Location: Carrowbreck House, 7 Carrowbreck Road, Norwich, NR6 5FA. Do you often wonder what you have achieved? Do you find yourself juggling between tasks? Do you view time as your enemy? This workshop is for anyone who wishes to make the maximum use of their time. The principles and practices of effective time management are covered and helps participants evaluate and improve their own personal effectiveness. Duration: One-day course (9:30am – 4:00pm approximately) Equipment: No equipment is necessary for you to bring to the course. Pens and note paper will be available. Lunch provided: On full day training courses a sandwich lunch with crisps and cakes will be provided. Refreshments will be available throughout the duration of this course. Course Content Identifying Working Styles Activity Logs/To Do Lists Urgent v Important Managing Your Diary Motivation Managing Daily Tasks Time Stealers Delegation Filing Setting Goals & Objectives Course price: Between £74.00 and £96.00 For more details or any enquiries, please do contact us on 01603 788950, or email carrowbreck@broadland.gov.uk
How many times have you heard that you should have a blog on your website but do you know why? This workshop will cover how blogs attract traffic and what you need to do to convert that traffic into customers.
Duration: Half-day course (1.30pm – 4.30pm)
Equipment: No equipment is necessary for you to bring to the course. Pens and note paper will be available.
Lunch provided: Light Refreshments will be available throughout the duration of this course.
Course Content Blogging versus vlogging What you need to start a blog What helps your blog get picked up by Google How to get potential customers to stay on your blog longer Tools to monitor and measure blog activity What to do if you’re not the best at putting words together How to create content around what potential customers are searching for How to promote your blog SEO for your blog Sourcing free pictures for your blog We will also run through the blogging pitfalls and how to avoid them By the end of the session, you will be equipped with everything you’ll need to run a successful blog. You will also leave with a six-month blogging plan to keep you on track.
Course price: From £37.00 to £48.00
For more details or any enquiries, please do contact us on 01603 788950, or email carrowbreck@broadland.gov.uk
The course is designed to ensure a detailed understanding of Legionnaire’s Disease, and how risk management makes sure the disease doesn’t arise in your work place.
This course will enable delegates to understand – The history, significance and symptoms of Legionnaire’s Disease – The basics of how hot and cold water systems work – How the bacterium gets into water systems…. – …..how it multiplies in the systems, and……. – How it goes on to infect people – How management systems ensure the prevention of illness – The basics of the legal requirements, and sources of guidance – Assessing and evaluating the learning
IMPORTANT! How We Deliver This Course: 1. This is a “blended learning” course. Once booked on, we’ll send you some learning materi-als, questions and other activities to test you! So, delegates need to be prepared to do 2 or 3 hours’ work before attending the classroom session. Followed by…..
2. …a traditional half-day classroom session, to fill in the gaps and make sure the more tricky bits are understood. Delivered in our usual, highly interactive and engaging style (some delegates might even get a little wet…..!)
Prerequisites: Basic literacy, enthusiasm, a willingness to learn and participate.
Duration: 2-3 hours’ pre-course work, plus one half-day classroom session (09:00 start – 13:30 finish)
Assessment: An open-response workbook is completed throughout the day to demon-strate the learners knowledge and understanding
Cost: £125.00 + VAT per person. Includes tea/coffee, course materials and HABC assessment fees;
Course Tutor: Richard Mills is a highly experienced former Environmental Health Officer (a job which included Legionella outbreak investigation). As a consultant, Richard has carried out many, many Legionella assessments and helped clients put management systems into place. The RedCat Partnership Ltd has been providing safety training and consultancy in East Anglia and beyond for over 19 years.
Course Title; Level 4 Award in Managing Food Safety
Aim; To equip delegates to put food safety management systems in to place, through detailed understanding of the hazards, legal requirements (including HACCP) and the issues surrounding the implementation of control measures.
Objectives;
*Understand the meaning of ‘management of food safety’, and the elements of a management system, including HACCP.
*Detailed understanding of the four main hazards; biological, allergens, chemical and physical.
*Understand the format of UK and European food safety legislation.
*Understanding operational procedures for cleaning and disinfection, pest control, design and construction of facilities etc.
*Managing people; information, training, supervision etc.
*Maintaining food safety management procedures; monitoring and verification.
*Liaise with enforcement officers
*Have sufficient technical knowledge to deliver level 1 and 2 food hygiene training (with appropriate training skills)
Organisation
Duration; 5 day teaching programme + 1 day for assessment.
Dates: 3rd, 4th, 10th, 11th & 18th May
Exam Date: Friday 22nd June
Exam/Assessment; This qualification is assessed through a 2-part examination. Part one is a 30-question multiple-choice examination (30 marks). Part 2 is a written examination where learners choose 4 from 6 questions. The total mark available in the section is 70marks. The duration of the examination is 2.5hours
This is an Ofqual accredited qualification.
