University Certificate in Machinery Safety

Laidler Associates launches
University Certificate in Machinery Safety

The HSE’s speedy prosecution in June of a North Wales company where improperly guarded machinery caused injuries to two employees shows that it is far from backward when it comes to enforcing safety legislation – and rightly so. In a statement, the HSE urged employers to look again at the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations (PUWER) 1998 to ensure that their safeguarding measures comply with the law.

While everyone is fully committed to seeing these sorts of accidents eliminated from the work place, the problem for employers is that there is very little in the way of real training in critical areas of safety such as CE Marking and PUWER.

To address this failing, Laidler Associates is now offering a University Certificate in Professional Development (UCPD) in Machinery Safety. The first of its kind in the world, the specially tailored machinery safety course marks the first step in Laidler’s expansion of its training services, and sees the use of the company’s virtual reality technology to put a fully functioning machine within any training room.