Health, Safety and Environmental Awareness (ROLO)
ROLO training, for those who work in landscape, horticulture, arboriculture, ecology and amenity industries. Courses are held online however face to face sessions are possible too.
ROLO – Registration of Land Based Operatives
You will have found your way here to the ROLO health safety and environmental awareness course for many different reasons, for example, you:
- are looking to work on a new contract and need to evidence site safety
- need a new CSCS card as a result of your old card expiring
- have started a new job
- need to access a worksite as a land based operative
Therefore as a worker in the land based sector, you need both the appropriate CSCS card and ROLO qualification. To show your awareness of roles, responsibilities, hazards and risks on a work site.
We do appreciate that this is a course you are being told to do, which is never a good start for any course. However, we will endeavour to make the course as relevant as possible to you no matter your sector. By using specific examples within your sector. Along with injecting elements of humour as we go through the course. Understandably a health and safety course is a serious matter, but it does not need to be boring!
The ROLO – Operatives (Registration of Land Based Operatives) is for anyone in the land based sector. The scheme applies to self-employed, employees of companies or labour only.
As a result, if you work in the following industries, the ROLO course applies to you:
- Arboriculture
- Amenity
- Ecology and environmental management
- Countryside management
- Pesticides
- Landscape construction and horticultural landscape maintenance
Our ROLO course has now gone online. But most importantly do not worry we will talk you through everything you need to do. It is a simple and straight forward way to carry out your ROLO course.
In short, it saves you:
- travelling time
- fuel costs
- an early start if you are not local to the area of Settle
Once you have booked onto the course we will send you full course joining instructions. That will contain a zoom link. So you can learn everything you need via a conference type call with the trainer in front of you.
You will need to register on the ROLO online portal and tell us when you have. So we can allocate you to your course date. You will then go back and login to the portal where you will find you have access to the:
- course resources (editable PDFs or printable versions)
- the assessment section
It is as simple as 1.2.3 honestly!
All done from the comfort of your own home or workplace – how amazing is that!
To access the course you will need to have a device with webcam and microphone, the trainer has to be able to see and hear you at all times. A laptop is preferred, a tablet is the minimum requirement.
On the ROLO operatives online course you will be learning about:
- key health, safety and environmental legislation
- your roles and responsibilities under health and safety
- the roles and responsibilities of your employer
- risk assessment
- Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH)
- Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
- Construction Design Management (CDM)
- safety on sites
- health risks
- first aid, fire and rescue
- environmental awareness and issues
- waste management
The online ROLO course has now been updated to run over one day with the exam at the end of that day. This is possible from June 2021, prior to this for the last 12 months, it was to be covered over two half days. Please be prepared to attend the full session and ensure you have all the equipment to do so.
At the end of the session on the second day. You will sit a multiple-choice exam, where you need to get at least 75% (27 out of 35) to achieve ROLO accreditation.
You can complete a follow-up assessment immediately if you score 25 or 26 out of 35. If you score 24 or less, training and assessment will be reset for a future date.
On completing the ROLO health and safety awareness course you can purchase an ID card from BALI which is valid for five years. LISS/CSCS card. Subsequently, you can put other relevant training courses on the back of the ID card too. For example, pesticides, chainsaw, tree climbing, brushcutters, ride-on mowers.
If you are planning to add other relevant training to the back of your ID care. You need to ensure that the courses were either:
- taken in the last five years
- or you have attended an accredited refresher course with either Lantra or FISA. City and Guilds do not have an accredited refresher, the only way to have City and Guilds is to retake the assessment. However, no matter what happens you can’t loose your original qualification.
Without both the ROLO and CSCS elements as a land based operative you may not be able to access work sites.
The ROLO course is about not only keeping you safe on sites but others working in and around the area.
Many of you are already actively working on some sites however you may have discovered that as a professional site operator you need a certificate of competence and ID card to enable you to carry on doing so.
