February 2008
GARSIDE SANDS HELP CHILDREN PUT HEALTH AND SAFETY TRAINING INTO PRACTICE
Local pupils from Oak Bank School were given the chance recently to put their health and safety training into practice following a tour of Leighton Buzzard-based Garside Sands as part of the school’s Vocational Education Programme.
As part of the students’ City and Guilds Skills for Working Life studies, pupils, between the ages of 14 and 16, took part in the tour in order to see how important health and safety is within the workplace and how it can be managed efficiently.
Following the visit, the young people are putting their health & safety awareness and practical skills to the test in a number of disciplines including designing and laying block paving. The materials for the workshops were donated by Aggregate Industries businesses, Heath and Reach-based Garside Sands and its sister companies, Bradstone and Charcon based in Grovebury Road who manufacture block paving.
Subhash Rawal, Head of Vocational Studies at Oak Bank School, said: “First hand experience is invaluable when teaching young people about health and safety in a busy workplace. The tour and subsequent practical experience, gave the children the chance to see how everything they have learned in the classroom can be implemented on site.
“Thanks to the help of Garside Sands and Bradstone and Charcon, who are 100 per cent committed to health and safety, the pupils are now one step closer to completing their Preparing for Work module as part of their City and Guilds qualification, which will no doubt benefit them greatly in the future.”
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