Tesco takes health and safety training online

Tesco is overhauling health and safety training for its contractors, suppliers and stores with the launch of a Tesco Property Training Academy.

The new online health and safety training academy has been designed, built and delivered by Olive Media, a digital media company that provides virtual training and communications for global organisations.

The Tesco Property Training Academy will standardise health and safety training and standards across the organisation while decreasing downtime for Tesco employees, suppliers and contractors. The new training features rich interactive content and the latest in digital technology.

With over 1,000 contractor and subcontractor companies to train, Tesco successfully trained over 8,000 people in June. Combined, these people completed in excess of 15,000 health and safety training courses.  

The academy allows Tesco operatives, contractors and sub-contractors to complete Tesco’s health and safety training anytime and anywhere through a secure online log-in.

Reporting within the system ensures that Tesco management can quickly and easily see which contractor or employee has completed the training or at what stage they have progressed to.

Phil Cook, Development Director at Tesco, said: “Safety is paramount for Tesco and we want to be known as an employer that is taking a lead, ensuring all our suppliers, contractors and employees have a consistent and high standard of training.

“The new Tesco Property Training Academy allows all personnel to be inducted before they arrive on site. The academy is not only easy to operate; it is engaging, dynamic and can be regularly updated to ensure it is always at the forefront of the industry.”