Fenland District Council’s environmental health team is holding another all-day training course next month to help local businesses improve their health and safety management standards.

The Level 2 Health and Safety in the Workplace course will take place on Tuesday, February 26 (9.15am-4pm) at The Base, Melbourne Avenue, March.

A TRAINING centre in the Neath Valley has been recognised for its green credentials.

Glynneath Training Centre has been awarded Neath Port Talbot Council's Green Project of the Year award.

Winners were announced at an Environment Awards ceremony last month in Neath where the centre also scooped the overall winners prize for 2012.

Barnsley College is offering 100 free places on their Environmental Awareness Training in 2013.

The Level 3 Award in Understanding the Fundamental Principles and Requirements of Environmental Technology Systems is for people with roles that involve the management or specification of environmental technologies, and people who have to inform or advise customers and clients about environmental technologies, their use and benefits.

The Liverpool-based engineering company is to up-skill its whole UK supply chain as part of a 'passport to work' scheme.

The mechanical, engineering and public health firm will provide subsidised training to almost 100 stakeholder companies to increase on-site health and safety competence.

The 'passport to work' will ensure every operative at HE Simm's MEP projects across the UK will have received IOSH or accredited safety and awareness training.