You may have been asked by:
- your quality assurance body
- your employer
- or a new contract opportunity to demonstrate competence through certification
You could be new to the job or been doing it for over 40 years and things have changed, if so and you are faced with having to gain your ROLO qualification have you been:
- Struggling to find the right fit in terms of training provider?
- Confused by all the names, numbers and acronyms for the land based courses that are available to you?
- Worried you will get it wrong or waste you hard earned money?
- Concerned that it will feel like going back to school?
- Looking to gain a qualification to continue with jobs because legislation has changed?
- Offered a new and exciting contract, but need another ticket/qualification to seal the deal?
Then we can help you!
No matter which sector you are coming from, and the level of experience. We can work with you to understand your training needs, we can tailor a programme and provide courses that will be suitable to you.
We provide award winning training through tailored, flexible, friendly, approachable trainers and assessors.
All courses are run with small groups to ensure you have as much time as needed to learn and experience what is required for the assessments if you chose to take them. Trainers and assessors are experienced, friendly, and approachable.
As with all Lowe Maintenance courses, you get support and advice via email or on the phone if you need it in the future, just because you’ve completed the course doesn’t mean you can’t get in touch if you need more information or guidance.
- Available Dates
- Cost - £180
£150 +£30 VAT
Includes training and exam - Certification - BALI
- Online Zoom call - 1 day | 8.30 am start
- Assessment
30 min exam at the end of the training
Other courses of interest to you
- Chainsaw maintenance, cross cutting (CS30) Felling and processing trees up to 380mm (CS31)
- Fell and Process Trees Over 380mm (CS32)
- Severing Uprooted and Windblown Trees (CS34-35)
- Fell Utility Poles
- Tree Climbing and Rescue (CS38)
- Chainsaw Free Fall Techniques (CS39)
- Aerial Tree Pruning (CS40)
- Aerial Tree Rigging (CS41)
- Supporting Off Ground Operations (CS45)
- Ash Dieback, Risk Assessment, Work Planning and Methodology
- Tree Condition/Survey Inspection Management
- Manually Fed Wood Chipper
- Stump Grinder
- Brushcutter and Trimmer
- Hedge Cutter Handheld
- Leaf Blower
- Powered Pole Pruner
- ATV Sit Astride (quad bike)
- ATV Sit In (Polaris/Gator)
- Pesticides
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You have probably noticed that there are even more courses than you thought possible.
It seems like there could be one for walking over lumpy ground soon!
With this in mind please feel free to give us a shout and ask for help in figuring out which ones will be right for you.
As a result you may discover you do not need to do as many courses as you first thought!
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You will require:
- Reading glasses (if applicable)
- A laptop with webcam and microphone capability (a tablet is the minimum size requirement allowed)
- Access to tea and biscuits!
Please note we only offer the ROLO Operatives course at the moment.
Currently we do not provide the Managers or Supervisors ROLO courses.
FAQ
Who is the ROLO course for?
If you work in the following sectors:
- Arboriculture
- Amenity
- Ecology and environmental management
- Countryside management
- Pesticides
- Landscape construction and horticultural landscape maintenance
What platform is used for the online element?
Once you have made your booking, course joining instructions are emailed through to you with a zoom link
How do I access the ROLO course?
If completing the online version you will need either:
- a desktop or laptop with webcam
- a tablet device is the smallest way to access the course
What are the timings of the ROLO course?
The online course runs 8.30 am – 4.30 pm
How long does the ROLO course stand for?
The ROLO course lasts for 5 years.
How often do you run the ROLO courses?
Courses are scheduled every couple of weeks for the online version
Can I use my mobile phone to do the ROLO course?
Unfortunatly no, you cannot use a mobile phone to complete the ROLO online course. The screen is just too small to engage fully in the sessions.
Can I do the course face to face?
With the current Covid19 situtuation face to face courses are very limited and on a case by case basis with each company enquiring.