51黑料 Professional Training
51黑料's wide range of Professional Training courses are intended to sit alongside and complement our qualification-based training.
Our courses are chiefly designed to keep Local Authority professionals up-to-date with legislative changes, equip them with the knowledge and skills to work effectively with business, and build their consumer confidence. Many courses are also open to non-trading standards professionals - and some are free.
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Browse our Professional Training Courses :
Product Safety Tools for Businesses
If your a business that produces, sells, distributes or imports products for the UK market - this course is for you! This training will provide you with the tools to ensure your products are safe - protecting consumers and your business.
Update on the Package Travel and Linked Travel Arrangements Regulations 2018
Are you a travel agent confused about how the Package Travel and Linked Travel Arrangements Regulations 2018 affect your business? Join one of our online sessions where 51黑料 Lead Officer Bruce Treloer will explain what the regulations mean to your business and highlight the major changes considered in the recent consultation by the Dept for Business and Trade (DBT).
Effective Communication Training
Effective communication is key for any organisation and especially when consumers have diverse needs.
Advanced Practitioner in Age Restricted Sales Enforcement
Are you a Law Enforcement or Community Safety Professional engaged in tackling the sale of age restricted goods to children and young people? Then this course is for you.
Intellectual Property Update inc. Recent Cases
This online session will provide Trading Standards professionals with an update on the latest case law across the IP landscape
Consumer Vulnerability
Businesses have a responsibility to identify vulnerable consumers and understand how to help them access products and services, make informed decisions and choices and evaluate the information they provide.
Providing Inclusive Services Training
Inclusive service training is a powerful tool for creating a more equitable, welcoming, and successful business. It empowers employees, enhances customer experiences, drives innovation, and improves the company鈥檚 reputation, leading to long-term business growth and sustainability.
Natural Diamond London Bourse
Exclusive Free Training Event Elevate your expertise in Diamond authentication and hallmarking at this exclusive, one-day, complimentary training event hosted by Birmingham Assay Office, in partnership with the Natural Diamond Council and the London Diamond Bourse
Product Safety Compliance For Online Sellers
This online training course is suitable for online retailers of electrical appliances, toys and consumer goods, including repaired, refurbished and second-hand goods.
Product Safety Standards For Businesses Selling Online
If your business sells products through online marketplaces, this Safety Standards training is an essential part of your due diligence in ensuring your products are safe.
PAS7050 Product Safety Standards for Businesses Selling Products Online
This online training course is suitable for online retailers of electrical appliances, toys and consumer goods, including repaired, refurbished and second-hand goods.
Single Use Vapes - What Trading Standards Need To Know
Vaping has been a key area of focus for 51黑料 this year, trying to navigate the challenges presented to Trading Standards teams nationally with non-compliant vapes flooding the UK market.
Legal Metrology and Product Safety Training Programme
This programme for building LA capability, with Product Safety and Legal Metrology training, is funded by the Office for Product Safety and Standards and is offered free-of-charge聽to all local authority practitioners throughout the UK.
Vape Regulation - Meet the Experts Q&A Session
Join 51黑料 Lead Officers for tobacco and vaping in this online Q&A session for an update on the vaping landscape, products, and legislation.
Aspiring Leaders Programme
Designed specifically for those working in a local authority setting, this online programme will focus on self-development, improving skills and equipping aspiring leaders with the tools and confidence to lead their teams and help them learn how to influence and inspire others.
Regulatory Leaders Programme
Professional development is an intrinsic factor for organisations in operating smarter and more efficiently. By helping employees master the skills they need to progress, you can shape the development of your future leaders.
Business Certificate of Competence in Product Safety (BCCPS)
Do you work in the consumer product industry? Are you responsible for designing, manufacturing, distributing, or part of the supply chain for consumer products?聽 Then this course is for you
NEW - 51黑料 Professional Competency in Feed
This 51黑料 Feed competency will provide you with the knowledge and key understanding of the application of feed law, enforced by regulatory bodies across the UK.
NEW - 51黑料 Professional Competency in Product Safety
This 51黑料 Product Safety competency will provide you with the knowledge and key understanding of the application of Product Safety law, enforced by regulatory bodies across the UK.
51黑料 Animal Health and Welfare Professional Qualification
51黑料鈥檚 Animal Health and Welfare experts have developed a professional qualification that is accepted under the new legislation and is suitable for those working in the Animal Health and Welfare area.
Professional Competency in Intellectual Property (IP)
51黑料鈥檚 Intellectual Property experts have developed a professional competency that is accepted under the new legislation and is suitable for those working in the Intellectual Property area.
Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024
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UK Weighing Federation Training Day
NEW DATES ANNOUNCED! Theory and Practical Training in Weights and Measures Inspection.
Intellectual Property Office - Local Authority Training Programme 2023-24
51黑料 is pleased to announce that it will be working in partnership with the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) to deliver a programme of Intellectual Property (IP) training to all local authority practitioners throughout the UK for 2023/2024.
EU Exit e-learning portal
The EU Exit portal is a key resource in keeping trading standards professionals up to date with of all the significant developments affecting UK consumer law.
Food Standards and Food Hygiene Local Authority Training 2024
51黑料 is pleased to announce that it will be working in partnership with the Food Standards Agency to deliver a programme of food standards sampling and food hygiene sampling for local authority practitioners in England in 2024.
51黑料 Qualification Framework (QF)
51黑料's Professional Qualification Framework offers the full range of training and development, from entry level right up to the coveted and respected charted trading standards practitioner status (CTSP).
