Rolling safety courses
BBC Safety is offering free courses to both staff and freelances.
The rolling series of courses are for those working on BBC productions and are mainly half or one day covering a range of safety subjects.
They are free of cost for freelances or internal departmental charge for staff.
Most courses are currently planned to be run in London, but will be held elsewhere if there is sufficient demand.
The courses are detailed below, along with applicability to BBC staff and/or freelances.
| Course | Open to |
| Safe Management of Productions | Staff & freelance |
| Safe Management of Radio Productions | Staff & freelance |
| Health and Safety Co-ordinators Course | Staff |
| Safe Management of Major Events | Staff |
| Safe Management of OBs, TV and Radio | Staff |
| Safe Management of Audiences | Staff |
| Safety in Newsgathering Home and Abroad | News Staff |
| Safe Working with Cameras and Lights on Productions | Staff & freelance |
| Safe Simulation of Hazardous Actions and Effects on Productions | Staff & freelance |
| Safe Design and Build of Production Sets | Staff & freelance |
| Managing Safely | Staff |
| DSE Assessors Workshop | Staff |
| COSHH Assessors Workshop | Staff |
| Risk Assessors Workshop | Staff |
| Safe Operation of Oil Mist, Glycol Haze & Fogs and Dry Ice Machines | Staff |
| Safe Manual Handling Techniques for Camera Staff | Staff |
| Manual Handling Assesors Course | Staff |
BBC staff can obtain more details from Gateway, while freelances should contact Valine Graizevsky on 020 8225 9939.
2 April 2002
Amended 1 May 2002
Amended 1 May 2002