliance.
Health & Safety & the HSE Six Pack
Companies can achieve Health and Safety compliance by meeting the 'six-pack' regulations. This term describes six of the UK's most widely quoted Health and Safety regulations, which the European Commission implemented.
Failure to comply with these regulations could result in hefty fines. The complete pack of six regulations includes:
- The Management of Health & Safety at Work
- Manual Handling Operations
- Display Screen Equipment (DSE)
- Workplace (Health, Safety & Welfare)
- Provision & Use of Work Equipment
- Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Improving Health & Safety at Work
In accordance with Health and Safety regulations that mandate employers to protect their employees, here are some practical strategies to enhance your Health and Safety practices:
- Hire a Health and Safety officer to inspect your work building
A full inspection is important but don't try to do this independently. A registered Health and Safety Officer will be better qualified to detect any potential hazards or risks with the structure and layout of the building. If you identify any risks or hazards, you can start the process of rectifying them.
- Create a Health and Safety policy with an emergency action plan
Having a policy in place will help control and eliminate any potential hazards by informing your employees of your steps to improve Health and Safety. Keep first aid kits in a communal and easily accessible area and ensure your employees are fully aware of your fire drill procedure.
- Maintain records and keep a Health and Safety logbook
By keeping records of any first aid treatment administered, as well as the dates inspections took place and the outcome of those inspections, you will be in a better position to identify trends in any potential unsafe work conditions or procedures.
- Hold regular meetings with your employees
Involving your employees will allow them to voice their opinion or raise any concerns they may have.
- Offer Health and Safety training to your staff
Training should be at the core of your Health and Safety initiative and be compulsory for all employees, especially if there is a risk of injury associated with a particular job.
Health & Safety Compliance Resources
This training aid is just one of 100+ free compliance training resources, including assessments, best practice guides, checklists, desk aids, eBooks, games, handouts, posters, training presentations and even e-learning modules!
Subscribing to our Compliance Bulletin will keep you up to date with health and safety best practices, industry insights, and key trends in regulatory compliance, digital learning, EdTech, and RegTech news.
Our Health & Safety roadmap will help you navigate the compliance landscape supported by e-learning in our Compliance Essentials Library.
Finally, SkillcastConnect provides a unique opportunity to network with other compliance professionals in a vendor-free environment, as well as exclusive benefits, including access to our free online learning portal.
