SHEA Telecoms
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The SHEA Telecommunications course from Jason Rowley Ltd equips professionals in the telecommunications industry with the knowledge and practical understanding to work safely in a variety of environments. Whether you operate on operational sites, construction sites, or within the wider utilities sector, this training ensures you meet health, safety and environmental awareness standards while developing the competence required for real-world telecommunications work.
Aligned with safety executive guidelines and approved by the Energy & Utility Skills Register (EUSR), this SHEA telecommunications scheme forms part of the passport scheme for site access. Upon successful completion, you’ll receive your EUSR SHEA Telecommunications card (virtual and physical), valid for three years, confirming your ability to meet industry safety requirements.
In the telecommunications industry, workers face unique challenges, from working safely underground and in the highway to operating at height. The SHEA telecommunications scheme provides a consistent standard of safety and environmental awareness training that addresses these hazards while reinforcing workplace responsibilities and proactive health behaviours.
With seven modules covering everything from common physical hazards to emergency response behaviours, this course ensures you can recognise risks, implement safe systems, and follow correct procedures in both public and private environments. Whether you require access to operational networks or handle utilities work alongside other trades, this training ensures you comply with utility skills standards and industry regulations.
Online course via a virtual classroom with a trainer to support and guide you. This course is delivered on request, so please contact us to arrange a suitable date. It can also be classroom-based, as requested. Learn more about our course prices and get in touch for more advice.
Duration
Prices – Includes EUSR registration and CSCS-affiliated card. A VAT receipt can be sent on request.
Registration – Valid for three years from the date of the course
This course is designed for:
If you work in construction sites or alongside other utilities sector teams, the SHEA telecommunications course provides the cross-industry safety and environmental awareness you need.
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SHEA Telecommunications Training is an essential programme for workers in the UK telecommunications industry, offering a comprehensive understanding of safety, health, and environmental awareness. This training ensures that telecommunications industry workers are equipped with the knowledge and skills needed to access and operate within operational sites and construction sites safely. The SHEA telecommunications scheme consists of seven modules, each designed to address workplace responsibilities and provide insights into occupational health hazards. By completing this training, individuals gain valuable expertise in adhering to industry regulations and safety executive guidelines, contributing to a safer and more efficient workplace.
Modules | Course Content | |
1 | Understanding our workplace responsibilities | Underpinning legal frameworks, definitions, and their application in the workplace setting, including the responsibilities for both the individual (as an employee) and the employer. |
2 | Understanding the effects of our work on the environment | Key environmental considerations in the workplace, and their impact as employees, on the sustainability of their environment. |
3 | Identifying and controlling risks | Helps the individual to identify and control risks and hazards and understand their role in preventing them through a range of positive and proactive health and safety behaviours. |
4 | Common hazards and controls in the workplace | Develops the ability to both identify a range of common physical hazards and minimise their impact in the workplace, in line with CSCS requirements. |
5 | Occupational health hazards | Explains the meaning of the term ‘occupational health’ and develop the individual’s understanding of a range of occupational health hazards and their requirements. It helps individuals identify, mitigate for and minimise occupational health hazards in the workplace. |
6 | Responding to emergencies | Develops individuals’ understanding of emergency response behaviours, the role of reporting, inspection, and enforcement of health & safety in the workplace. It also develops an individual’s understanding of the impact on employee and employer of both poor/improving health and safety in the workplace. |
17 | Working safely underground, in the highway, and overhead | Understanding of the processes and procedures that must be followed to work safely in a range of common telecommunications work environments; this includes both public and private environments and creating a safe working environment through safe systems of work. The individual will know what to do in the case of an emergency. |
As a trusted training provider, Jason Rowley Ltd ensures that telecommunications industry workers receive high-quality safety training that meets health and environmental awareness standards. Our courses provide an industry-recognised EUSR SHEA Telecommunications Certification, covering key topics such as operational activities, emergency response behaviours, and workplace responsibilities. The training is fully aligned with UK telecommunications industry regulations and is delivered by experienced instructors, ensuring a comprehensive learning experience.
A SHEA EUSR registration gives confidence there is the required knowledge and understanding to work safely in an operational environment. The training embeds best practice in health and safety and environmental awareness and supports the HSE’s essential principles for good health and safety performance.
The one-day courses are designed for all individuals requiring access to operational sites, including supervisors and managers. All SHEA schemes were developed in collaboration with employers and key stakeholders from across the industries in our sector, so the content is relevant – all helping to improve the safety of the workforce and reduce costs associated with injury, illness or accidents.
There are no formal entry requirements, but all candidates must have a basic understanding of written and spoken English.
You will need a stable internet connection, a laptop or desktop computer. A tablet that is 10” or greater may be used. Mobile phones cannot be used under any circumstances. You should be in a room on your own but if this is not possible headphones must be used.
You will be sent an answer sheet that you must print out. It is a multiple-choice tick box style sheet and once completed you will take a photo and submit to the trainer.
In compliance with the Energy & Utility Skills Register, SHEA EUSR registration provides evidence for an engineer that they are knowledgeable and understand work safety in an operational environment. A EUSR registration card qualifies an operations worker to access and work in a site related to the gas, power, and telecommunications sectors.
SHEA Gas lasts for five years and all other registrations last for three years, from the date of the course.
One working day.
The cost of training includes EUSR registration, a virtual card as well as a plastic smart card.
All EUSR SHEA cards carry the CSCS logo giving the individual access to operational sites.
EUSR SHEA courses are normally delivered online via a virtual classroom with a trainer to help and guide you through the course. The course can be delivered in a classroom subject to minimum numbers and if this is your preference, please get in touch to arrange a suitable date.
Multiple choice questions normally taken after each module.
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