Staff training requirements
The University is committed to ensuring the health, safety and wellbeing of all our staff, students and visitors. To ensure you meet the Universities health and safety requirements and stay safe we provide health and safety training, some of which is mandatory.
The health, safety and well-being of staff and students can be affected by you not having undertaken the required health and safety training, so it is important that every member of staff receives the correct training and completes this when required.
The training matrix below identifies what training you will be required to undertake dependant on your role. Your manager should also identify any training needs that you may need and should liaise with the Health and Safety team to arrange for this training to be allocated.
Health and Safety training must be repeated at regular periods and the refresher period document below details this. Staff may also be required to undergo training following a change of role, change of process or a safety incident.
E-Learning Packages
The Health and Safety team have a number of online training courses of which many are mandatory for staff in specific roles. New starters will be asked to complete relevant training upon your arrival at the University and these modules are allocated to new starters automatically within a few days of commencement of employment with the University. These training modules include general information about safety procedures on campus and provide links to further information. Your line manager will also be able to confirm if further courses apply to your role.
View the online portal
There are several Health and Safety roles available for University staff. These include becoming a registered First Aider, Fire Marshal, or Departmental Safety Officer (DSO). If you have had previous experience with these roles and/or wish to explore the possibility further, you can contact the Health and Safety team when you join us. For further information about Health and Safety at the University, please email the team on healthandsafety@tees.ac.uk
Face-to-Face and Bespoke Training
The Health and Safety team offer a number of face-to-face training sessions, these usually take place in the Foster Building and are bookable. To book select the training course you wish to attend and a calendar will appear. The date of the selected course will appear as bold in the calendar. Select the date to show the times and add your details to book.
Book face-to-face training sessions
If bespoke health and safety training is required for a group of staff please contact the Health and Safety team to discuss your requirements: healthandsafety@tees.ac.uk.
