Core courses
Primary, secondary, technician and site-staff health and safety training including COSHH and compliance with BS4163.
D&TA accredited training
Safer workshops.
More confident teams.
Practical, hands-on health and safety training for Design & Technology departments across the South of England.
Practical training, shaped around your departmentSenior registered consultantD&T Health & Safety specialist
D&TA accreditedRecognised training and certification
Independently verifiableFind Simon on the D&TA directory ↗Course coverage
Training that reflects the reality of school D&T.
From core certification to specialist machinery, each programme is practical, relevant and tailored to the equipment your team uses.
Workshop equipment
Full range of hand tools, portable equipment, machines and processes.
Food technology
Safe working practice in school food rooms and preparation spaces.
Textiles
Textiles technology training grounded in practical classroom work.
Specialist woodworking
Lathes, routers, sanding, mortising, planing and sawing machines.
Specialist metalworking & engineering
Casting, lathes, milling, welding and metalworking processes.
Fewer emails, clearer requirements
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Select initial or refresher training, enter how many staff need each course and see the estimated number of training days in real time.
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Your consultant
Experience in education. Understanding of real workshops.
Simon Tarrant is a Registered D&T Health & Safety Consultant with more than 20 years’ experience in Design & Technology education.
Training is focused on helping teachers and technicians use equipment confidently, understand their responsibilities and build safer working practice into everyday teaching.
Simon also supports secondary D&T departments with curriculum and qualifications planning, subject review, CPD, facilities, technical resources and specialist technologies.
Find out more about bespoke CPD and consultancy support →Feedback from schools
“Thanks for the training, Simon. Everyone here really enjoyed it and we all feel a lot more confident now.”
“The training was great, we really enjoyed it, thanks.”
“Thank you again for today. It was a very useful training day and we thoroughly enjoyed it.”
“A really good day, I learned a lot – thank you.”
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Prices from £400 per day for in-school training. Final pricing reflects location, training duration and the number of delegates requiring certification; a tailored estimate is normally provided within 24 hours.