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UCC staff H&S training comprises a blend of  e-learning and face to face contact sessions - all of which is demand led, quality assessed and delivered by experienced consultants on a value for money basis. Access by staff to centrally scheduled core courses and e-learning is available throughout the year, (gratis/ at minimal cost), subject to booking procedures which includes completion of course booking forms and conditions -  available from the H&S Office. 
Specialised courses e.g. non core coures or core courses arranged to suit individual departments are arranged subject to demand and cost assignment to participating departments.

Overview - Core Staff H&S training - Course and outputs/ achievements

See Overview of UCC Staff H&S training services and downloadable booklet at the following link Staff H&S training booklet. Also see 5 year training activity summary and 16 year training & QA metrics given below.

5 year Staff H&S training metrics (5 years to end Dec 2010)

2499 staff undertook H&S Office arranged h&s training courses in the 5 years ending December 2011. This represented a 10% increase on attendances for the preceeding 5 year period of 2266 staff. The introduction of Functional Area annual safety Reports in 2004 and two e-learning h&s courses contributed significantly  to this volume increase.

A total of 6316 UCC staff have attended staff h&s courses organised by the H&S Office in the period 1994 to 2011.

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In this time frame the H&S offices internal QA sytem, which the University Safety Officer established long before it became a requirement for universities to set up QA systems under the Irish Universities Act, has operated to deliver a quality training product and great value for money. This has been maintained over the last number of years with the addition of two bespoke e-learning packages for staff.

The average staff QA assessment values for h&s courses for the  period 1994 - 20011 was 91%. p.a. )

See table below for furter details

Yearly Training and QA ratings for staff H&S training at UCC

UCC staff H&S Training Attendance metrics and QA ratings - based on staff evaluations

 Year 

# Courses   

# Attendees

% QA rating (avg.)  

2011 53 345 92%
2010 51 441 93%
2009 49 516** 93%

 2008

 56

 430*

 95%

 2007

 71

 767*

 93%

 2006

 61

 480

 91%

 2005

 54

 463

 94%

 2004

 44

 408

 95%

 2003

 60

 563

 88%

 2002

 42

 352

 93%

 2001

 41

 427

 90%

 2000

 32

 306

 89%

 1999

 17

 123

 89%

 1998

 17

 133

 89%

 1997

 10

 124

 86%

 1996

 3

 17

 89%

 1995

 28

 215

 88%

 1994

 15

 206

 92%

18 Year Total

 704

 6316

2004 -'11 = 91 - 95% p.a

1994-'10 = 88 - 95% p.a

Footnote (*) includes worstation ergonomics e-training since March '07 (**) includes e-fire safety ex Jan 09.

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