The Conscientious Caretaker and Cleaner CPD Accredited

This course package includes 3 online courses. Invest in yourself and boost your CV.

Course package summary

Caretakers are usually responsible for maintaining properties, and duties can include cleaning and repair work. Caretakers should have mechanical, organisational and interpersonal skills, with an ability to multi task and possess the physical capability to engage in manual labour.

Other requirements may include looking after and operating machinery and ensuring that garbage is removed. With such a wide remit, manual handling techniques are essential to avoid injury, and there is always the danger that you may come across hazardous substances and asbestos. Knowing how to deal with everyday risks such as these is essential in such an important role.

Take advantage of our new and exciting conscientious caretaker package.

Manual Handling for Employees

We are all at risk from manual handling injuries. Manual handling injuries account for over a third of all workplace accidents reported each year. This manual handling for employees’ course explores how the law protects you as an employee and what to expect from your employer.

This course covers common hazards, risks and risk reduction, completing a TILE assessment and manual handling techniques. It will provide you with practical information and guidance which will reduce the risk of you suffering from injuries associated with manual handling.

Lessons:

1. Legislation, duties and types of hazards

2. Injuries and ill health associated with manual handling

3. Hazards and reducing risk

4. Completing a TILE assessment

5. Manual handling techniques and aids

Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH)

Under the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) Regulations 2002, employers need to either prevent or reduce their workers’ exposure to substances that are hazardous to their health. It is an employer’s duty to protect the health, safety and welfare of their employees and other people who might be affected by their business. Employers must do whatever is reasonably practicable to achieve this.

Employers need to consider the different forms of hazardous substances, how they might enter the body and the effects of exposure. We will help your staff to better understand Safety Data Sheets and other labelling and packaging advice, to protect employees.

Lessons:

1. The law relating to hazardous substances

2. Hazardous substances

3. Labelling and packaging

4. COSHH risk assessment

Asbestos Awareness Cat A IATP accredited

Asbestos is a hazardous substance; every year over 5,000 people die from asbestos related diseases, such as lung cancer. Anyone likely to disturb or damage asbestos containing materials must be aware of the dangers and know what procedures to follow.

Our (category A) asbestos awareness online training will help you to understand where asbestos can be found, the risks associated with it and how to reduce the risk of asbestos fibres being released. If you plan to carry out work which will knowingly disturb or damage asbestos, you will require a higher level of training (category B or C).

Lessons:

1. Asbestos – The basics Lesson

2. Legislation and responsibilities

3. How to complete a risk assessment

4. Asbestos and risk reduction measures

Summary

This is an online course, if you order through Reed (This site) you will receive an email confirming your booking. Once we receive notification from Reed, we will email you a link with instructions to create your account and a redeem code to enter which will unlock your chosen course.

The training is accessed through a web browser, there will be a learner file which you can download and complete as you progress through the course. If you need tutor support you can click on the envelope icon (on the course) and email your question to the tutor.

How it works

The key topics for this course have been broken down into lessons, each lesson dealing with a specific area of the overall subject. Each one has clearly set learning outcomes and assessment criteria.

You can progress through the course at your own pace. If you need to leave the course, it will remember where you left off, so when you return there is no need to repeat steps. We often include external links, videos, webpages, downloads, which provide excellent resource files.

At the end of each lesson is a knowledge checkpoint, you will need to achieve more than 75% to pass the lesson, which then unlocks the following lesson. Upon completion of the final lesson your CPD certificate will be unlocked. You can save this as a PDF to your computer or simply print it off.

When

The course is self-paced so you decide at what pace the training goes. You will have 12 months access to the course and can revisit it as many times as you need.

CPD

The content of this course has been independently certified as conforming to universally accepted Continuous Professional Development (CPD) guidelines.

This course is for everyone who works in cleaning, maintenance or caretaking.

No prior knowledge required

It can support with:

Compliancy

Job development and prospects

Enhancing CV