TRAINING

Last few places left on courses next week: book your place

Memorial Safety and Administration
Tuesday, 26 October, 10am to 11.30am, delivered by our associate Trainer, Alan Fairchild, MBE, FSLCC, this course will cover:

• burial law & management powers
• health and safety responsibilities
• documentation & electronic record keeping
• licensing erection and retention of memorials
• compliance with British Standard 8415
• stability testing & common safety issues
• memorialisation & grounds maintenance
• memorial safety in closed churchyards

Being an Effective Councillor induction course
Wednesday, 27 October & 3 November 10am to 12.30pm

Our very popular two-part induction training for new Councillors, also useful as a refresher for existing Councillors. This course is specifically designed to give Councillors all of the information they need to know about their role and how they can best serve their community.

LANTRA Basic Tree survey and inspection
Wednesday, 27 October, 8.30am to 12.30pm, this is an external course by EasTec UK.

Identifying hazardous trees is a vital part of a number of jobs, from park rangers to estate workers. This training is designed to help you recognise and then report issues to an appropriate expert. It's a basic one-day course to give you the knowledge to be able to identify potential hazards.

Course sessions include:

• Health and safety
• Risk assessment
• Legal framework
• Collecting the information
• The limits and scope of the surveys
• Hazardous trees