08 Jul 2018

Ergonomics, First Aid, Health and Safety, Learning, Manual Handling, Teaching, Training, Wellbeing 0 Comment
Virtual Reality, the new and exciting trend that is sweeping the world, is being applied in some very interesting ways. Most interesting (to us) is the applications for Virtual Reality in the training and skills development world, specifically in Health and Safety Training. Following reviews of several programmes and, the development and delivery of a Fire Safety programme, we wanted...
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19 Feb 2018

Ergonomics, First Aid, Health and Safety, Learning, Manual Handling, Teaching, Training, Wellbeing 0 Comment
"The UK is facing a mental health challenge at work that is much larger than we had thought. Not only is there a big human cost of poor mental health at work, there are also knock on impacts for society, the economy and Government. Employers are losing billions of pounds because employers are less productive, less effective, or off sick.” This is a direct quotation from Thriving at Wo...
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16 Feb 2018

Ergonomics, First Aid, Health and Safety, Learning, Manual Handling, Teaching, Training, Wellbeing 0 Comment
Ergonomics and Human factors, is described as the practice of designing products, systems, or processes to take full account of the interaction between them and the people who use or operate them. Last year, the Health and Safety Executive published figures stating that there were just over half a million people suffering from Work Related Musculoskeletal Disorders (WRMSDs) throughout th...
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