8 Client Contractor National Safety Group (CCNSG) courses

The main subject areas of the course are: Legislation and guidance for asbestos practitioners. The properties of asbestos and health effects of exposure to asbestos fibres. The types of asbestos and its uses in buildings. The types of asbestos surveys. The asbestos register, risk assessment and management plan. Asbestos remediation. The role of asbestos analysts and laboratory procedures.

Master the critical domain of Know Your Client (KYC) practices with this in-depth course. Gain a comprehensive understanding of KYC regulations, client due diligence, anti-money laundering, and more. Elevate your compliance acumen and set a new standard in client onboarding and risk assessment.

Unlocking Project Communication using NLP to deliver added value to your current projects. Apply the NLP Communication Model can get behind the 'miscommunications' encountered on a daily basis.

The main subject areas of the course are: Legislation and guidance for asbestos practitioners. The properties of asbestos and health effects of exposure to asbestos fibres. The types of asbestos and its uses in buildings. The types of asbestos surveys. The asbestos register, risk assessment and management plan. Asbestos remediation. The role of asbestos analysts and laboratory procedures.

Imagine working in a company where you're privy to sensitive information, from employee details to confidential client contracts. Now, suppose you unintentionally disclose this information to an unauthorized person or party. The consequences could be dire, ranging from legal repercussions to reputational damage. To avoid such mishaps, it's crucial to understand the importance of Workplace Confidentiality. That's where our course, Workplace Confidentiality, comes in, providing you with the tools and knowledge to safeguard sensitive information and ensure Workplace Confidentiality. Learning Outcome: After completing this Workplace Confidentiality course, you are expected to - * Develop an understanding of the importance of Workplace Confidentiality. * Learn about business etiquette and types of Confidentiality in the workplace. * Acquire skills in maintaining Workplace Confidentiality with co-workers. * Prevent Workplace Confidentiality breaches and safeguard sensitive information. * Understand how employers can protect Confidential information. The Workplace Confidentiality course equips you with the skills and knowledge needed to maintain Confidentiality in the workplace. Module 01 provides an introduction to the concept of Workplace Confidentiality, emphasising its importance in safeguarding sensitive information. Module 02 delves deeper into business etiquette and the various types of Workplace Confidentiality that exist in the workplace. The Workplace Confidentiality course provides guidance on how to maintain Confidentiality with co-workers in Module 04. Module 05 covers preventing Confidentiality breaches, empowering you to identify and mitigate risks. The final module, Module 06, focuses on how employers can protect Confidential information and provide guidance on how to handle breaches. Enrol in the Workplace Confidentiality course and gain the skills and knowledge to ensure the protection of sensitive information. Whether you're an employee handling confidential data or an employer aiming to create a culture of trust and confidentiality, this course will empower you to navigate the complexities of Workplace Confidentiality. Join us and become a guardian of information, preserving confidentiality and upholding the highest professional standards in the workplace. Certification Upon completion of the course, learners can obtain a certificate as proof of their achievement. You can receive a £4.99 PDF Certificate sent via email, a £9.99 Printed Hardcopy Certificate for delivery in the UK, or a £19.99 Printed Hardcopy Certificate for international delivery. Each option depends on individual preferences and locations. CPD 10 CPD hours / points Accredited by CPD Quality Standards WHO IS THIS COURSE FOR? * Employees handling sensitive information in the workplace. * Employers seeking to educate their workforce on Workplace Confidentiality. * Anyone interested in enhancing their knowledge of Workplace Confidentiality. CAREER PATH * Data Protection Officer: £30,000 - £60,000 per year * Compliance Manager: £40,000 - £70,000 per year * Privacy Officer: £25,000 - £50,000 per year * IT Security Consultant: £35,000 - £70,000 per year * Risk Management Specialist: £30,000 - £60,000 per year.

