Training & Certification Solutions

Workplace training for UK organisations facing inspection

Training & Certification Solutions delivers accredited workplace training to organisations across the UK, either at the client's premises, at its own venues or online. The company positions its offer around compliance: courses are mapped to the requirements that apply to each sector, and sessions are scheduled around shift patterns rather than the other way round.

The provider states that its qualifications are Ofqual-regulated and that it also works with NEBOSH, IFE and other awarding bodies. It describes certificates as typically valid for three or more years for most accredited qualifications, with renewal reminders issued before expiry.

Course areas and sector-specific requirements

The catalogue is presented as covering 102 courses. The main subject areas named are first aid, fire safety, manual handling, food safety, safeguarding and construction. Specific courses cited include Emergency First Aid at Work, the three-day First Aid at Work, Paediatric First Aid (two days), Emergency Paediatric First Aid, Student First Aid (Level 2), Moving & Handling People Safely, Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults, Safeguarding Children & Young People, First Aid for Mental Health, Fire Marshal Training and Fire Safety Awareness.

The company organises its offer by sector and names the regulatory driver behind each one:

• Care and supported living: CQC care standards, supported by HSE guidance and fire-safety requirements. It flags as a common gap staff holding manual-handling training without moving and handling people, and incomplete safeguarding or mental-health records. It suggests refreshing at least every three years.
• Education and early years: EYFS for early-years settings and KCSIE for schools and colleges, with Ofsted oversight. It notes settings sometimes hold Emergency Paediatric First Aid where full paediatric first aid is required, and that safeguarding training is renewed more often than in other sectors — every one or two years depending on setting and role.
• Construction and industrial: site access controlled by the principal contractor, with requirements stacking up from site-safety awareness through first-aid provision proportionate to risk to specific competences such as hot works, working at height, face-fit testing and vehicle marshalling.

Other sectors addressed are hospitality and food (EHO), offices and professional workplaces (HSE) and property and facilities (RRO). The site also references HSE guidance, the Health & Safety (First-Aid) Regulations 1981, the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, HACCP principles, and alignment with CITB, CSCS and CCNSG, alongside NEBOSH and IOSH pathways.

How a training request is handled

The company describes a four-step process. It first asks what the workforce actually does — job roles, risk profile and headcount — arguing that a low-risk office needs Emergency First Aid at Work while a manufacturing floor almost certainly needs the full three-day First Aid for Work. It then maps that to a regulated qualification and issues a written recommendation naming the exact course, level, duration, number of sessions or trainers required by group size, and cost, by email and without obligation.

Delivery follows the client's shifts, with early, late and split sessions available. Where useful, practical scenarios are built around the client's own equipment, layout and tasks. After each session the company issues dated certificates and attendance records suitable for a training matrix, plus a written plan for any remaining requirements.

For individuals, the company explains that places open up on scheduled courses because it delivers mainly to organisations; it matches applicants to the next suitable date near them, subject to region and course availability. It also offers to decode informal employer wording — for example, translating "food hygiene" to Level 2 Food Safety & Hygiene or "first aid ticket" to Emergency First Aid at Work.

Urgent deadlines and group capacity

A dedicated route covers clients working to a deadline. The company asks for the date, headcount and location up front and says it gives a straight answer on feasibility at first contact, prioritising statutory gaps. It can arrange multiple sessions in a single day, split shifts or a second trainer for larger teams, while stating that it does not compress the standard of regulated qualifications. Half-day and one-day options exist for most areas.

Group size is described as unlimited, with sessions calculated from headcount. Fire risk assessment is also listed as a service available alongside training, and the company notes that a written fire risk assessment often has to precede decisions on how many fire marshals are needed.

Accreditation and evidence

The company emphasises documented evidence over informal briefings, arguing that regulated qualifications, dated certificates and attendance records are what an inspector, insurer or principal contractor will ask to see. It states that its courses lead to nationally recognised qualifications accepted by employers, agencies and awarding bodies, and that they are valid across the UK.