When it comes to health and safety training, one of the issues that needs to be considered is whether you and/or your employees require an accredited or non-accredited training course. As with most things in life, there are advantages and disadvantages of each. Accredited health and safety training courses such as the NEBOSH Certificates (General, Construction, Fire and Environmental), ConstructionSkills (SMSTS and SSSTS), IOSH (Managing, Working, Directing Safely) etc all have specific syllabuses which need to be followed in order to satisfy the assessment criteria. This means that there may be large sections which are irrelevant for different people on the course and their particular job role, which could lead to delegates becoming bored and "switching off". This might not be a problem for the part that isn't relevant to them, but if they do not "re-engage" when relevant information is being taught, they run the risk of potentially missing crucial information. There is also a danger of distracting others on the course who do need to understand what is being taught. Unlike accredited courses which, as mentioned above have to follow specific syllabuses, those that are not accredited can be tailored to an organisation's specific workplace hazards and working practices. This means that the subject matter is likely to be much more relevant to those attending. A non-accredited course can even incorporate the organisation's health and safety policy and emergency procedures into the taught subject matter. So in conclusion, neither accredited or non-accredited training can be defined as "better", as it's suitability will depend not only on the requirements of the person or company requiring the training, but also on the quality of the training provider who is delivering the course.
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