Content guide

Health and safety training
Personal risk assessments
Learning management system

Table 1 Field staff health and safety audit findings
Table 2 KPI performance summary, 2025 to 2026
Table 3 Health and safety training completion rates, 2025 to 2026
Table 4 Person-specific risk assessments by type, 2025 to 2026
Table 5 Completion of operational health and safety reviews, 2025 to 2026

Training and risk assessment

This section summarises health and safety training, personal risk assessments and developments to the learning management system during the reporting period.

Health and safety training

The EssentialSkillz dashboard (Figure 3) is used to monitor training progress throughout the year. 90% of courses were completed on time, a 3% improvement on the previous year. Courses and refreshers can be automatically allocated up to 31 March 2026. This along with staff on long term sick leave still being counted in the system does mean that 100% completion is unachievable.

Figure 3: EssentialSkillz training compliance dashboard, 2025 to 2026

Table 3 provides a breakdown of course allocation and completion for online Health and Safety learning. 1850 health and safety related training courses were allocated to staff, with 1691 completed. The 90% average completion rate met the KPI target.

Table 3: Health and safety training completion rates, 2025 to 2026

Course Title	Number of courses allocated	Number of courses completed	Compliance (%)
Asbestos Awareness	110	102	93
DriveWize	9	8	89
ErgoWize	270	243	90
Fire Safety	110	102	93
Fire Wardens	160	129	81
Hazardous Substances (COSHH)	110	100	91
Health and Safety Induction	110	103	94
Home Working	169	160	95
Lone Working	270	246	91
Manual Handling	110	105	95
Noise at Work	101	95	94
Personal Protective Equipment	110	102	93
Risk Assessment	9	5	56
Slips, Trips and Falls	110	104	95
Working at Height	101	95	94
DriveWize Assessment	9	8	89
ErgoWize Risk Assessment	270	243	90
Fire Safety Self-Assessment	110	101	92
Lone Worker Risk Assessment	270	245	91
Manual Handling Self-Assessment	110	100	91
Homeworkers Risk Assessment	169	139	82
Principles of the Safe Use of Knives in Meat Inspection	101	99	98
Totals	2898	2634

In addition to the courses referenced in Table 3, external courses such as First Aid at Work and IOSH Working Safety are provided to staff to allow FSS to discharge its responsibility and increase Health and Safety understanding.

Personal risk assessments

Further to the risk assessments that form part of the Health and Safety Management System and cover daily working the online training platform, EssentialSkillz, facilitates person specific assessment on a range of topics (Table 4). 324 personal risk assessments were completed by staff which raised 239 issues. 88% of issues were resolved within the time period, with the remainder being active and ongoing.

Table 4: Person-specific risk assessments by type, 2025 to 2026

Name	Number of risk assessments
DriveWize Assessment	38
Expectant And New Mothers Risk Assessment	1
Lone Worker Risk Assessment	83
Homeworkers Risk Assessment	60
ErgoWize Risk Assessment	95
Fire Safety Self-Assessment	24
Manual Handling Self-Assessment	23

Learning management system

With the EssentialSkillz contract ending on the 31 March 2026, FSS undertook a tender exercise for its learning management system. The company Titus was successful and will replace EssentialSkillz as the learning management system, including provision of online health and safety training.

Health and safety annual summary report - 2025/26