The responsibilities of a first aider

Responsibilities of a first aider Being a first aider involves many important responsibilities, varying from keeping the facility’s first aid kit supplied to providing medical assistance to an injured person. It’s a very important role, requiring initial and frequent refresher training. A first aider may need to provide anything from training assistance, showing people where… Read More

CIEH & UKATA e-Learning courses

We are pleased to announce that SAMS Ltd  have just launched a range of e learning courses which may be of interest to you. All courses can be viewed at www.samsltd.co.uk/e-learning and include: UKATA – Asbestos Awareness CIEH – Introduction to Environmental Awareness CIEH – Introduction to First Aid CIEH – Level 1 Food Safety… Read More

Culture, culture, culture.

SAMS Ltd were interested to note that a company from Scotland was heavily fined for an incident involving a forklift truck following a fatality in 2013 having been fined for an incident in 2011. The comments made following the course was that there was no safe system of work in place and that operators were… Read More

The highest growth industry – It’s all in the fees.

Less than 2 years after the Government made significant cuts to the HSE a small article in the press nearly passed us by at SAMS Ltd. The article stated that the HSE was about to launch a recruiting drive for Inspectors and given the recent round of cuts the question of why this was happening… Read More

UKATA Asbestos Awareness e-Learning

Making any change can often be seen as disruptive but at SAMS Ltd we see it more as creating an opportunity to reflect of what is happening and then improving it. At SAMS Ltd this has certainly been the case in respect of our new web site which we have just launched. In particular we… Read More