Cost; £597 plus VAT includes notes, refreshments, lunch, the assessment & certification fees. The course cost also includes a course book and a course folder with a resource CD & DVD
Awarding Body; Highfield Awarding Body of Compliance
Tutor; Richard Mills or Sarah Daniels
Differentiation; Prior knowledge of food safety is required: CIEH Level 3 Award in Food Safety would be desirable. Candidates should be familiar with, or aspire to, the role of management. This is a challenging course, technically and academically. Candidates require reasonable spoken and written English, and a moderate level of ICT ability. Access to a computer, for assignment research, email, etc is strongly recommended.
This qualification provides those who work within Catering businesses with the appropriate knowledge relating to the control of food ingredients and understanding of the process for ensuring that accurate ingredient information is available.
This Qualification Covers – Understand the different roles in ensuring that food. ingredients and allergens are effectively managed. – Understand the characteristics of food allergies and food intolerances. – Understand procedures relating to the accurate. communication of ingredient information, from supplier to consumer. – Understand hygiene considerations with regard to allergen and ingredient control. – Understand procedures relating to the control of contamination and cross contamination of allergenic ingredients.
Who is the Qualification Aimed at? Those who are responsible for the purchase, delivery, production and serving food in the catering industry. The qualification is also suitable for Catering Business owners. This will assist you in compliance with the Food Information Regulations which came in to place in December 2014.
Prerequisites: A recent Level 2 Award in Food Safety in Catering/Manufacturing is essential before attending this course. Good basic literacy and numeracy (to level 2) is desirable. We can, however, make special adjustments if needs be.
Examination: This qualification is assessed by a learner workbook set by Highfield Award Body of Compliance (HABC) and marked by us! Delegates will have to take the learner book home to complete. Once completed you must send the work book back to us to be marked before you receive your certificate from HABC.
Duration: Friday 20th April – A one day programme ( 09:00 start-16:30 finish)
Course Tutors: Sarah Daniels / Richard Mills are both Chartered Environmental Health Practitioners, having spent over 25 years each in the profession. The RedCat Partnership have been providing food safety training & Consultancy in Norfolk, East Anglia & nationally for over 18 years.
Do you look after supplier relationships and want to take a more strategic approach to your supply base?
This course is designed for people who have operational experience in Procurement and want to move from reacting to the supply chain to taking a proactive approach to achieving value for their organisation.
We will cover:
Following the ‘5i’ steps for category management
Using market intelligence to increase opportunities and decrease risk in the category
Exploring what we mean by ‘value’
Managing stakeholders & how to build positive relationships with suppliers
Building a Strategic Sourcing Plan
By the end of the course, delegates will be able to use tools and models to gain a deep understanding of their category of spend and build a sourcing strategy that eliminates costs and adds value to the organisation.
It is also an opportunity to meet and network with other Professionals in and around Norwich.
The aim of this course is to equip delegates to take a lead role in assessing office workstations and the wider management of associated musculoskeletal disorders (MSD).
Objectives – State the basic HSG65 management cycle, and illustrate how this can apply to the control of MSD’s arising from display screen equipment (DSE) use. – Understand the value of MSDs prevention. – State the minimum equipment/environmental requirements for workstations, as specified in the Schedule of L26. – Understand how the type of job/task can affect assessment (“occupational” factors). – Understand how the correct set up of DSE can prevent MSDs, and state the ideal set up. – Understand the “human” factors that can affect DSE users’ ability and willingness to use DSE correctly. – Demonstrate some of the key skills in ensuring DSE users improve their work station. – Develop an intervention hierarchy in the case of ill health arising from DSE use. – State the key sources of law and guidance, and where they can be found.
– Prerequisites: None, just enthusiasm (basic spoken English/literacy does help).
– Course Tutors: Sarah Daniels/Richard Mills (Chartered Environmental Health Practitioners), who have spent over 50 years between them in profession. The RedCat Partnership has been providing health and safety training/ consultancy locally and nationally for 19 years.
Reputation matters: no-nonsense advice on how to enhance your business brand. The question time you really need, brought to you by Naked Marketing, Plain Speaking PR and Reeve Social. In business, reputation is everything. Without the trust, respect and loyalty of your customers and other stakeholders, you’re pretty much doomed.
A good reputation can’t be achieved by clever marketing alone. But if you are doing a great job, an effective communications strategy can help you share the right messages, with the right people, at the right time. On Friday 13 September, Naked Marketing, Plain Speaking PR and Reeve Social are coming together for a no-nonsense conversation on how to enhance your business brand. In the relaxed surroundings of the Oak Bar, you’ll have the chance to ask our panel of communications specialists any questions about digital marketing, visual branding, public relations and social. If you’ve ever been put off by marketing ‘experts’ that talk in jargon and seem to lack common-sense, this is the event you need. We’re offering a ‘no bullshit guarantee’.
