MECsafe Ltd

MECsafe have a dedicated team of experienced advisors and administrators, enabling us to offer a complete, cost effective one-stop health and safety service.

Working closely with customers, MECsafe can provide assistance to Clients, Principal Designers/ Designers, Principal Contractor or Sub-contractors in all aspects of the CDM Regulations 2015. From acting as Principal Designer to assisting with the development of Construction Phase Plans, providing assistance in developing Safety Policies and Systems or assisting with pre-start Contractor Health and Safety Assessments (i.e. CHAS, SAFEcontractor, Achilles, Exor etc). 

MECsafe are an accredited training provider for a number of established organisations within the construction industry, including, City & Guilds, ConstructionSkills (SMSTS, SSSTS), IPAF, PASMA, NPORS, and CCNSG.  In addition, we offer a number of in-house and bespoke courses tailored to suit individual requirements.  Courses are delivered by qualified, experienced tutors with a wide range of industry experience.

Our courses are available at an ever expanding range of venues around the country and a number of courses can also be undertaken at our customers own premises or on-site.

To ensure our customers have access to up-to-date course information and availability, we have developed a dedicated training website, creating a user friendly way of sourcing and booking training courses

https://www.mecsafe.co.uk/training

MECsafe provide a variety of health and safety training courses that can be delivered at our centre or on your premises, specifically for your employees.

MECsafe certified courses available are:
– Abrasive Wheels
– Manual Handling
– Working at Height
– Fire Awareness
– Harness Awareness
– Confined Space Awareness
Please click on the Individual Course for course contents / further details or contact us for further information.

Mobile Elevated Working Platforms (MEWP) / IPAF Courses

The International Powered Access Federation (IPAF) promotes the safe and effective use of powered access equipment worldwide in the widest sense — through providing technical advice and information, influencing and interpreting legislation & standards and through its safety initiatives & training programmes.

The IPAF training programme for platform operators was developed by leading industry professionals. It is certified by TÜV as conforming to the international standard ISO 18878:2004 (Mobile elevating work platforms – Operator (driver) training).

MECsafe are able to offer:
– IPAF 3a & 3b (scissor lift & cherry picker)
– IPAF Harness
Please click on the Individual Course for course contents / further details.

For Doncaster course dates and prices, please click here.

Alternatively, for nationwide courses, please click here.

Like most of our courses, we are able to offer this training at your premises, please contact us for further details.

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MECsafe are able to provide qualitative face-fit testing service for your employees, this can be undertaken on-site, at your premises or at our Training Centre in Doncaster.

If you provide respiratory protective equipment (RPE) to your employees then it is essential that you have documentary evidence to show the RPE fits the wearer. By subjecting each wearer to a face-fit test you can be sure that your organisation is fulfilling the requirements laid out in the Health & Safety Executives (HSE) guidance note HSE 282/28.

What type of masks require Fit Testing?
RPE Fit Testing is required for all tight-fitting face pieces including all filtering face pieces (disposable face masks), half masks and full-face masks. This includes negative pressure full-face masks as well as power-assisted full masks, and both self-contained and air-fed breathing apparatus.

What does the Face-Fit Test Involve?
The HSE information document 282/28 recommends that Fit Testing procedures should comprise a series of 7 exercises which should be performed for at least one minute each. The wearer must achieve an individual pass result in each of the 7 test exercises within one single testing period. ie if a single one of the exercises fails then the whole test must be repeated. The minimum time required to conduct one face-fit test to include purging and ambient sampling time is 15 minutes with additional time required for training users how to use their mask.

SEATS (Environmental)

The SEATS training course (Site Environmental Awareness Training Scheme) will provide delegates with an introduction to environmental issues on construction sites.  The course has been designed to provide the basic environmental knowledge that sub-contractors are required to know and demonstrate to major contractors.

Duration: 1 day

Course contents:
– The significance and importance of the environment
– A basic understanding of Environmental Management Systems
– Site waste management
– Prevention of pollution and water management
– Use of energy and resources
– Being a responsible contractor and a good neighbour (including statutory nuisance, communications, archaeology and heritage)

Certification: Delegates successfully completing the course are awarded CITB Certification, which is valid for 5 years.

Access to ‘competent’ safety advice is a key requirement under the CDM 2015 Regulations.

MECsafe provide this advice as part of our annual Safety Advisory Service to Companies of various sizes throughout the UK.

Our Client base covers the complete range of construction trades, including design and build organisations, civil engineers, electricians, plasterers, flooring specialists and cladding installers.

We tailor our Service to individual Clients depending on their needs and existing resources.
As part of the Annual Safety Advisory Service we can provide the following: –

• • Company Health and Safety Policy.
  • Systems Audit and Policy Review.
  • ‘MECsafe Limited’, named as your competent H&S Advisor for completion of Pre-Qualification Documents etc (as required by CDM 2015).
  • Access to our online ‘Client Login’ facility containing Safety Management System documents.
  • Legislation updates and identification of required training.
  • Telephone and e-mail Support.

National Vocational Qualifications (NVQs) are the most widely recognised qualifications in the construction industry and they are the standard that all workers must achieve. These vocational qualifications form the basis of card holder schemes such as the Construction Skills Certification Scheme (CSCS) card. These cards are becoming a necessity for getting work.

NVQ’s enable experienced workers to convert their existing skills into an NVQ certificate by assessing their work on-site and building up a portfolio of evidence to support them.

It’s done at your work, while you work, with a minimum of inconvenience for you or your employer. Generally you can gain your qualification within 3-6 months.

Asbestos surveys are a legal requirement, as defined within the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012 (CAR 2012) in the following manner;

All non-domestic properties built prior to 1999 are required to have an Asbestos Register in place, to comply with Regulation 4, “Duty to Manage Asbestos in Non-Domestic Premises” which states that an asbestos register should be produced which should detail the extent and condition of any asbestos material found within the premises, and any remedial action necessary to manage the asbestos material safely. Surveying buildings for asbestos materials takes various forms depending on a client’s need and the present uses of the building, however, to ensure compliance with current legislation an asbestos Management Survey should be carried out on all non-domestic buildings in the UK built prior to 1999.