Duration 4 Days 24 CPD hours This course is intended for System installersSystem integratorsSystem administratorsNetwork administratorsSolutions designers Overview After completing this course, you should be able to:Explain transactional service activation and how it relates to business requirementsExplain the benefits and uses of Cisco NSOExplain how Cisco NSO communicates with network devicesUnderstand the NETCONF protocol and be able to read and write simple YANG modelsInstall NSO and describe how NSO uses NETCONF and the Device Manager componentUnderstand the difference between devices that are fully NETCONF capable and those that are less or not NETCONF capableExplain the YANG service model structureDescribe how YANG is used with NSO, create and deploy a service, and explain NSO FASTMAPDesign and manage services with YANG modelsPerform NSO configuration and basic troubleshooting, and describe the following NSO features: integration options, alarms and reporting, scalability and performance options, and available function packsUse logs to troubleshoot the Cisco NSO deployment and check NSO communication with network devicesExplain the mapping logic of service parameters to device models and consequently to device configurationsDescribe the use of different integration options and APIsExplain the use of Reactive FASTMAP for manipulating and implementing advanced Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) componentsDescribe the use of feature components and function packsDefine and explain the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) Open Source NFV Management and Orchestration (MANO) principles and solutionWork with the alarm console, and understand the NSO alarm structure and how it conforms to modern network operations procedures The Cisco NSO Essentials for Programmers and Network Architects (NSO201) course introduces you to Cisco© Network Services Orchestrator (NSO). You will learn to install Cisco NSO and use it to manage devices and create services based on YANG templates with XPath. This course provides a brief overview of NSO as a network automation solution, as well as an introduction to NETCONF, YANG, and XPath. You will learn about service packages, network element drivers, and Application Programming Interfaces (APIs). The course also covers service creation, device and configuration management, NSO maintenance, NSO options and integrations, and basic NSO troubleshooting. INTRODUCTION TO CISCO NSO * Meeting Challenges with Orchestration * Challenges of Network Management * Challenges of Network Orchestration * NSO Features and Benefits That Meet Challenges * Standardized Approach WHAT IS NSO? * Logical Architecture * Components WHAT DOES NSO DO? * Orchestration Use Cases HOW DOES NSO WORK? * Introduction to NETCONF and YANG * Packages * Mapping Logic * Network Element Drivers (NEDs) RESOURCES AND TRAINING * Resources * Training GET STARTED WITH CISCO NSO * Installing Cisco NSO * Setup Overview * Cisco NSO Local Installation * Installing NEDs * Using NetSim NETCONF OVERVIEW * Challenges of Network Management * Introduction to NETCONF * NETCONF Operation DEVICE MANAGER * Device Manager Overview * Device Configuration Management * Device Connection Management * Templates and Groups * Other Device Management Tools SERVICE MANAGER ESSENTIALS * YANG Overview * Introduction to YANG * Other Representations of YANG * Data Types * XPath Overview * Basic YANG Statements * Can You Spot the Error? USING SERVICES * Package Architecture * Creating a Service Package * Sample Service Configuration * Service Template * YANG Service Model * Deploying a Service MODEL-TO-MODEL MAPPING * Mapping Introduction * Mapping Logic * FASTMAP * Template Processing SERVICE DESIGN AND CISCO NSO PROGRAMMABILITY * Service Design * Service Design Overview * Top-Down Approach * Bottom-Up Approach * Device Configuration * Service Model SERVICE MANAGEMENT * Service Management Tasks * Service Lifecycle Management Guidelines NSO PROGRAMMABILITY INTRODUCTION * NSO Programmability Overview * Python Service Skeleton * Creating a Service YANG Model * Creating a Service Template * Template Processing with Python CISCO NSO FLEXIBILITY * System Configuration and Troubleshooting * System Configuration * System Troubleshooting INTEGRATION * Integration Options * NETCONF Server * Web Integration * SNMP Agent ALARM MANAGEMENT AND REPORTING * Alarm Management * Reporting SCALABILITY AND PERFORMANCE * High Availability * High-Availability Cluster Communications * Clustering * Layered Service Architecture * Addressing Performance Limitations COMPONENTS AND FUNCTION PACKS * Function Packs * NFV Orchestration * Reactive FASTMAP

If your organisation manages contractors then your staff need to understand the health and safety issues. This course is the answer. The expert trainer will set out clearly the legal responsibilities of all relevant parties and explore the practical application of these responsibilities with the course participants. The course will then examine the issues associated with the planning of work to be contracted out and the evaluation, selection, control and monitoring of contractors engaged to undertake the work. Although the main focus is on health and safety, the course will also explain how health and safety issues need to be integrated into your organisation's functional management processes to ensure effective control of contractors. The course will consider all types of contracted activities, including construction and maintenance, cleaning, security, plant installation, etc. This programme will give participants: * A clear understanding of the organisation's legal responsibilities for managing contractors * The information they need to assess the competence of contractors * A practical understanding of risk assessment principles and the transfer of risk to contractors * A step-by-step guide to the key aspects of managing contractors in practice, covering: * Planning of the work * Selecting contractors * Handover prior to work commencement * During the work * Reviewing the work on completion * Practical guidance on the integration of health and safety controls into organisational procedures for contractor management 1 INTRODUCTION * Who are contractors? * Why manage contractors? * Different types of contractors * Costs of poor contractor performance 2 OVERVIEW OF HEALTH AND SAFETY LAW AND LIABILITY * Health and safety law and statutory duties * Relevance of civil and criminal law * Enforcement and prosecution 3 RELEVANT LEGISLATION FOR CONTROLLING CONTRACTORS * Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 * Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 * Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 1994 (as amended, 2007) * Other relevant legislation * Contract law 4 MANAGING CONTRACTORS IN PRACTICE * Exercise - how well is it happening? * The objectives * Five step approach * Planning of the work * Selecting contractors * Handover prior to work commencement * During the work * Reviewing the work on completion 5 PLANNING THE WORK * Scope and extent * Risk assessment * Interface and other activities * Who controls what? * Contract arrangements 6 SELECTING THE RIGHT CONTRACTOR(S) * Locating contractor organisations * Selection the right contractors * Assessing contractor competence * Approved lists/frameworks * Tender process 7 PRE-WORK COMMENCEMENT * Co-ordination and co-operation * Exchange of information * Contractor risk assessments and method statements * Permits to work * Case study exercise 8 DURING CONTRACT WORK * Communication and liaison * Supervision and inspection of the work * Inspection and reporting procedures * Security issues * Facilities and access 9 REVIEWING WORK ON COMPLETION * Why, what and how? * Achieving continuous improvement in contractor performance 10 QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION AND REVIEW

This five-day programme empowers participants with the skills and knowledge to understand and effectively apply best practice commercial and contracting principles and techniques, ensuring better contractor performance and greater value add. This is an assessed programme, leading to the International Association for Contracts & Commercial Management (IACCM)'s coveted Contract and Commercial Management Practitioner (CCMP) qualification. By the end of this comprehensive programme the participants will be able to: * Develop robust contracting plans, including scopes of work and award strategies * Undertake early market engagements to maximise competition * Conduct effective contracting and commercial management activities, including ITT, RFP, negotiated outcomes * Understand the legalities of contract and commercial management * Negotiate effectively with key stakeholders and clients, making use of the key skills of persuading and influencing to optimise outcomes * Undertake effective Supplier Relationship Management * Appreciate the implications of national and organisational culture on contracting and commercial activities * Appreciate professional contract management standards * Set up and maintain contract and commercial management governance systems * Take a proactive, collaborative, and agile approach to managing commercial contracts * Develop and monitor appropriate and robust KPIs and SLAs to manage the contractor and facilitate improved contractor performance * Appreciate the cross-functional nature of contract management * Collaborate with clients to deliver sustainable performance and to manage and exceed client expectations * Understand the roles and responsibilities of contract and commercial managers * Use effective contractor selection and award methods and models (including the 10Cs model) and use these models to prepare robust propositions to clients * Make effective use of lessons learned to promote improvements from less than optimal outcomes, using appropriate templates * Effectively manage the process of change, claims, variations, and dispute resolution * Develop and present robust propositions * Make appropriate use of best practice contract and commercial management tools, techniques, and templates DAY ONE 1 INTRODUCTION * Aims * Objectives * KPIs * Learning strategies * Plan for the programme 2 THE CONTRACTING CONTEXT * Key objectives of contract management * Importance and impact on the business 3 CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORS * Essential features of professional commercial and contract management and administration * The 6-step model 4 PUTTING THE 'MANAGEMENT' INTO COMMERCIAL AND CONTRACT MANAGEMENT * Traditional v 'new age' models * The need for a commercial approach * The added value generated 5 DEFINITIONS * 'Commercial management' * 'Contract management' * 'Contracting' * ... and why have formal contracts? 6 STAKEHOLDERS * Stakeholder mapping and analysis * The 'shared vision' concept * Engaging with key functions, eg, HSE, finance, operations 7 ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES * Contract administrators * Stakeholders 8 STRATEGY AND PLANNING * Developing effective contracting plans and strategies DAY TWO 1 CONTRACT CONTROL * Tools and techniques, including CPA and Gantt charts * A project management approach * Developing effective contract programmes 2 THE CONTRACTING CONTEXT * Key objectives of contract management * Importance and impact on the business 3 TENDERING * Overview of the contracting cycle * Requirement to tender * Methods * Rationale * Exceptions * Steps * Gateways * Controls * One and two package bids 4 TENDER ASSESSMENT AND CONTRACT AWARD I - FRAMEWORK * Tender board procedures * Role of the tender board (including minor and major tender boards) * Membership * Administration * Developing robust contract award strategies and presentations DAY THREE 1 TENDER ASSESSMENT AND CONTRACT AWARD II - PROCESSES * Pre-qualification processes * CRS * Vendor registration rules and processes * Creating bidder lists * Disqualification criteria * Short-listing * Using the 10Cs model * Contract award and contract execution processes 2 MINOR WORKS ORDERS * Process * Need for competition * Role and purpose * Controls * Risks 3 CONTRACT STRATEGY * Types of contract * Call-offs * Framework agreements * Price agreements * Supply agreements 4 CONTRACT TERMS I: PRICING STRUCTURES * Lump sum * Unit price * Cost plus * Time and materials * Alternative methods * Target cost * Gain share contracts * Advance payments * Price escalation clauses 5 CONTRACT TERMS II: OTHER FINANCIAL CLAUSES * Insurance * Currencies * Parent body guarantees * Tender bonds * Performance bonds * Retentions * Sub-contracting * Termination * Invoicing 6 CONTRACT TERMS III: RISK AND REWARD * Incentive contracts * Management and mitigation of contractual risk DAY FOUR 1 CONTRACT TERMS IV: JURISDICTION AND RELATED MATTERS * Applicable laws and regulations * Registration * Commercial registry * Commercial agencies 2 MANAGING THE CLIENT-CONTRACTOR RELATIONSHIP * Types of relationship * Driving forces * Link between type of contract and style of relationships * Motivation - use of incentives and remedies 3 DISPUTES * Types of dispute * Conflict resolution strategies * Negotiation * Mediation * Arbitration DAY FIVE 1 PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT * KPIs * Benchmarking * Cost controls * Validity of savings * Balanced scorecards * Using the KPI template 2 PERSONAL QUALITIES OF THE CONTRACT MANAGER * Negotiation * Communication * Persuasion and influencing * Working in a matrix environment 3 CONTRACT TERMS V: DRAFTING SKILLS * Drafting special terms 4 VARIATIONS * Contract and works variation orders * Causes of variations * Risk management * Controls * Prevention * Negotiation with contractors 5 CLAIMS * Claims management processes * Controls * Risk mitigation * Schedules of rates 6 CLOSE-OUT * Contract close-out and acceptance / completion * HSE * Final payments * Performance evaluation * Capturing the learning 7 CLOSE * Review * Final assessment * Next steps