Training and Education at the EIC
The Electrical Industries Charity offer a variety of training courses to suit your needs. Breaking down the stigma of mental health in our industry can only come through education and understanding and we are passionate about helping you with this.
Our training is based on what we see coming through in our cases and the challenges our industry is facing. All of our courses can be delivered in person or virtually and all of our training is delivered by our highly experienced welfare team and key partners.
We can also work with you to create bespoke courses depending on your specific needs.
Whatever your training requirements, we can help, full details of all our training courses are below.
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- Suicide First Aid Lite
- Suicide First Aid: USI
- Mental Health First Aid (MHFA)
- Mental Health First Aid Refresher
- Youth Mental Health First Aid
- Managing Mental Health and Wellbeing in the Workplace for Leaders
- Mental Health Conversation Practice
- Mental Health Awareness
- Financial Wellbeing & Awareness
- Understanding Addiction & building Resilience
- Navigating Tough Conversations & Suicidal Ideation
- Diversity, Equality & Inclusion Awareness
- Menopause Awareness
- Understanding Grief
- Managing Workplace Stress
- Sexual Harassment Training
- Baby Loss Awareness
- Bespoke training
- Apprentice Training
Suicide First Aid Lite Training
Teaching the theory and practice of suicide intervention skills that can be applied in any professional or personal setting, captured in a half-day session.
Learning Objectives:
- Understanding suicide, suicide behaviours and causes
- Recognising signs
- Establishing communication techniques
- Implementing intervention
Course Details:
Duration: 3.5 hours
Format: Available both virtually (recommended) and in person
Pricing: £100 + VAT per person (virtual open course)
Group Bookings: Accommodates up to 20 participants for £1,500 + VAT
Suicide First Aid: Understanding Suicide Intervention
The Suicide First Aid: Understanding Suicide Intervention course is comprised of 4 parts, each approximately 90 minutes duration. The programme teaches and practices the skills and knowledge needed to identify someone who may be thinking about suicide and competently intervene to help create suicide-safety as a first aid approach.
Learning Objectives:
- Understanding the foundations of suicide prevention
- Strategic approaches to suicide intervention
- Practical skills for supporting individuals
- Implementing intervention and ensuring safety in suicide prevention
Pre-training requirements:
No previous experience or training is necessary. Participants will be asked to self-reflect and empathise with a person having thoughts of suicide.
Course Details:
Duration: 8 hours
Format: Available both virtually (recommended) and in person
Pricing: £200 + VAT per person (virtual open course)
Group Bookings: Accommodates up to 16 participants for £2,500 + VAT
Mental Health First Aid
Suggested for team leaders, those in positions of high-volume interaction with colleagues and those who are keen to engage. Those who qualify as Mental Health First Aiders will join a support group facilitated by MHFA England and will join the national community of Mental Health First Aiders.
Learning objectives:
- Recognising poor mental health and implementing early intervention
- Encouraging identification and access to professional and local support
- Active listening and demonstrating empathy
- Addressing stigma and improving mental health literacy
- Self-care and MHFA role
Course Details:
Pricing: £350 + VAT per person
Book onto one of our virtual open courses via the link below
Duration: 2 Days (9am – 5pm)
Format: Available both virtually and in person (if full group of 16)
Group Bookings: Accommodates up to 16 participants for £4,500 + VAT
To book a group or in person course, please email: training@electricalcharity.org
Mental Health First Aid Refresher
For those who have previously engaged in Mental Health First Aid and wish to renew skillset (suggested: between 2-3 years post-qualification).
Learning Objectives:
- Renewing skillset
- Updating knowledge of mental health support
- Practicing application of Mental Health First Aid action plan
Course Details:
Duration: 4 hours
Book onto one of our virtual open courses via the link below
Format: Available both virtually and in person (if full group of 25)
Pricing: £200 + VAT per person (virtual open course)
Group Bookings: Accommodates up to 25 participants for £3,000 + VAT
To book a group or in person course, please email: training@electricalcharity.org
Youth Mental Health First Aid
This course is ideal for anyone who lives with, works with, or supports young people aged 8 to 18 and wants to gain the knowledge, awareness, and skills to spot the signs of a young person experiencing poor mental health, the confidence to start a conversation, and the tools to safeguard and signpost to appropriate support.
