Free training Course

Our latest course “display screen equipment risk assessments” is launched next week.

While not the most exciting subject around, this health & safety process is vital to keep staff happy, avoid accidents and make sure working areas are safe.

It is likely to be of interest to health & safety officers, union officials, managers & IT professionals.

To receive a free serial number - just make sure that you are subscribed to our weekly update by 5PM British Summer Time, 9th July 2008.

To sign up, just enter your details in the box on the left hand side of the screen.

As well as the course, you get our weekly update and access to the free subscribers only website which contains piles of training resources and downloads.

Help us - What courses do you want next?

We are looking at which courses to develop in the future and need your help.

In the right hand margin is the courses we are looking at developing.

Please “vote” for your favourite or preferred course.

You don’t have to leave your email address - voting is free. But if you subscribe to our weekly update at the same time (we can check with IP addresses!) we will send you a voucher for 75% off the cost of the course.

So go on … vote away…

The HMRC lost discs

The report into last year lost discs has been published.

See the BBC report.

Most of our readers probably don’t work in organisations the size of HMRC but the lessons are there for everyone to learn.

• Poor relationship between management & staff
• Low morale
• No adequate procedures for data handling

(Incidentally - it was almost laughable to hear a junior minister on Radio 4’s "The world at 1" on Wednesday effectively say "Oh, yes, there are procedures, it’s just that no-one knew what they were")

To help with getting the message over - we have decided to make our course "The safe use of the web & email" available for just £12.99 per user until 31st July.

The course covers all aspects of using computers in the workplace including email, spyware & virus protection. It would be ideal as an induction or refresher course.

To take advantage of this offer - just contact us on 01909 772729 or email contact@(removethisforspam)sharp-end-training.co.uk

For more details of the course - visit the homepage

Display Screen Equipment Risk Assessments

Almost every office and workplace has PC’s and equipment covered under the DSE regulations.
However, most buildings were designed before the mass take up of IT. As a result, a regular risk assessment is not only a good idea but required under the regulations.

We have designed a course to walk managers and supervisors through the required steps to carry out a risk assessment.
However,final testing on this course has been delayed and we will issue further details in the next week or so.

Did you miss your free training?

Last week, we gave you details of how to get your free training course.

Incredibly, some people still missed out because they signed up late. Sorry guys - mad panic emails won’t help - and it is not fair on those who did sign up as requested.

Remember - we only give serial numbers away to subscribers who are SIGNED on by the deadline we specify well in advance.

Why not sign up now - so you don’t miss out in future?

Go to the box in the middle column of this page and add your name & email

Free training for charities

Most charities struggle for cash and donations. Sometimes the most worthy causes are not the ones who get the most publicity.

That’s why Sharp End Training would like to help. If you are a charity, trust, or non-profit making organisation, please contact us. We would love to help.

We would suggest that our training works best if you have large numbers of staff who need the same message.

Obviously, we can’t help everyone, (and we do have bills to pay) so it would be helpful, if you could prepare a few lines about the nature of your charity and how you think online training & learning will help.

We can then have a chat and get you going.

New look for our blog

The Sharp End Training Blog has recently changed design and we hope you like the new look.

Fitting better with the rest of the site, we think it is a definate improvement.

Over at the Learn-on-Demand blog. we have done the same thing. (But you might notice a slightly different colour.)

Any feedback is welcome.

We have a number of new things planned for the next few weeks. We are just putting the finishing touches to a new course on “Display Screen Equipment Risk Assessments”

While not everyone’s cup of tea, this course will be of particular interest to health and safety inspectors, union officials and similar.

Learn on Demand

As you may have read in an earlier post, our learn on demand site has moved to a new server.

One unexpected side effect of this is that all discount serial numbers now no longer work.

If you are using a serial number, please contact us for a replacement.

Don’t forget that all weekly update subscribers will receive a free serial number with this weeks email update.

Free Training Course

Our sister site www.learn-on-demand.co.uk has being moved to a new server this week.

To celebrate this, we are offering a free training course serial number to all weekly update subscribers.

The serial number will be sent out next Wednesday (11th June) so you must sign up by 5pm Tuesday 10th June (British Summer Time) and will allow 100% discount off any training course.

This is a fantastic opportunity for any small business (or anyone) to receive free high quality business skills training.

Remember - You must be signed up by 10th June at 5pm as serial numbers are NOT backdated.
At least one person missed out last time we did such a promotion. So don’t let that be you.

You can sign up by entering your name and email in the floating box that you saw when this page loaded or go to the top middle column of this blog.

PS - You also get access to our subscribers only website www.training-subscribers.info which features free downloads and training resources for instant use in any industry.

Did you miss your free training course?

Weekly update subscribers got a FREE serial number to access our latest course “violence at work” last week. The text of the update is below.

If you want a FREE serial number for free training, just subscribe to our weekly update. You can do this by entering your name and email in the box at the top of the page.

This is the last week of this offer. The course will be on sale next week.

We are delighted to bring our eNewsletter subscribers a “world premiere” this week.

If you have noted from our blog,., we have been working on a new course – “violence at work”

Final testing has now been completed, and it is now ready for public viewing.

As subscribers, we wanted to give you the chance to view the course, for free.

To take advantage of this free training, please do as follows

Go to www.learn-on-demand.co.uk

Scroll to the bottom where it says “get started”

Pick the “violence at work” course

Ignore the price

Enter your name & email and where it says coupon code enter xxxxxxxx –

This gives 100% discount

Your user name and password will be emailed to you within a minute or so

You will be taken straight to the start screen – enter your user name & password

Enjoy…

The coupon code allows for unlimited use but is exclusively for subscribers.

Please feel free to send any feedback on the course..

Of course, if you want more users and reporting on user activity, please contact us on 01909 772729 for a heavily discounted rate.

Many thanks for your continued support

PS Don’t forget that there are free training resources & downloads in our members only website www.training-subscribers.info

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