GG-1-01 Safe Driving

A practical guide for anyone who drives for work, covering checks before setting off, fatigue, phone use and what to do at the scene of an accident. Effective Guidance Documents This guidance do..

GG-1-02 Legal Compliance and Risk Management

This guidance links the legal register and risk registers to everyday risk assessments. It explains risk rating, control measures and how staff can raise a concern. Effective Guidance Documents ..

GG-1-03 Training and Competence

This guidance follows a worker from screening and induction through training, annual review and leaving. It shows which records hold each stage and how competence is kept under review. Effective ..

GG-1-04 Problems Complaints Customer Care

This guidance makes it clear which problems to log and which to let go. It walks through the problems form and sets out how staff should treat customers. Effective Guidance Documents This guidan..

GG-1-05 Business Continuity

This guidance walks managers and response teams through critical functions, planning assumptions, disruptive incidents and testing the business continuity plan. Effective Guidance Documents This..

GG-1-06 Management Equipment Premises

This guidance covers checks before use, the equipment register, maintenance and calibration, quarantining faulty kit and keeping the premises safe. Effective Guidance Documents This guidance doc..

GG-1-07 Company Vehicles

This guidance sets out the rules for anyone given a company vehicle, from who may drive it to accidents, running costs and the duties of company and driver. Effective Guidance Documents This gui..

GG-1-08 Management Files Documents Records Policy

This guidance brings the document register, issue control, file naming and information classification together in one place. It gives staff clear rules for handling files and records. Effective G..

GG-1-09 Integrated Management System (IMS)

This guidance explains in plain language what an integrated management system is and what it means for each worker. It also shows how the IMS1 manual and IMS folder fit together. Effective Guidan..

GG-1-10 Internal Audits

This guidance takes an internal auditor from the audit schedule and checklists through recording evidence, classing findings and following them up. Effective Guidance Documents This guidance doc..

GG-1-11 Management Review and Objectives

This guidance sets out what the management review considers, when it is done and how measurable objectives are planned and recorded for each management system. Effective Guidance Documents This ..

GG-1-12 ISO Standards and ISO Certification

This guidance explains the shared clause structure of the common ISO management system standards and what each clause asks for. It also helps staff prepare for a certification audit. Effective Gu..

GG-1-15 CDM Guidance

Each construction duty holder is set out, from client and principal designer to contractor and worker, with a plain summary of what each one must do. Effective Guidance Documents This guidance d..

Data protection is mostly common sense written down: know what you hold about people, have a reason for it, keep it safe and do not keep it longer than needed. This guidance puts that in plain terms. ..

GG-1-17 Consumer Vulnerability

This guidance helps staff identify and respond to consumer vulnerability, with risk factors, a table of triggers, the BRUCE tool and example questions that avoid intrusive questioning. Effective ..

GG-1-18 Anti-Bribery and Corruption

This guidance supports the bribery and corruption policy with plain explanations for all workers. It sets out warning signs, personal obligations and how to report a concern. Effective Guidance D..

GG-1-19 Anti-bribery Supplier Selection

This guidance explains how to judge the bribery risk a supplier poses, the purchasing controls that reduce it, and how the supplier bribery risk rating works. Effective Guidance Documents This g..

GG-1-20 Emergency Lighting

This guidance covers where emergency lighting is needed, the safety checks to make, and the monthly and annual tests with the records that go with them. Effective Guidance Documents This guidanc..

GG-4-01 Weld Inspection

This guidance covers weld inspection before, during and after welding, with typical defects, checking weld size and how nonconforming components are handled. Effective Guidance Documents This gu..

GG-4-02 BS EN 1090 Compliance / FPC

This guidance explains how the standards behind BS EN 1090 fit together in factory production control, from welding coordination and qualification to final inspection. Effective Guidance Document..

GG-6-01 Environmental - General

The environmental management system explained in plain terms, so staff know their responsibilities, the company commitments and the everyday waste rules. Effective Guidance Documents This guidan..

GG-6-02 Use of Bins

A simple guide to which waste goes in which bin, what to do around waste areas and what must never go in general waste. Effective Guidance Documents This guidance document is supplied in fully e..

GG-6-03 Storing Oils and Chemicals

This guidance gives the storage rules for oils and chemicals, safe use of hazardous substances and a guide to the hazard pictograms on labels. Effective Guidance Documents This guidance document..

GG-6-04 Environmental Emergency Response

This guidance covers raising the alarm, named emergency roles, escape routes and signs, and protecting the environment from spills and firefighting water in an emergency. Effective Guidance Docum..

GG-6-05 Spill Procedure

This guidance explains how spills cause pollution, how to prevent them and the steps to follow when one happens, from the spill kit to reporting. Effective Guidance Documents This guidance docum..

GG-7-01 Safe Use and Management of PPE

This guidance covers choosing PPE that fits and suits the hazard, the main types, training in its use and keeping it in good condition. Effective Guidance Documents This guidance document is sup..

GG-7-02 Safe Use of Equipment

This guidance sets out what counts as work equipment, what workers must and must not do with it, and what the company provides, inspects and records. Effective Guidance Documents This guidance d..

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Workplace Training Guidance Documents & ISO Compliance Resources

Our General Guidance Documents provide clear, practical workplace training materials covering a wide range of health, safety, quality, and environmental topics. Designed to support organisations of all sizes, these professionally developed resources help you deliver effective worker training, staff briefings, and awareness sessions with confidence.

Complete Training Support with Toolbox Talk Templates

Many of our guidance documents include accompanying Toolbox Talk templates, enabling you to formally record employee attendance and training completion. This provides essential documentation to demonstrate:

Staff competence and awareness
Compliance with health and safety legislation
Evidence of training delivery for audits
Legal and regulatory compliance

These ready-to-use templates make it simple to maintain accurate training records and support your organisation during internal and external audits.

Supports ISO Management System Compliance

Our workplace guidance materials are suitable for organisations operating under multiple ISO standards, including:

ISO 9001 (Quality Management Systems)
ISO 14001 (Environmental Management Systems)
ISO 45001 (Occupational Health & Safety Management Systems)
ISO 27001 (Information Security Management Systems)

Whether you are implementing a new management system or maintaining certification, these documents help demonstrate compliance, communication, and workforce competence.

Ideal For:

Health and safety managers
Compliance officers
HR and training departments
ISO management system coordinators
Small businesses and large organisations

These versatile training guidance documents can be used across a broad range of workplace environments to strengthen your health and safety management systems and improve workforce awareness.

Improve Compliance, Demonstrate Competence & Simplify Audits

By using our General Guidance Documents and Toolbox Talk templates, your organisation can confidently deliver structured training, maintain compliance records, and provide clear evidence of communication and competence.

Visit the Training and Guidance page to access topic-specific workplace training resources.