A requirement of proprietors is to ensure that one or more people are identified within each establishment to receive proper instruction on all aspects of safety in relation to Abrasive Wheels.

The Accuracy and Attention to Detail workshop is highly participative and aims to demonstrate why we make mistakes and what methods we can put in place to produce more accurate text and number work.

The Advanced Finance for Non-Financial Managers course looks at financial awareness on a more strategic level. It gives key tips on identifying how figures are manipulated and how to assess real business performance.

aims to provide delegates with skills in integrating text and graphics, producing complex presentations with the use of advanced layout and structural presentation tools.

Information, instruction and training for asbestos awareness is intended to provide workers and supervisors with an awareness of asbestos. When materials that contain asbestos are disturbed or damaged, fibres are released into the air.

This practical workshop will provide an opportunity for participants to increase self awareness and build on existing skills. Unresourceful patterns of behaviour will be identified and there will be exercises to practice some well tested and proven techniques for change.

The Award for Personal Licence Holders is a one day course ideal for those who want to develop a career within a restaurant or bar establishment. The BIIAB Personal Licence Holders qualification is also a requirement of the Licensing Act 2003 if you apply for a personal licence.

The Level 2 Award in Health and Safety in the Workplace from the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health provides a general introduction to all aspects of Health and Safety at work and is nationally recognised in all occupational areas.

This qualification is relevant to all catering establishments, but particularly important to Caterers in social care and education sectors where there is a ‘captive audience’ (e.g. health care and education)

This health and safety training course is a Level 2 Award which aims to provide the skills and knowledge to allow delegates to achieve competency in the assessment of risk and associated processes.

The Level 2 Award in Food Safety (Retail, Catering or Manufacturing) course is designed to meet the requirements of legislation and practical needs of organisations.

Food safety law requires businesses to train staff, effectively control hazards and develop documented food safety management systems.

These occur across a wide range of industries, which includes those involving complex plant through to simple storage vessels. A confined space is a place which is substantially enclosed (though not always entirely), and where serious injury can occur from hazardous substances or conditions within the space or nearby (e.g. lack of oxygen).

COSHH Control of Substances Hazardous to Health- COSHH is the law that requires employers to control substances that are hazardous to health. Most businesses use substances, or products that are mixtures of substances.

Any business, large or small, depends on teams that are cohesive, supportive, dynamic and integrated – and that have effective leaders to develop and improve them.

The Directors Duties and Responsibilities workshop enables persons who are, or intend to be a Director of a Company to develop a valuable insight into how company law principles and associated legislation operate in civil and criminal law.

The aim of the Environmental Awareness course is to provide delegates with an overview of the requirements of ISO 14001 and to introduce the key steps involved in establishing environmental management systems.

The Finance for Non-Financial Managers course demystifies financial information and breaks down the key financial documents into manageable sections. It looks at both financial and management accounting and gives the learner a greater understanding of how their decisions affect the business.

Keeping staff up-to date with HSE (Health and Safety Executive) legislation can be a costly process. As the commercial arm of Colchester Institute, at CI Business Solutions we offer a number of mandatory fire safety training options.

Forklift Training is available on a company basis only. To receive further information regarding this course please contact us on: business.solutions@colchester.ac.uk. Telephone 01206 712727 for more information or to make a booking.

The How to Train and Coach People course focuses on how to train individuals and groups, different training methods according to different styles of learning and how to evaluate and follow up.

This course aims to equip managers with a solid understanding of current HR best practice in order to manage their teams more effectively. This course is of particular relevance for line managers who may be new to the role and want to gain a comprehensive understanding of how to operate within current employment law guidelines.

This workshop is aimed at those who have been using Excel for a while and now want to take their skills to the next level.

This course looks at some of the basic concepts of Excel including some formulas. The introductory workshop is aimed at those who have little or no experience using the software.

IOSH Managing Safely is for managers and supervisors in any sector.

This course is designed to get managers up to speed on practical actions to ensure health and safety in their teams. Jargon is kept to a minimum; the emphasis is on what delegates need to know in practice.

The aim of this course is to train people in the skills and knowledge needed to achieve the standards of competency to carry out the duties of pre-use inspection and the safe use of ladders and stepladders.

This course is designed to examine the causes of stress and the impact it has on an individual and the organisation. Participants will have an opportunity to explore proven stress management techniques, which if employed in the workplace can increase performance and motivation, in addition to promoting better health and well being.

The Managing Difficult People and Dealing with Conflict workshop is designed to help you successfully negotiate those difficult interactions and seemingly impossible situations which if not handled effectively, can cause misery, frustration and ultimately affect performance. This workshop will also explore how and why conflicts arise and how conflict can be prevented.

Regulations require a more formal approach to the subject of manual handling operations. Since the subject not only covers lifting but handling, pulling, pushing or moving by bodily force, the range is considerable and affects anyone in any organisation.

The aim of the Portable Power Tool Training course is to train people in the skills and knowledge needed to achieve the standards of competency to use portable power tools safely and correctly. The Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 requires that users of work equipment receive adequate training for purposes of health and safety.

Many believe UK business has been over-managed and under-led for 20 years. This course shows how rapid change and dramatic improvement in performance can come from dynamic, positive and engaging leadership.

The Problem Solving course will enable participants to recognise problems and to address them in a way that ensures permanent resolution.

This course is designed to give concrete tools and guidance on the practice of being a manager of sales people, from inspiring your team to give their best performance, to business management tools that will allow you to control your team’s performance.

As the commercial arm of Colchester Institute, CI Business Solutions offers a range of IT Training Courses on an in-company basis for groups of staff who require training. These courses can be adapted to suit your business needs and requirements, and include courses on Microsoft Office programmes and Google analytics for your business.

Do your staff struggle with difficult conversations? Would your workforce benefit from better time management skills? How would greater attention to detail improve the overall efficiency of your business?

Preparation is all! The Public Speaking and Presentation Skills course will give delegates the tools and the confidence that will ensure that they are able to give effective and professional presentations.

REACH and RoHS – These European wide regulations will have a significant impact on importers, manufacturers, retailers and end users of substances. The impacts can include being unable to continue your current processes. ROhS is The Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment. 

Meetings happen every day; effective meetings happen much less often! Running an effective meeting feels like something that we should be able to do naturally, however there are key skills that can be learned which, when applied well, will ensure that meetings are run in the right way, at the right time and with the right outcomes.

The course builds on two principles – (a) social media is a powerful and efficient promotional tool but (b) it must be managed sensibly. We will cover planning and channel selection, giving delegates simple road maps to setting up and using social accounts. Today, ‘content is king’, and we will cover blogging basics and strategies for automating social media management.

No-one will doubt the importance of time in today’s stressed out, downsized and target driven world. The Time Management in 21st Century course looks at tools and techniques for managing time more effectively.

The Understanding and Control of Food Allergens in Catering aims to provide knowledge and understanding of allergens in catering to facilitate compliance with the Food Information for Consumers Regulations.

The Work at Height Regulations 2005 apply to all work at height where there is a risk of a fall liable to cause injury. The Regulations place duties on employers, the self-employed and any person who may contract others to work at height.