Kent First Aid Training

08/09/2025

From Health and Safety Executive
Easy read guides to support disabled workers
The easy read guides are to help support disabled workers and workers with long-term health conditions.
Easy read is a way of making written information easier to understand. It uses simple language, short sentences and clear images to help explain content.
It is increasingly used to help people who have a learning disability and can also be useful for people who speak English as a second language.
We have added 6 easy read guides to our disabled workers guidance.
You can find the complete collection on our website: Support disabled workers and workers with long-term health conditions in work.

01/09/2025

Courses for September 2025
Gravesend
Emergency First Aid at Work 8th
First Aid at Work 17th/18th/19th
Bromley
Paediatric First Aid 29th/30th
Please see our website for for further details.
www.kentfirstaidtraining.co.uk
or email us on kentfirstaidtraining@gmail.com

We conduct First Aid Training courses for large and small organisations in Kent, Essex and South London. Contact us today for details of a course near you

27/08/2025

Health and Safety Executive:
Reporting accidents and illness at work
Make sure you submit a Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR) report for a workplace accident where necessary.
RIDDOR puts duties on employers, the self-employed and those in control of work premises to report certain serious workplace accidents, occupational diseases and specified dangerous occurrences.
Our website has further information about RIDDOR, including:
the types of incident that must be reported and those that are exempt
a step-by-step guide on how to make a RIDDOR report
definitions of RIDDOR key terms

22/08/2025

From Health and Safety Executive:
Protect workers during hot weather
With high temperatures across much of the country, employers must ensure workers are protected during hot weather.
There's no law for maximum working temperature, or when it's too hot to work, because every workplace is different.
However, our website has a practical step guide on temperature in the workplace, which gives employers guidance on:
managing workplace temperature
what the law says
preventing heat stress
protecting those working outdoors.
We also provide a workplace temperature checklist to help employers carry out a basic risk assessment.
View the full range of guidance by visiting HSE's temperature webpages.

12/08/2025

From Health and Safety Executive:
Working Minds - aches, pains, strains and stress
Serious aches, pains and strains can have a significant impact on mental health.
Most work-related ill health stems from stress, depression, anxiety and musculoskeletal disorders. Workplace factors such as excessive pressure, demanding workloads and insufficient breaks can negatively impact both mental and physical health.
Problems might arise from manual handling tasks, their workstation set up, or extended periods at a computer without breaks.
Remember to include both physical and mental health issues in routine conversations with workers about health and when reviewing risk assessment.
For more information:
• find out about the measures you can put in place to keep people well on our Work Right website
• view a video from the Head of Health and Safety for Europe at Laing O’Rourke, about reducing the toll on human bodies and mental health

07/08/2025

From Health and Safety Executive:
Easy read guides launched
The easy read guides are to help support disabled workers and workers with long-term health conditions.
Easy read is a way of making written information easier to understand. It uses simple language, short sentences and clear images to help explain content.
It is increasingly used to help people who have a learning disability and can also be useful for people who speak English as a second language.
We have added 6 easy read guides to our disabled workers guidance. These guides can:
• support disabled workers and workers with long-term health conditions to get into and stay in work
• provide advice on how managers can create a supportive workplace

The easy read guides complement our existing talking toolkit which supports managers to structure conversations with disabled workers and help create an inclusive approach to workplace health.
The first easy read guide goes through the law and people’s rights as disabled workers.
The other 5 easy read guides go through conversations, based off the existing talking toolkit. Conversations include:
• helping workers and managers take an inclusive approach to workplace health
• understanding the work barriers that impact on workers
• making reasonable workplace adjustments

Each conversation has a section on questions managers may ask. They may find this section useful in starting conversations with their disabled workers and workers with long term-health conditions.
View the complete collection of easy read guides: Support disabled workers and workers with long-term health conditions in work

28/07/2025

From Health and Safety Executive:
Make sure your event protects workers and the public by using HSE's event safety webpages.
Whether you're organising a small gathering or large-scale event, HSE guidance provides practical advice to help you meet your health and safety obligations.
Our guidance helps you plan, manage and monitor events effectively with 3 key sections:
Getting started with event planning – ensure your planning is proportionate to your event's scale and risk level
Managing an event – understand your legal duties as an event organiser
Planning for incidents and emergencies – develop effective response plans appropriate to potential risks

21/07/2025

From Health and Safety Executive
Protect those working alone
Lone workers can be at greater risk of harm as they may not have anyone to help or support them if things go wrong.
Employers have a legal duty to protect those working alone. The responsibilities include:
carrying out thorough risk assessments specific to lone working situations
providing adequate training on managing hazards and emergency procedures
establishing effective supervision, monitoring and communication systems
regularly reviewing safety measures to ensure they remain effective
HSE's website offers practical advice for employers on effectively managing risks, as well as a video on lone working that sets out the key advice.
Visit our lone working webpages for detailed guidance, case studies, and practical tools to protect those working alone: Lone working: Protect those working alone

14/07/2025

From Health and Safety Executive
Working in hot temperatures
Employers must ensure workers are protected during hot weather.
There's no law for maximum working temperature, or when it's too hot to work, because every workplace is different.
HSE's website has a practical step guide on temperature in the workplace.
This includes guidance on:
• what the law says
• managing workplace temperature
• preventing heat stress
• protecting those working outdoors

We also provide a workplace temperature checklist to help you carry out a basic risk assessment.
View the full range of guidance by visiting HSE's temperature webpages.

12/07/2025

From Health and Safety Executive
Health and safety is vital for all seasonal and temporary workers
With many seasonal jobs being filled at this time of year, it is important that employers protect the health and safety of gig economy, agency and temporary workers.
Workers are as likely to have an accident in their first 6 months at work as during the whole of the rest of their working life.
We have advice around protecting those who are new to the job, including 6 ways to protect new starters.
Our website has guidance to help end users and suppliers of agency and temporary workers understand their health and safety responsibilities.
If you are an agency or temporary worker your health and safety is protected by law and employment businesses (agencies) have a duty to make sure they follow it.

30/06/2025

From Health and Safety Executive:
Working in hot temperatures
With temperatures increasing across much of the country, employers must ensure workers are protected during hot weather.
There's no law for maximum working temperature, or when it's too hot to work, because every workplace is different.
HSE's website has a practical step guide on temperature in the workplace.
This includes guidance on:
what the law says
managing workplace temperature
preventing heat stress
protecting those working outdoors
We also provide a workplace temperature checklist to help you carry out a basic risk assessment.
View the full range of guidance by visiting HSE's temperature webpages.

24/06/2025

Working in hot temperatures
With temperatures increasing across much of the country, employers must ensure workers are protected during hot weather.
There's no law for maximum working temperature, or when it's too hot to work, because every workplace is different.
HSE's website has a practical step guide on temperature in the workplace.
This includes guidance on:
• what the law says
• managing workplace temperature
• preventing heat stress
• protecting those working outdoors
We also provide a workplace temperature checklist to help you carry out a basic risk assessment.
View the full range of guidance by visiting HSE's temperature webpages.