The Primary Core Health & Safety Training is particularly effective when departments complete this as a whole team, as this helps to ensure a consistent approach to the management of H&S across all areas of the department.

As such equipment needs clear guidance for safe use, the Design & Technology Association recommends the Primary Core Health & Safety Training course a must-have for anyone delivering or supporting learners in D&T lessons.

This course will familiarise you with the D&T Association Core Level Training Standards covering risk assessment, and will enable you to complete a Personal Health & Safety Portfolio for accreditation through the completion of 10 key areas.

The portfolio also provides a record of the H&S training undertaken by D&T staff and how their department manages to provide learners with a safe and healthy working environment.

Staff are asked to keep their personal D&T Health & Safety Portfolios up to date, to accurately reflect their current working practice, and Refresher Training at the Secondary Core Level will be due after 5 years.

The ‘refresher’ course is suitable for all D&T staff who have completed the Secondary Core Level Initial Training and the personal D&T Health & Safety Portfolio, and whose Design and Technology Association accreditation is now due for renewal.

This fully accredited practical training covers the wide range of workshop machinery, tools and equipment that is most commonly used by learners in schools and colleges.

As such equipment needs clear guidance for safe use, the Design & Technology Association recommends the Secondary Materials Health & Safety Training course a must-have for anyone delivering teaching (or supporting learners) in the workshop.

This fully accredited practical training course covers a wide range of Textiles machines and equipment that is commonly used by learners in schools and colleges.

In addition to the use of sewing machines, batik equipment and the heat press etc., this course also provides the opportunity to undertake Textiles risk assessment, COSHH and maintenance activities.

This course is suitable for everyone who teaches and supports secondary food technology, home economics or catering or for those who lead cookery clubs or food activities in schools, including teachers, technicians, teaching assistants, trainee teachers and special needs support staff.

The course involves practical experience in the use of kitchen equipment, blenders, food processors, microwave etc.

A variety of practical exercises are undertaken during this fully accredited training course, to cover a range of wood-sawing processes that are commonly required to accurately and safely prepare materials within school workshops.

Delegates will also receive a course pack containing current legislation and digital resources, and the knowledge, skills and understanding required to safely use this machinery in schools.

This fully accredited practical training course covers the safe use of the centre lathe for machining metals, and will enable delegates to acquire H&S accreditation certification through a ‘hands on’ approach using the machinery to complete a series of set tasks.

Following the course delegates will receive a digital download pack which includes current legislation, guidance materials and a range of editable H&S resources.

This fully accredited course is suitable for colleagues wishing to demonstrate or use the sand casting process in a school environment and will enable delegates to acquire H&S accreditation through a ‘hands on’ approach.

The course involves practical experience in the manufacture of a “casting” in aluminium.

This course will enable delegates to acquire H&S accreditation certification through a ‘hands on’ approach using the different electric welding techniques.

Delegates will have opportunity to develop skills in Manual Metal Arc (MMA), Metal Inert Gas (MIG), Tungsten Inert Gas (TIG), Spot welding and plasma cutting.

This fully accredited practical training course covers the safe use of milling machines, and will enable delegates to acquire H&S accreditation certification through a ‘hands on’ approach using the machinery to complete a series of set tasks.

Delegates will also receive a course pack containing current legislation and digital resources, and the knowledge, skills and understanding required to safely use this machinery in schools.

This course will enable delegates to acquire H&S accreditation certification through a ‘hands on’ approach using a range of lathe tools and equipment to complete a series of tasks leading to the completion of a finished product.

Delegates will undertake a number of exercises during the course including turning between centres, drilling, faceplate turning and use of a woodturning chuck.

The main wood-machining processes are covered during this fully accredited training course using the overhand planer and thicknesser, to enable delegates to accurately and safely prepare materials within school workshops.

Following the course delegates will receive a digital download pack which includes current legislation, guidance materials and a range of editable H&S resources.

A variety of practical exercises are undertaken during this fully accredited training course, using a range of portable power tools that are commonly used within school workshops.

The equipment to be covered includes the Angle Grinder, Portable Circular saw, Biscuit Jointer, Reciprocating Saw (Jigsaw), Portable Planer, Portable Router and the Table Router.

This course will enable delegates to acquire H&S accreditation certification through a ‘hands on’ approach using the types of grinding machines that can be safely used in school workshops.

The course also covers types and grading of bench stones, how to inspect and assemble abrasive wheels correctly to make sure they are properly balanced and fit to use, and appropriate methods of dressing abrasive wheels.

A variety of common practical tasks regularly undertaken by Site Staff are undertaken during this training course, using a range of portable power tools that are commonly used in schools and colleges.

The equipment to be covered includes the Angle Grinder, Portable Circular Saw, Recip Saws and Multi-Tools, SDS Drill, Portable Planer and the Portable Router.

The aim of this H&S training course is to provide both new and existing workshop technicians with the essential knowledge and understanding of H&S that will help them to provide quality support to staff and students in schools and colleges.

Following this course, the D&T Association advises all technicians to attend further training to achieve certification on the Specialist and Specialist Extension Level H&S Training Standards.