This is a one day course aimed principally at senior management in the events industry from Event Director up to Managing Director. It is designed to give a broad overview with a focus on legal accountabilities and how to direct staff with specific health and safety responsibilities.

In house courses cost £1,200 plus £120 per delegate.

Places on open courses are available at £400 per delegate.

This is our flagship course which is run over 4 days and is aimed at Event Managers and operations staff with health and safety responsibilities. It has now become the basic course in the events industry for all event management staff and is also recommended for Event Directors who have limited operational experience. The course delivers a basic grounding in health and safety law and covers event risk assessment in detail. The course modules are:

• Module 1 - Accident Prevention Objectives
• Module 2 - Health and Safety Law
• Module 3 - Common Hazards
• Module 4 - Risk Assessment
• Module 5 - Health and Safety Management
• Module 6 - Proactive Monitoring
• Module 7 - The Cause of Accidents and Reactive Monitoring
• Module 8 - Safety of the General Public
• Module 9 - The Role of Duty Managers and Dealing with Emergencies

In house courses cost £2,800 plus £120 per delegate.  Plus reasonable travel and accommodation.

Places on open courses are available at £850 per delegate. 

Note.  IOSH certificates are valid for 3 years.  Delegates must take a 1 day recertification course (available from X-Venture) within 3 years.  IOSH will not accept delegates on a recertification course if they have overrun the validation period on their certificate.  Delegates who have overrun will be required by IOSH to repeat the full 4 day course.

This is a three day course and is aimed at Event Supervisors and operations staff with health and safety responsibilities at supervisor level. It is also an ideal introductory course for junior managers and operations executives. It follows the same modules as the Managing Safely Course but in less detail, although the risk assessment module is the same.

In house courses cost £2100 plus £120 per delegate. 

To maintain certification on the Managing Safely Course it is necessary to attend a one day recertification course every three years after which a new certificate will be awarded.

In house courses cost £850 plus £120 per delegate.  Plus reasonable travel and accommodation.

Places on open courses are available at £320 per delegate. 

Currently sponsored by ITV, this is a four day course and has been designed specifically for production staff with operational responsibilities working in TV and film studios, location filming and outdoor broadcasting.

In house courses cost £2,600 plus £120 per delegate.  Plus reasonable travel and accommodation.

Places on open courses are available at £800 per delegate. 

 To maintain certification on the Managing Safely Course it is necessary to attend a one day recertification course every three years after which a new certificate will be awarded.

In house courses cost £800 plus £100 per delegate.  Plus reasonable travel and accommodation.

This is a one day course aimed principally at operations staff in the events and exhibitions industry who work with temporary structures and space only exhibition stands. Delegates should have ideally already completed the IOSH Managing Safely in Events and Exhibitions Course or be scheduled to attend it and have some operational experience at events and exhibitions.

In house courses cost £1,200 plus £50 per delegate.

Places on open courses are available at £400 per delegate

Under new fire regulations employers are legally obliged to provide fire training which we are able to supply as follows:

• Mandatory Fire Awareness Training. This is mandatory for all staff and is a two hour session which can be run in house in groups of up to 25. Each session costs £320 and we can run three sessions in one day for £750.
• Fire Warden Training. Every employer is obliged to have a number of fire wardens as determined by the fire risk assessment. In house courses for up to 12 wardens can be run for £750. Alternatively places are available on open course for £140 per delegate.

Certificates are awarded for all fire courses as proof of legal compliance.

Fire training can be organised as part of a package with the fire risk assessment. 

This comprises the risk assessment day lifted from the IOSH course. It is ideal for staff who have already done an IOSH course but wish to brush up on risk assessment. It is also ideal for junior operations staff who will need to carry out risk assessments but may not yet be ready for the full four day course.

In house courses can be arranged for £850.  Plus reasonable travel and accommodation.

This is scenario based training in handling major incidents run over a half day or one day. This can either be a standard prepared exercise or a bespoke course for the client organisation. The aim of this training is to prepare staff to deal with major incidents and the implementation of contingency plans.

These courses are costed on a bespoke basis.