RISK ASSESSMENT TRAINING...u know u want 2 :-)

[AA Teccie (Paul)]

All, an event not to be missed , joking apart, and to quote a fellow ARBTALKER (who shall remain nameless for fear of retribution) "a workable solution".

 

Where: ILMINSTER, Somerset (Dillington House, very nice too!)

When: 13th December 2012 (Thursday)

Who: Me, thee n hopefully many more.

How much: £186 (£155+VAT) or £114 (£95+VAT) if you're an AA member.

 

See Risk Assessment for Commercial Arboriculture for further info.

 

Hoping to see you there..

Paul

[combined tree services]

Hi Paul , is there any likelihood that you will run this down in cornwall too ??

 

Cheers

 

Dave

[samarb]

All information and products supplied with course are generally found free of charge, what makes course special? Interested as want to go approved within a year. Sam

[jaime bray]

All information and products supplied with course are generally found free of charge, what makes course special? Interested as want to go approved within a year. Sam

 

Speaking as a contractor and not with any AA volunteer association in mind. You really have to do the course to get the right mindset about the information that is available 'free', it is a good course that clearly puts you on the right path to fulfilling this legal duty in whatever form you are legally required to; dependant on staff numbers.

 

I did it about three years ago, and it proved very beneficial to how my business managed risk etc.

 

Try it, you might like it, and at 95 quid i doubt you will complain at the end of the course.

[AA Teccie (Paul)]

Hi Paul , is there any likelihood that you will run this down in cornwall too ??

 

Cheers

 

Dave

 

Hi Dave, hope you're well.

 

I'll happily run the course in Cornwall, if you can drum up a minimum of 6-8(max. 12) people to listen to me.

 

Do you know Tim Scott-Ellis, might be worth speaking with him as he seems to make things happen down there.

 

Hope to hear back soon.

 

Cheers..

Paul

[AA Teccie (Paul)]

All information and products supplied with course are generally found free of charge, what makes course special? Interested as want to go approved within a year. Sam

 

Hi Sam, thanks for your post.

 

Whilst I acknowledge there is some RA information and templates freely available on the AA website, the 'deliverables' that come with this workshop include much more infromation and many more generic risk assessments, plus some other 'bits n bobs'.

 

In reality, as witnessed on several occasions, many contractors out there have copies of the fuller RA system but very seldom really understand it and rarely maintain/update it. The workshop explains all this...and more.

 

In terms of what makes it 'special'...well, I deliver it

 

In all honesty Sam, and yes this is said in (large) part as an industry H&S professional, ANY and ALL training in risk assessment, and this is just one day, will benefit you as either an operative or an employer (including a person who engages the services of others, i.e. sub-contractors), and particularly the latter.

 

It will also do your intended ArbAC attainment no harm too as (too) often there are problems with businesses and risk assessment.

 

Cheers..

Paul

[AA Teccie (Paul)]

Try it, you might like it, and at 95 quid i doubt you will complain at the end of the course.

 

REMEMBER £95 (+VAT ) for AA members, otherwise £155 (+VAT)

 

Cheers..

Paul

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

REMEMBER £95 (+VAT ) for AA members, otherwise £155 (+VAT)

 

Cheers..

Paul

 

should there be VAT on Health and safety?

[AA Teccie (Paul)]

should there be VAT on Health and safety?

 

Hi Tony, hope yer well.

 

Is that a 'philosophical' question you pose...VAT does apply to H&S products, does it not?

 

But the 'H&S' aspect of the course is incidental, effectively it's the delivery of a service and as we generate income above the VAT threshold of £77k p/a (I think) we have to charge it...sorry!

 

Paul

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Hi Tony, hope yer well.

 

Is that a 'philosophical' question you pose...VAT does apply to H&S products, does it not?

 

But the 'H&S' aspect of the course is incidental, effectively it's the delivery of a service and as we generate income above the VAT threshold of £77k p/a (I think) we have to charge it...sorry!

 

Paul

 

yes "philosophical" seems at odds really, feels wrong on all counts to be charged VAT on such things, not say for the big boys, but for the little guys its a bit daunting to try and do all the measures at the earliest stages when you trying to get off the ground so to speak. I think they should drop the VAT on Safety, would encourage wider participation at the end that needs to most:thumbup1: