2065 Courses in Cardiff

To provide a fundamental understanding of building services in the context of: * The working environment * The success of the core business * The health and safety of the occupants * Operating cost and environmental impact * The optimisation of cost and value * Strategies for continuous improvement DAY ONE 1 BUILDING SERVICES FUNDAMENTALS * The function of services in commercial buildings and their importance to the core business * Electrical services * Lighting * Heating * Ventilation and air conditioning * Lifts * Water * Understanding IT and communication systems * Practical exercises 2 THE PROVISION OF COMFORT AND SAFETY * Statutory requirements * Health and safety legislation * Control of contractors * Risk assessment * Fire precautions * Legionella, sick building and other risks * Business requirements * Understanding user requirements * Matching systems to business needs * Practical exercises 3 GETTING THE DESIGN RIGHT * What the FM needs to know about design and its procurement * Successful space planning * Relationship between services, space planning and design * Getting the brief right * Supplier selection and management * Practical exercises DAY TWO 4 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE * Why maintain? * Maintenance contracts * Input and output specifications * Resource options * Contracts - principal elements * Tendering - key steps * Selection criteria * Operational criteria * Maintenance trends * Performance-based service provision * Input and output specifications * KPIs and thresholds * Risk containment * Value-add opportunities * Performance contract strategy * Practical exercises 5 CONTINGENCY PLANNING * Being ready for the unexpected * Identifying and reducing risk * Internal risks * External risks * Identifying threats at your site * Managing risk * Protective systems * Occupier obligations * Fire management * Testing * Practical exercises 6 COMMISSIONING SERVICES SYSTEMS * Physical commissioning * Common problems * Typical costs * Commissioning stages * Continuous commissioning * Energy efficiency and the scope for environmental improvement * Practical exercises 7 SATISFYING THE OCCUPANTS * Obtaining and responding to feedback * When to get feedback * Why * How * What to do with it * Practical exercises 8 'AIR TIME' * Sharing experience and addressing specific issues of interest to participants * Course review * Close

This course provides participants with a comprehensive understanding of the requirements of the CDM Regulations 2015 and how these should be implemented in practice. The Regulations are put in context with other key health and safety legislation. The programme sets out clearly the roles and responsibilities of the principal duty holders and explores with the participants how these roles may vary on different types of project and procurement routes. The programme examines the content and appropriate level of information that should be included in the Pre-Construction Information and the Construction Phase Plan. The trainer will discuss best practice in implementing CDM through the new 2015 Regulations and Guidance. This course is essential for anyone who is involved in the procurement, planning, design or implementation of construction work. The course will provide you with: * An overview of construction health and safety law, liability and enforcement * A detailed understanding of the 2015 CDM Regulations and the part they play with other key legislation * An explanation of the roles and responsibilities of all duty holders and the requirements for the CDM documentation * Clear advice on current best practice for complying with the principles of the CDM Regulations and the changes introduced by the 2015 Regulations * An understanding of how risk assessment should be applied practically throughout the design and how this responsibility is then transferred to contractors 1 INTRODUCTION * Why manage health and safety? * The costs of accidents * Construction industry statistics * Why CDM? * Health and safety culture in the construction industry 2 OVERVIEW OF HEALTH AND SAFETY LAW AND LIABILITIES * Criminal and civil law * Liability * Enforcement and prosecution * Compliance - how far do we go? * Statutory duties 3 HEALTH AND SAFETY LAW IN CONSTRUCTION * Framework of relevant legislation * Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 * Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 * Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 * Who is responsible for the risks created by construction work? * Shared workplaces/shared responsibilities * Control of contractors - importance of contract law 4 CONSTRUCTION (DESIGN AND MANAGEMENT) REGULATIONS 2015 * Scope - What is construction? * Application - When do they apply? * The CDM Management System * Duty holders (Client, Domestic Client, Designer, Principal Designer, Principal Contractor, Contractor) * Documents (HSE Notification, Pre-Construction Information, Construction Phase Health & Safety Plan, H&S File) * Management process * The 2015 Guidance 5 BEST PRACTICE - KEY ISSUES IN THE CDM PROCESS * The client and client management arrangements * Competence and resource under CDM 2015 * The role of the Principal Designer in practice * Design risk assessment and the role of the Designer * The CDM Documents (PCI, PCI Pack, Plan and File) * Construction health, safety and welfare * Making CDM work in practice 6 QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION AND REVIEW

This course provides participants with a comprehensive understanding of the requirements of the CDM Regulations 2015 and how these should be implemented in practice. The Regulations are put in context with other key health and safety legislation. The programme sets out clearly the roles and responsibilities of the principal duty holders and explores with the participants how these roles may vary on different types of project and procurement routes. The programme examines the content and appropriate level of information that should be included in the Pre-Construction Information and the Construction Phase Plan. The trainer will discuss best practice in implementing CDM through the new 2015 Regulations and Guidance. This course is essential for anyone who is involved in the procurement, planning, design or implementation of construction work. The course will provide you with: * An overview of construction health and safety law, liability and enforcement * A detailed understanding of the 2015 CDM Regulations and the part they play with other key legislation * An explanation of the roles and responsibilities of all duty holders and the requirements for the CDM documentation * Clear advice on current best practice for complying with the principles of the CDM Regulations and the changes introduced by the 2015 Regulations * An understanding of how risk assessment should be applied practically throughout the design and how this responsibility is then transferred to contractors 1 INTRODUCTION * Why manage health and safety? * The costs of accidents * Construction industry statistics * Why CDM? * Health and safety culture in the construction industry 2 OVERVIEW OF HEALTH AND SAFETY LAW AND LIABILITIES * Criminal and civil law * Liability * Enforcement and prosecution * Compliance - how far do we go? * Statutory duties 3 HEALTH AND SAFETY LAW IN CONSTRUCTION * Framework of relevant legislation * Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 * Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 * Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 * Who is responsible for the risks created by construction work? * Shared workplaces/shared responsibilities * Control of contractors - importance of contract law 4 CONSTRUCTION (DESIGN AND MANAGEMENT) REGULATIONS 2015 * Scope - What is construction? * Application - When do they apply? * The CDM Management System * Duty holders (Client, Domestic Client, Designer, Principal Designer, Principal Contractor, Contractor) * Documents (HSE Notification, Pre-Construction Information, Construction Phase Health & Safety Plan, H&S File) * Management process * The 2015 Guidance 5 BEST PRACTICE - KEY ISSUES IN THE CDM PROCESS * The client and client management arrangements * Competence and resource under CDM 2015 * The role of the Principal Designer in practice * Design risk assessment and the role of the Designer * The CDM Documents (PCI, PCI Pack, Plan and File) * Construction health, safety and welfare * Making CDM work in practice 6 QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION AND REVIEW

No-one in business will succeed if they are not financially literate - and no business will succeed without financially-literate people. This is the ideal programme for managers and others who don't have a financial qualification or background but who nonetheless need a greater understanding of the financial management disciplines essential to your organisation. This course will give the participants a sound understanding of financial reports, measures and techniques to make them even more effective in their roles. It will enable participants to: * Overcome the barrier of the accountants' strange language * Deal confidently with financial colleagues * Improve their understanding of your organisation's finance function * Radically improve their planning and budgeting skills * Be much more aware of the impact of their decisions on the profitability of your organisation * Enhance their role in the organisation * Boost their confidence and career development 1 REVIEW OF THE PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS * What each statement contains * Outline * Detail * Not just what the statements contain but what they mean * Balance sheets and P&L accounts (income statements) * Cash flow statements * Detailed terminology and interpretation * Types of fixed asset - tangible, etc. * Working capital, equity, gearing 2 THE 'RULES' - ACCOUNTING STANDARDS, CONCEPTS AND CONVENTIONS * Fundamental or 'bedrock' accounting concepts * Detailed accounting concepts and conventions * What depreciation means * The importance of stock, inventory and work in progress values * Accounting policies that most affect reporting and results * The importance of accounting standards and IFRS 3 WHERE THE FIGURES COME FROM * Accounting records * Assets / liabilities, Income / expenditure * General / nominal ledgers * Need for internal controls * 'Sarbox' and related issues 4 MANAGING THE BUDGET PROCESS * Have clear objectives, remit, responsibilities and time schedule * The business plan * Links with corporate strategy * The budget cycle * Links with company culture * Budgeting methods * 'New' budgeting * Zero-based budgets * Reviewing budgets * Responding to the figures * The need for appropriate accounting and reporting systems 5 WHAT ARE COSTS? HOW TO ACCOUNT FOR THEM * Cost definitions * Full / absorption costing * Overheads - overhead allocation or absorption * Activity based costing * Marginal costing / break-even - use in planning 6 WHO DOES WHAT? A REVIEW OF WHAT DIFFERENT TYPES OF ACCOUNTANT DO * Financial accounting * Management accounting * Treasury function * Activities and terms 7 HOW THE STATEMENTS CAN BE INTERPRETED * What published accounts contain * Analytical review (ratio analysis) * Return on capital employed, margins and profitability * Making assets work - asset turnover * Fixed assets, debtor, stock turnover * Responding to figures * EBIT, EBITEDIA, eps and other analysts' measure 8 OTHER KEY ISSUES * Creative accounting * Accounting for groups * Intangible assets - brand names * Company valuations * Fixed assets / leased assets / off-balance sheet finance

Movement for Calmis an exercise-based workshop exploring yogic and muscle relaxation techniques from a range of practices. The aim is to release tension within the body. When we are stressed or anxious, we produce adrenaline, the 'fight' or 'flight' chemical response. Movement for Calm will help explore ways to restore balance to the chemical reactions produced in the body, loosening muscles and in turn calming both body and mind. This workshop has been developed for forward-thinking organisations wanting to make a real commitment to improving workplace wellbeing. This workshop will help participants identify areas of tension in the body, and learn exercises and movement-based sequences to release anxiety and stress caused by unnecessary muscle tension. The aim is that people leave the workshop relaxed and refreshed, ready to take on the toughest of corporate challenges.

How do you manage yourself under pressure? Are there times you get hijacked by your emotions and find it hard to deal with setbacks? How good are you at dealing with change? Resilience is all about having the ability to adapt, deal with change constructively and bounce back from adversity. While some people are naturally more resilient that others it is something that can be learnt. This session focuses on helping you respond positively to the pressures and demands of work and take specific steps in building your personal resilience. Take away: Action planner for i-resilience profile. You will have the opportunity to: * Gain insight into the relationship between work pressure, performance, wellbeing and resilience * Explore your natural strengths and how to manage what pushes you into a less resourceful state * Understand the skills and techniques that underpin the behaviours and attitudes of highly resilient people

The CIEH Foundation Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety supports businesses in their legal obligations to ensure employees are protected from harm. This course is ideal for those who want to develop their knowledge of health and safety issues in the workplace and of the regulations for maintaining a healthy and safe working environment. This course will focus on common hazards and how to control them. It will help you work more safely and be more aware of how your own actions can affect the health and safety of others.

A high-impact programme designed to be fun and to get people fully involved. The first-class, jargon-free content is based on what people need to know in practice, not off-putting legal language. THIS INTRODUCTORY COURSE COVERS: * Introducing Working Safely: Accidents can happen to anyone. The realities of the human suffering behind the statistics. The importance of personal responsibility. * Defining hazard and risk: Focusing on the six broad hazard groups, participants are asked to think about the hazards and risks they come across in their own work. 'Risk assessment' demystified. * Identifying common hazards: All the main issues - aggression and violence, asbestos, bullying, chemicals and harmful substances, computer workstations, confined spaces, drugs and alcohol, electricity, fire, getting in and out, height, housekeeping, lighting, manual handling, noise, personal hygiene, plant and machinery, slips and trips, stress, temperature, vehicles and transport, and welfare facilities. * Improving safety performance: Bridging the gap between management and workforce, encouraging participants to play their part. Also covered: contract work, inspections, safe systems and permits, protective equipment, signage, emergency procedures, reporting and health checks.

This one-day workshop is ideal for those looking to work with existing databases as well as creating a new Access database. You will learn effective ways to enter and extract data and convert data into a well-presented format for reports. This course will help participants: * Plan and create a database * Sort and filter records * Use field data types * Work with tables * Create and manage a query * Create and work with forms, and use the form wizard * View, create and print reports 1 ACCESS INTRODUCED * Planning a database * Creating a blank database * Opening an existing database * Security warnings * The navigation pane * Previewing database components * Closing an Access database 2 TABLES INTRODUCED * Viewing and navigating table data * Navigating using keyboard shortcuts * Editing table data * Adding records to tables * Selecting and deleting records * Finding and replacing data * Filtering tables * Summing table data 3 QUERIES INTRODUCED * Opening a query in datasheet view * Opening a query in design view * Adding fields to a query * Sorting query results * Modifying datasheet view * Saving and closing queries 4 FORMS INTRODUCED * Working with form data * Sorting records * Filtering records * Working in design and layout views * Changing object attributes 5 REPORTS INTRODUCED * Opening and viewing reports * Viewing a report in design view * Previewing and printing report data * Creating reports with auto report * Creating reports with the report wizard * Changing field attributes 6 CREATING A NEW DATABASE * Creating database tables * Creating table fields * Selecting field data types 7 TABLE RELATIONSHIPS * Introducing relationships * Establishing table relationships * The one-to-many relationship type * Establishing referential integrity 8 CREATING QUERIES * Streamline query criteria using wildcards * Creating summary queries * Creating queries based on criteria * Running date queries * Formatting field properties * Building queries from multiple tables * Summing in queries 9 CREATING FORMS * Creating a new form * Inserting form fields * Working with the property sheet * The command button wizard * The command button wizard * Programming without typing * Creating forms with embedded sub forms * Creating forms with the sub form wizard * Creating forms with the form wizard 10 CREATING REPORTS * What are report bands? * Managing report controls * Basing reports on multiple tables * Basing reports on queries * Sorting and grouping records

This one-day workshop is designed to enhance your PowerPoint skills to achieve dynamic presentations that work with you, making it easier to deliver a polished, professional presentation. You will learn advanced PowerPoint skills that will save you time and elevate your presentations. This course will help participants: * Create custom shows to personalise presentations for individual clients * Make the Slide Master work collectively with slide layouts and themes * Seamlessly interact with external content using links * Work with advanced animations and transitions, and video/audio tools 1 THEMES AND MASTERS * Add a Design theme to a presentation * Make changes to the Slide Master * Delete layouts from the slide master * Saving a slide master with themes as a template 2 ADVANCED GRAPHICS AND DIAGRAMS * Drawing, duplicating and resizing shapes * Grouping, aligning and stacking shapes and graphics * Using SmartArt for diagrams and organisation charts 3 GRAPHS AND CHARTS * Inserting and formatting a chart * Linking an Excel chart to a slide * Linking Excel tables to a slide * Animating charts 4 VIDEO, CUSTOM ANIMATION AND HYPERLINKS * Adding and editing video * Animating pictures and drawings * Hyperlink to another Slide or Website * Compressing and optimising media 5 PRESENTING * Reuse slides * Hide slides * Rehearsing timings * Enabling a presentation to run continuously