3.00 – 3.20 Arrival drinks
3.20 – 3.45 Welcome and introductions with David Powles
3.45 – 4.45 Questions and panel discussion
4.45 – 4.55 Closing thoughts
Who is this course for? Anyone who needs more practice; people responsible for conducting risk assessment and putting controls into practice, i.e. understanding the wider management of health and safety. Managers, supervisors, business owners, safety representatives.
Topic areas covered The qualification will enable successful candidate to understand and, at Level 3, put into practice the following: – The importance of health and safety in the workplace – The principles involved in risk assessment – The relationship between hazard and risk as part of an accident and ill health prevention – The hierarchy of controls to control risk to an acceptable level – The risk assessment process in a workplace
Assessment The Level 3 Award in Risk Assessment is assessed in two parts; – Part 1 is a 30 question multiple-choice examination lasting 1 hour. Learners must achieve 20 out of 30 to pass – Part 2 is a centre-set and marked assessment. Learners are expected to undertake a risk assessment, which will be internally set and assessed by the centre and externally moderated by Highfield (HABC).
Prerequisites: Basic literacy, enthusiasm, and a willingness to learn and participate. A workplace to complete a risk assessment on is also key, but not essential Duration: Two day programme (09:00 start – 16:30 finish),
Date: 20th & 27th June
Cost: Level 3; £375.00 + VAT per person. Includes refreshments, lunch, course materials and assessment fees.
Course Tutors: Sarah Daniels & Richard Mills are both Chartered Environmental Health Practitioners, having spent over 25 years each in the profession. They were both health and safety inspectors, before founding The RedCat Partnership. The company has been providing health and safety training & consultancy in Norfolk, East Anglia & nationally for over 18 years.
Are you ready to learn something new? With Google Digital Garage, you can access our free live training designed to help grow your business, jump-start your career or develop new skills.
This course will help you understand how to work with different types of data, how to collect, store and ask better questions from the information you have. We’ll help you explore and better understand your data, and tools that can make this easier.
Eligability
This online workshop is open to any trading business, sole trader, freelancer, or charity based in Norfolk, UK.
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Location: Carrowbreck House, 7 Carrowbreck House, Norwich, NR6 5FA. This short course is for anyone starting-up or already running their own business who also has a working knowledge of spreadsheets. The course will show you how to record everything you need to meet the statutory requirements of HMRC using Excel spreadsheets. The documentation you need to keep and how to store it for easy retrieval will be explained. The submission of statutory returns will also be covered. Duration: One-day course (9:30am – 4:00pm approximately) Equipment: No equipment is necessary for you to bring to the course. Pens and note paper will be available, plus a copy of any records you currently keep. Lunch provided: For full day training courses a lunch with sandwich or salad, crisps and cake or fruit will be provided. Refreshments will be available throughout the duration of this course. Course Content Register with HMRC as self-employed By telephone or post or online Self-Employed rules explained, Trading Year-end and Self-Assessment Tax Returns Spreadsheets for Income and Expenditure, Sales Invoices, Purchase Invoices and Statements, Customer and Supplier lists (ledgers) Bank Statements, Credit Card Statements, receipts for cash purchases and how to cross-reference these. Easy retrieval is important as HMRC may wish to inspect your records Equipment and materials you have already bought and will be used in your business Self-Assessment Tax Returns Course price: £74.00 – £96.00 For more information please call us on 01603 788950, or email carrowbreck@broadland.gov.uk
People factors are key in strategy execution and knowing how much stress is just right is a critical success factor. Chris Wilson, founder of Stress Science, will introduce you to a scientific approach from measuring stress to optimising team performance.
Key Takeaways:
Stress Science developed their keystone coaching program called Performance Acceleration based upon a behaviour change model with human-centered design. In this short session we will discuss:
Three levels of regulation: Participants will learn by using a focused lens on physiology and stress and the research that supports this focus in our daily work. How to identify early warning signs through changes in your physiology.
Sustainable performance: Using the Stress Science Performance Acceleration coaching model the participants can create a performance success plan.
Chris will stay after for anyone who wishes to continue the conversation at the Chambers.
About Chris
Chris is the founder of Stress Science. A coaching and consultancy business focused on biomarkers and metrics to create positive behaviour change.
He sits alongside your people and aligns the wellbeing and performance to the strategic roadmap fostering individual growth and organisational excellence. Using mindset training, diversity of thinking training and coaching to create capacity to function in VUCA environments. Empowering individuals to think flexibly and independently towards an identified goal.
Chris was a key mentor for previously and current serving defense personnel for Veterans South Australia, a government agency focused on supporting those who served in transition and the Minister for Veterans’ affairs.
Pioneering the entrepreneurship pathway that supported Veterans to create opportunities from their military experiences and take them from ideation into commercial opportunities.