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Legal Metrology and Product Safety Training Programme
CTSI and FAAB Training are working in partnership with the Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) to deliver a funded programme for building LA capability, with Product Safety and Legal Metrology training to all local authority practitioners throughout the UK. It is offered free-of-charge to local authority practitioners.
Future training courses
If you have any suggestions for training that you would like us to organise, face-to-face training, webinar or bitesize, or you would like to request a training course to be repeated please do so via this form.
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General Enquiries
If you have any other enquiries please email [email protected] with details including your name, contact telephone number and which course(s) you are interested in.
Automatic Weighing InstrumentsThe course is aimed at trainees or recently qualified Inspectors. It will also be useful for other inspectors who may need a refresher in the different types of automatic weighing instrument that they may come across. Trainer: Ian Turner CPPD: 5.5 hours Learning outcomes: A full understanding of the legislation that governs the placing of automatic weighing instruments on the market and the use of these instruments under the Packaged Goods Regulations 2006. |
In person - Basildon30 September 2025 9:30-16:30 When this training is fully booked please email [email protected] to go on the waiting list. |
WEEE and Battery Takeback RegulationsThis training is designed for Trading Standards professionals and regulatory enforcement officers who require an introduction to the WEEE and battery takeback regulations. Learning outcomes: By the end of this course, participants will: Gain a foundational understanding of the WEEE & Battery takeback regulations. Know what questions and observations to check for WEEE compliance. Understand how to report non-compliance of retailers, especially vape retailers. Know what to consider for the recycling of seized vapes. This training provides crucial insights for those engaging with businesses to ensure compliance in particular to vape retailers, due to the forthcoming legislation and enforcement.
Trainer: Bubbly Sandhu CPPD: 1 hour |
Webinar25 June 2025 10:00 - 11:00 |
Practical Liquid Fuel Measuring InstrumentsThis course is suitable for Local Authority Weights and Measures Officers and trainees and will be held at Warwickshire Trading Standards over two days. Delegates will need to attend both days. Learning outcomes: The programme will include the following:
Trainer: Andy Watson CPPD: Total 11 hours |
In person - Warwick2 and 3 June 2025 9:30-16:30 both days
In person - Thurrock7 and 8 July 2025 9:30-16:30 both days |
Market Surveillance vs EnforcementThis training is designed for Trading Standards professionals and regulatory enforcement officers who need to develop their understanding of market surveillance. It is also suitable for those seeking a refresher on this key area.
Learning outcomes: By the end of this course, participants will:
Trainer: Mark Gardiner CPPD: 2 hours |
Webinar2 July 2025 10:00-12:00 |
Cosmetics – Refresh and Update of Key Principles in Great BritainThis webinar is relevant to those new to cosmetics and those wishing to refresh or build on existing knowledge. Learning outcomes: This webinar is designed to both revise and build on a practitioners’ existing knowledge of the Cosmetics Regulation as applied in Great Britain and to build capability and confidence when investigating products in-market or when arriving at the border.
