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The course was made interesting and everyone made to feel at ease and Tim explained the course well and kept us all involved
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five star.
very, well ,clearly explained,patient and at times amusing lecture.great way to learn and take in the information.
26 September 2024
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Reply from Health Life & Safety Ltd
Thank you for such a positive review and well done on a quality pass result.
Dave was a very informed tutor and…
Dave was a very informed tutor and quickly put us at ease, no problem at all to go over anything again and made the whole on line experience quite enjoyable
26 September 2024
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Reply from Health Life & Safety Ltd
Donny,
Thank you and your right Dave is such a professional and easy going tutor who will not move on until all the delegates are happy to join him on their learning experience.
Highly recommended.
Dave Hall is knowledgeable and professional trainer. The training was carried out effectively and clearly given the amount of information to cover and the timescale. Highly recommended.
26 September 2024
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Reply from Health Life & Safety Ltd
Thank you Alexander and all of us here at HLS are happy that you enjoyed your training experience with Dave and your recommendation,
SMSTS Refresher feedback
Good training technique by Dave Hall, kept everyone's attention and made the learning process enjoyable.
26 September 2024
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Reply from Health Life & Safety Ltd
Thank you Mike,
Well done a gaining a quality pass and we at HLS and Dave look forward to hopefully seeing you on some of our future courses.
attended the SMSTS course online for 2…
attended the SMSTS course online for 2 days, fantastic course, very weel delivered and would recomend
26 September 2024
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Reply from Health Life & Safety Ltd
Thank you John,
The course can be intensive especially delivering it via an online source so to receive such a review is fantastic and lets us know that we are heading in the right direction and making our delivery informative and enjoyable.
Good experience
Good experience. Course was well organized and the teacher well prepared.
26 September 2024
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Reply from Health Life & Safety Ltd
Thank you Virgillio,
Well done on passing our course and commenting so positively on Dave's delivery, he is a top reliable tutor.
Good training and content
18 September 2024
Reply from Health Life & Safety Ltd
Thank you Neil and well done on gaining a fantastic 100% on your final exam, always good for morale.
Reply from Health Life & Safety Ltd
Adam,
Thank you for the 5 stars and your SSSTS Refresher is a heavy course especially in the timeline of 1 day but we think we have got the content correct and your review confirms we are doing something right. Well done on a quality pass mark. Hope to see you soon on our 5 day SMSTS course.
Great trainer
very passionate and knowledgeable trainer (Fraser from ETS). Good venue - I had 2hrs traveling each way but that doesn't take anything away from the quality of the training itself.
19 September 2024
Reply from Health Life & Safety Ltd
Davie,
Thank you for your 5 Star review for our Edinburgh course. You are spot on Fraser is a top tutor who keeps things real and practical as opposed to baffling you with legislation chapter and verse as some tutors do "hey look at my knowledge I can tell you what page and chapter this information is on" not needed when we have manual indexes and contents pages. We don't need to know everything we just need to know where to find it.
Reply from Health Life & Safety Ltd
Thank you Michael, glad you enjoyed our CITB SSP Temporary Works supervisor course with Tim and well done on gaining a quality pass mark on a tough course.
Fraser really delivers the courses well…
Fraser really delivers the courses well and in such a way its relatable to the topics you are learning.
I have been on 3 of his courses now and they been constantly delivered as it should be.
19 September 2024
Reply from Health Life & Safety Ltd
Thank you Ronald,
Its great to hear that you keep returning to the Edinburgh venue with Fraser, just goes to show that we are listening to all your reviews and evaluations to keep delivering the quality you deserve.
Dave was fantastic and very patient
Dave was fantastic and very patient
I would have no hesitation in use Dave for any future training.
And will highly recommend him to friends and family
Thanks Dave
20 September 2024
Unprompted review
Reply from Health Life & Safety Ltd
Thank you for your 5 star review Lee.
Dave is and always has been a quality tutor who delivers quality either face to face or online, well done on gaining your SMSTS qualification with a quality pass mark.
