Health & safety changed quite a lot for everyone in 2020. As well as our personal safety, the wave of lockdown restrictions also meant that businesses like ours couldn’t function the same as before. With falling demand for our classroom courses (before they were halted altogether), we had to think on our feet to keep… Read More
It has been abundantly clear that 2020 was the year that changed everything. The COVID-19 pandemic brought about widespread uncertainty and insecurity, from the economy to our health and social habits. When this ongoing confusion streamed into the following year, we here at SAMS knew we had to transform these apparent negatives into positives. The… Read More
As many of our classroom courses have transitioned to remote learning via Zoom, you may have noticed that some have shifted from a closed book exam to an open book exam. This change in format has been necessary to allow people to take exams at home, but it also brings a few changes to the… Read More
2021 is upon us, and while things haven’t immediately improved for most people, businesses are soldiering on. For us, a new year means the opportunity to build on what we’ve created during this pandemic, and continue to reach more and more people. Primarily this means a continued focus on expanding our remote learning courses. We’ve… Read More
Every country has a few unfortunately named towns (the UK more than most!). As silly as some of these sound, though, they can often be an attraction for tourists. For the Canadian town of Asbestos, however, a name associated with its legacy of asbestos mining has forced them to change identities, even though it means… Read More
Last Updated: 22nd December 2020 This week has seen the introduction of a new set of local restriction tiers to deal with the coronavirus pandemic. While there will be some easing of restrictions from the recent lockdown, a large part of the country has been put straight into Tier 4, the most restrictive tier available.… Read More
The CITB SSSTS and SMSTS courses have proved to be some of the most popular remote learning courses we offer, frequently selling out over the past few months. Now, we’re pleased to announce that the CITB has allowed learning providers to offer even more places, raising the class sizes from 10 to 12 for the… Read More
It’s spooky season here at SAMS, and we’re dead set on saving you money! Our popular UKATA Asbestos Awareness course is now 10% off until 1st November, making it as little as £5.85 per license. Asbestos is a suitably spooky substance, and not just because it’s ghostly pale. Asbestos is still present in thousands of… Read More
We recently heard the news from UKATA that asbestos training is at its lowest point in five years. While we’re going to delve into that topic in a bit more detail soon, we felt it was important to do our bit to raise those numbers in a more meaningful way. That’s why we’ve decided to… Read More
Even in a year like the one we’ve had, the Beirut disaster stands out as a major shock. The massive explosion in the Lebanese capital ranks among the biggest non-military explosions ever recorded, and caused damage on a frightening scale. The precise death toll is still being counted, while hundreds of thousands are currently homeless… Read More