By the end of this course, participants will:
Trainer: Amanda Isom CPPD: 2 Hours |
Webinar16 July 2025 10:00 - 12:00 |
Navigating Product Safety Laws for Second-Hand GoodsThis training is designed for Trading Standards professionals and regulatory enforcement officers who need an understanding of the General Product Safety Regulations (GPSR) as they apply to second-hand goods. It is also suitable for those seeking a refresher on key legislation and enforcement practices. Learning outcomes: By the end of this course, participants will: Gain an understanding of GPSR and how it applies to second-hand goods. Learn about safety assessment processes, risk-based approaches, and enforcement options. Understand legal obligations for businesses selling second-hand goods. Develop knowledge of best practices for ensuring compliance and consumer safety. This training provides crucial insights for those engaging with businesses to ensure compliance with second-hand goods regulations. Trainer: Hannah Forbes CPPD Points: 2 hours
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Webinar22 July 2025 10:00-12:00 Fully bookedWhen this training is fully booked please email [email protected] to go on the waiting list. |
Bulk FuelThis practical workshop is suitable for Local Authority Weights and Measures Officers and trainees and will be taking place at Warwickshire Trading Standards. Delegates are required to attend on both days. Learning outcomes: The programme will include the following:
Trainer: Andy Watson CPPD: 5.5 hours |
In person - Warwick9 and 10 June 2025 9:30-16:30 both days
21 and 22 July 2025 9:30-16:30 both days |
Measuring Instruments DirectiveThis course is aimed at those Inspectors of Weights and Measures that are looking for a reminder and updates on those instruments that are covered by the Measuring Instruments Regulations 2016 and the various amendments that have changed it since the UK’s departure from the EU. There will be a discussion on the various types of automatic weighing instruments, liquid fuel measuring instruments, capacity serving measures and material measures of length. Learning outcomes: The delegate will have a more detailed understanding of the instruments covered under the Measuring Instruments Regulations 2016 and the requirements when they are placed on the market or put into service. Trainer: Ian Turner CPPD: 4.5 hours
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Webinar24 June 2025 9:30-15.00
In person - Basildon1 October 2025 9:30-15.00 |
Battery science and product safetyThis training is aimed at Product safety specialists and generalists investigating product safety issues involving batteries. Learning outcomes: By the end of this course delegates will be familiar with the way in which batteries store energy, and the risks associated with this, and apply the relevant product safety legislation to management of these risks in both the pre and post market. The programme will include examples of PRISM risk assessment of battery-operated products, as well as a discussion of risk tolerability. Trainer: Mark Gardiner CPPD: 5 hours |
Webinar11 July 2025 10:00 - 16:00 Book now |
Product safety for e-bikes and e-scootersThis training is aimed at Product safety specialists and generalists investigating product safety issues involving e-bikes and e-scooters. Learning outcomes: By the end of this course delegates will be familiar with the legislative framework for the safety of electronically operated products which act as a means of transport, and the hazards and risks that case arise from such products. The programme will also include a detailed examination of conformity assessment and traceability, which will assist in developing the skills to audit suppliers’ compliance status, and from this determine risk and necessary risk management measures. Trainer: Mark Gardiner CPPD: 3 hours |
Webinar18 July 2025 10:00 - 13:00 Book now |
Introduction to Chemical Products Regulation and ComplianceThis training is designed for Trading Standards professionals and regulatory enforcement officers who require an introduction to chemical product regulations. It is also suitable for those seeking a refresher on key legislation and enforcement practices. Learning outcomes:
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Webinar8 September 2025 10:00-12:00 When this training is fully booked please email [email protected] to go on the waiting list. |
Weighbridge Testing in compliance with NAWI Regulations 2016This course is aimed at those candidates that have begun the S73 Examination to be an Inspector of Weights and Measures and are looking for practical guidance and experiences on how this should be done. This training will be taking place at Axle Weight Technology Ltd (Axtec) in Runcorn. Delegates are required to attend both days. Learning outcomes: This course will give the candidates a good training on both the theory and practice of the verification of large capacity non-automatic weighing instruments. It will include a classroom element with a discussion of the principles of testing a large capacity weighing instrument and a practical experience of doing this. Trainer: Ian Turner CPPD: 11 hours total |
In person - Runcorn16 and 17 September 2025 9:30-16:30
19 and 20 November 2025 9:30-16:30 |
Personal Protective EquipmentThis webinar is designed for new trainees to PPE, or as a refresher for qualified officers. Trainer: Vicki Burch CPPD: 2 hours Learning outcomes: This webinar is designed to provide an overview of the PPE Regulations, including a review of the economic operator obligations, required technical documentation and enforcement powers. The session aims to build upon knowledge and confidence in carrying out market surveillance, and enforcement activities within the sector of PPE, finishing with some practical hints and tips on product and documentation checks. |
Webinar8 October 2025 14:00-16:00
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An Introduction to the Packaged Goods Regulations 2006The course is an introduction to the Packaged Goods Regulations 2006. It will consider some of the statistical principles necessary to understand the Regulations and we will have a detailed look at each of them and what they mean to an Inspector of Weights and Measures. There will be an explanation of how to carry out a practical weights and measure check and the paperwork that can be used for this. Trainer: Ian Turner CPPD: 5 hours Learning outcomes: This course will give a good outline of some of the statistical concepts necessary to understand the Packaged Goods Regulations and will undertake a detailed understanding of each regulation and place it into the context of our work.
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Webinar11 November 2025 9:30-16:30 |
