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SHE Induction programme (mandatory SHE training) |
All staff, agency and fixed term employees Must complete their respective site SHE induction programme of mandatory training irrespective of how frequently they work on STFC sites.
Long term users, long term site contractors (term contractors) and visitors. Who on average spend >2 days per week in a 3 month period at STFC site(s) must complete their respective site SHE induction programme of mandatory training irrespective of how frequently they work on STFC sites.
| Site specific SHE Induction course
| Course repeated
| 5 years | To be completed by end of first working day
Links to Site Safety inductions are available from the
SHE training page.
Site specific staff safety handbooks are available to complement online induction training are available
here
Other general site procedures should be explained by line managers or supervisors and local SHE inductions provided by them.
Upon joining, Polaris House based staff complete the Polaris House Health and Safety Induction in
Go1 (refresh required every 2 years).
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Fire Safety training
| Course repeated | 5 years | To be competed by end of first month
Links to Fire Safety courses are available from the
SHE training page.
Courses available at RAL and DL.
Not a requirement for SO based staff who are required to complete the Polaris House Annual Fire Safety training in Go1.
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Display Screen Equipment (DSE) User training. | Course repeated | 5 years | To be completed by end of first month
Links to DSE courses are available from the
SHE training page.
Polaris House based staff complete the UKRI DSE Agile training which includes a test followed by a DSE self risk assessment. All new employees will automatically be sent this training as part of the user provisioning process and must complete all elements with a refresh every 2 years . Further details can be found in
the Source.
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Safe Manual Handling training
| Course repeated | 5 years |
To be completed by end of first month.
Links to the Manual Handling courses are available from the
SHE training page. At Polaris House staff are not required to undertake manual handling training as this is incorporated within the UKRI DSE Agile training (refreshed every 2 years).
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Electrical Safety Essentials
| No refresh frequency, course completed once within 6 months of arrival. | To be completed by end of first month.
Online course in Totara |
Asbestos Essentials
| No refresh frequency, course completed once within 6 months of arrival.
| To be completed by end of first month.
Online course on Totara
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STFC H&S Management Arrangements BiteSize
| No refresh frequency, course completed once within 6 months of arrival.
| To be completed by end of first month.
Online course on Totara
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UKRI General Health and Safety Awareness Training.
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| All employees based in Polaris House are required to complete the UKRI General Health and Safety Course in Go1.
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Co-located site collaborators following the STFC SHE Management system: Cockcroft Institute, Hartree Centre, SuperSTEM at DL, Research Complex at Harwell (RCaH) at RAL.
| As staff above apart from the STFC H&S Management Arrangements BiteSize which they do not need to complete.
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Co-located site collaborators operating independent SHE Management Systems: Rosalind Franklin Institute (RFI), and Diamond Light Source (DLS) at RAL.
| No requirement to undertake STFC mandatory SHE training and follow local equivalent mandatory training programmes.
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BID Tenants
Must complete their respective site specific SHE induction programme of mandatory training irrespective of how frequently they work on STFC sites
| Site specific tenant SHE induction course. | Course repeated. | 5 years
| To be completed within 1 month of arrival.
STFC Site safety induction available
on-line.
Site specific safety information is available in
these booklets.
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Contractors – short term contractors employed for specific activities/events.
| Site specific SHE induction course
| Course repeated | 5 years | To be completed by end of first working day.
Site safety induction available
on-line (link opens in a new window)
Site specific safety information is available in
these booklets.
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General SHE Management - Mandatory SHE Training for all managers. |
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STFC technical managers | STFC SHE Technical Managers course
3 day | STFC SHE Technical Managers Refresher course
1 day.
| 5 years |
Technical managers: those responsible for the practical execution of experimentation or technology development and laboratory, workshop and estate managers.
To be completed on appointment to first managerial role, or in preparation for assuming a managerial role.
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STFC non-technical managers | STFC SHE Non-technical Managers course
½ day | STFC SHE Non-technical Managers course
½ day
| 5 years |
Non-technical managers: those responsible for primarily office based staff in scientific, technological or administrative functions.
To be completed on appointment to first managerial role, or in preparation for assuming a managerial role.
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General SHE Management - other
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STFC technical early career staff
| STFC Technical Early Career SHE course
1 day
| No refresh frequency, course completed once.
| N/A
| Technical staff: those undertaking practical experimentation or technology development working in laboratories, science facilities and workshops.
Aimed at “technical” graduates, postgraduates and apprentice degree staff generally under 25 years of age for whom this is their first substantive permanent job who are undertaking practical scientific/ technical roles in STFC.
To be completed within 12 months of arrival.
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STFC Directors/Senior Managers | On-going programme of "Director and Senior Manager SHE workshops" to address current STFC wide topics.
| ~3 yearly | |
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STFC Departmental Safety Contacts | NEBOSH General Certificate (11 days) | No refresh frequency, course completed once.
| N/A | Advisory only
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