SMSTS Course, John Buddle Work Village, Newcastle
Without stating the obvious, the fact that I gained a 100% pass will always ensure a 5* review. The course was delivered with a degree of humour and that helps keep the attention in the right place. The daily revision before the day started ensured the required knowledge was ingrained (in me at any rate!).
I realise there are varying degrees of knowledge contained within a room full of individuals but if I can be critical, breaks could be shortened to reduce the overall length of the course to 4 days rather than 5. This would suit the majority of managers whose projects don't stand still when on these training courses.
I'm not sure how the new Building Safety Act is going to affect the SMSTS course but proof of competency, I would suggest will be tougher in future.
18 September 2024
Reply from Health Life & Safety Ltd
Thank you so much for your review William and we completely understand your comments on the course length, the CITB stipulate in their scheme rules that the course is 5 days in length. We understand your frustration with this but it has been known for other providers to cut corners in finishing early and not furnishing their delegates with all the syllabus thus leaving them exposed when returning to the workplace. The breaks are intentional and relieve the pressure of being sat in a classroom when in your daily job you tend to be on the go all day, sat in a warm room can make the eyelids quite heavy so a break with fresh air assists the learning experience.
Enthusiastic trainer made a 'dry'…
Enthusiastic trainer made a 'dry' subject engaging
10 September 2024
Reply from Health Life & Safety Ltd
Thank you Mark and it is a fantastic skill which Ian has to maintain focus and allow the subject matter to flow in a logical manner. Well done on a quality pass result, keep safe.
Great course, great teacher
The course was great.
The presentation and the material handed out was comprehensible ans covered all topics in sufficient detail.
Dave presents the material very well and is always ready to answer any questions.
Good location and facilities for the course.
13 September 2024
Unprompted review
Reply from Health Life & Safety Ltd
Thank you for taking time out to pen us a review and we are so glad you enjoyed our SMSTS course with Dave at our Newcastle venue. Congratulations on an excellent pass.
I thought the course was ran extremely…
I thought the course was ran extremely well especially the pace of the learning and the focus on the important elements rather than going into too much needless detail.
13 September 2024
Unprompted review
Reply from Health Life & Safety Ltd
Owen,
Thank you for your review and we are are so pleased you had a positive experience training with us, be nice to see you again as you progress in the construction industry.
SMSTS Course review
Tough course, but Dave was a great tutor! Made sure we had the knowledge to pass this course. Many thanks again, Callum
13 September 2024
Unprompted review
Reply from Health Life & Safety Ltd
Thank you Callum, Dave is an excellent experienced tutor who delivers top notch courses and he facilitates all learning abilities to ensure the key learning points are put across in a logical manner to enable you to understand what is required. Well done on gaining a quality pass result, keep safe.
Don’t get me wrong it’s a tough course…
Don’t get me wrong it’s a tough course but i throughly enjoyed it
Dave is an excellent tutor guiding us through the course with excellent communication skills helping me through it giving me tips hints everything you need to pass the course and plenty of homework hahah Dave’s the man
9 September 2024
Unprompted review
Reply from Health Life & Safety Ltd
Thank you Kevin,
You are not wrong it is a tough course and unfortunately homework is part of the syllabus but this allows you to navigate around the GE700 manuals so that on passing the course which you did with a great mark it enables you to return to site and use this new found information to keep everyone as safe as possible.
Fraser is an interesting tutor
Fraser is an interesting tutor, which is rare. Kept the teaching relevant and helped the whole class pass a complicated subject
5 September 2024
Reply from Health Life & Safety Ltd
Thank you Nana,
We are so happy that you enjoyed our course with Fraser and congratulations on a quality pass mark.
Easy to understand
Easy to understand. Good environment. Parking! 😁
The tutor was involved and friendly.
Definitely recomend!
27 August 2024
Reply from Health Life & Safety Ltd
Thank you Kaloyan,
We look forward to seeing you in 5 years time, keep safe.
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