KNOW WHAT YOU NEED BEFORE YOU BOOK
Start with your tasks and risks. Not everyone needs every course. Check suitability, practical assessment, fees and certificate requirements with the provider before booking.
Showing 8 training topics. Include general site training alongside the specialist topics that apply to you.
When to consider it: Plan emergency cover for your team and work locations.
Choose Emergency First Aid at Work or First Aid at Work from your needs assessment. St John Ambulance offers classroom and blended options. Blended FAW still includes face-to-face training and assessments; an online-only awareness course is not the same qualification.
When to consider it: Before lifting, carrying or moving awkward loads.
Start by avoiding hazardous handling and reducing remaining risks. Training should suit the actual loads, aids and work environment, with practical work so unsafe technique can be corrected. Online learning can support this, but does not make a lifting task safe by itself.
When to consider it: If your work could expose you to asbestos, including maintenance and refurbishment.
Awareness teaches recognition and how to avoid disturbing asbestos. HSE recognises suitable e-learning for awareness. It does not qualify you to remove or work on asbestos. Work on asbestos needs different training and controls; some work requires a licensed contractor.
When to consider it: Before using, selecting or mounting cutting and grinding wheels.
Check that training covers the work you will actually do, including wheel selection, mounting where relevant, guards and safe use. An awareness video alone does not demonstrate safe operation of your equipment. Arrange suitable instruction and practical competence checks.
When to consider it: Before work where a fall could cause injury.
Plan the work, choose suitable access and arrange supervision and rescue where required. Match training to ladders, scaffolds, roof access or other equipment. A general online awareness certificate is not permission to carry out every type of work at height.
When to consider it: Before operating a mobile elevating work platform.
Choose the correct equipment category with an IPAF-approved training centre. Operator eLearning covers the theory element; practical training and testing are still needed. Training may be at a suitable centre or site. Plan machine familiarisation and site-specific precautions too.
When to consider it: When starting site work or refreshing the basics.
CITB offers a Health and Safety Awareness eCourse. Check the provider’s assessment requirements and any separate HS&E test or card requirements for your role. A course certificate, a site induction and a skills card are different things.
When to consider it: Before working with heat, flame or ignition risks.
CITB offers fire safety awareness learning. Apply the learning to your actual work, emergency arrangements and insurer requirements. A general course does not replace a hot works permit, risk assessment or competent supervision.
After provider training, keep the actual certificate. In the Business plan, record the course, provider, reference and next review or expiry date under your existing training reminders. Calendar exports can remind you to review it; Trade Office does not verify qualifications or book training automatically.
FOR ROOFING BUSINESSES
NFRC offers roofing-industry information and support. Explore its membership route, Roofing Careers Service and RoofCERT for individual skills recognition. NFRC membership, RoofCERT and the NFRC Competent Person Scheme are distinct routes with their own entry requirements.
Explore NFRC’s routes and requirements ↗Independent resource link. Moran Trade Office is not presented as an NFRC partner or endorsed product. Other trades should use the relevant trade bodies and competence schemes for their work.
Our business knowledge checks help you understand running a business. They do not award recognised safety qualifications. Provider links open external websites, with their own accounts, payments and certificates. No training course is embedded or copied into Trade Office.
Guidance reviewed 15 September 2026. HSE material relates to Great Britain; for Northern Ireland check HSENI and local requirements. No list can replace a task-specific training-needs assessment.