Learning objectives:
- Explain what mental health is
- Describe how to look after their own mental health and wellbeing
- Describe the signs of poor mental health in young people
- Explain some of the risk factors associated with poor mental health in young people
- Demonstrate how to apply the Youth MHFA action plan (ALGEE®) in a Youth Mental Health First Aid conversation
- Describe the role of a Youth MHFAider®
- Know how to use the MHFAider Support App®
- Know how to access a dedicated text service provided by Shout and ongoing learning opportunities with MHFA England®
- Learn beyond the course through membership of the Association of Mental Health First Aiders®
Course Details:
Duration: 2 Days (9am – 5pm)
Format: Available both virtually and in person (if full group of 16)
Pricing: £350 + VAT per person (virtual open course)
Group Bookings: Accommodates up to 16 participants for £4,500 + VAT
Managing Mental Health and Wellbeing in the Workplace for Leaders
What you wll learn:
All sessions are tailored to businesses specific needs and are interactive sessions led by our MHFA trainer. Suggested for managers, supervisors and leaders.
Learning objectives:
- Identifying poor mental health
- Building confidence in conversations
- Appropriate signposting
- Access support for yourself
Course Details:
Duration: 4 hours
Format: In person
Pricing: £1,800 + VAT
Mental Health Conversation Practice
All sessions are tailored to businesses specific needs. Suggested for managers, supervisors or anyone who oversees a team or has interactions with clients.
Learning objectives:
- Focuses on building confidence in having conversations
- How to approach someone
- Scenario practice
Course Details:
Duration: 4 hours
Format: In person
Pricing: £1,500 + VAT
Mental Health Awareness Training
A foundational course covering common mental health conditions, recognising signs, supporting others and managing crisis situations effectively.
Course Details:
Duration: 1 hour
Format: Available both virtually (recommended) and in person
Pricing: £750 + VAT
Financial Wellbeing & Awareness Training
This course builds confidence in money management, explores the connection between financial and mental health, and offers practical financial planning tools. A check list will be provided to you with a choice of key focuses, for example: pensions, budgeting or investing etc.
Course Details:
Duration: 1 hour
Format: Available both virtually (recommended) and in person
Pricing: £750 + VAT
Understanding Addiction & Building Resistance
A session that explores the nature of addiction, how it develops, recognising the signs and strategies for resilience and recovery.
Course Details:
Duration: 1 hour
Format: Available both virtually (recommended) and in person
Pricing: £750 + VAT
Navigating Tough Conversations and Suicidal Ideation
Develop skills to manage sensitive conversations around mental health and suicide, recognise warning signs and support individuals in distress
Course Details:
Duration: 1 hour
Format: Available both virtually (recommended) and in person
Pricing: £750 + VAT
Diversity, Equality & Inclusion Awareness Training
Understand key DEI principles, recognise workplace biases and explore strategies for fostering an inclusive and supportive working environment.
Course Details:
Duration: 1 hour
Format: Available both virtually (recommended) and in person
Pricing: £600 + VAT
Menopause Awareness Training
Increase understanding of menopause, its impact in the workplace and how to create a more inclusive and supportive environment for those affected.
Course Details:
Duration: 1 hour
Format: Available both virtually (recommended) and in person
Pricing: £600 + VAT
Understanding Grief
Learn how to support colleagues experiencing grief, understand different types of loss and develop confidence in handling sensitive conversations around bereavement.
Course Details:
Duration: 1 hour
Format: Available both virtually (recommended) and in person
Pricing: £600 + VAT
Managing Workplace Stress
Discover how to confidently support the unique needs of individuals and proactively support their wellbeing. Understand stress and burnout, spot the early warning signs, understand triggers and implement healthy coping strategies. This course will help you build a supportive, mentally healthy workplace culture.
Course Details:
Duration: 1 hour
Format: Available both virtually (recommended) and in person. NB: capped at 30 participants
Pricing: £750 + VAT
Understanding the duty to prevent harassment in the workplace (HR, in-house legal and/or senior leaders)
Develop an understanding of what constitutes harassment, reasonable steps defence and legal guidance around the new duty to prevent this within the workplace.
Course Details:
Duration: 1 hour
Format: Available both virtually (recommended) and in person (email for quote)
Pricing: £1,500 + VAT
Preventing and Responding to Harassment in the Workplace (All Staff)
Understanding the legal definition of harassment under UK law, recognising different forms of harassment and consideration of the impact on the workplace.
Course Details:
Duration: 1 hour
Format: Available both virtually (recommended) and in person (email for quote)
Pricing: £1,750 + VAT
Preventing and Responding to Harassment in the Workplace (Managers)
Understanding legal definitions of harassment under UK law, recognising the different forms of harassment and the types of behaviour that may constitute harassment, with a focus on sexual harassment and the impact that harassment has on individuals within the workplace.
Course Details:
Duration: 1.5 hours
Format: Available both virtually (recommended) and in person (email for quote)
Pricing: £2,000 + VAT
Offload: Supporting Males in the Workplace after Baby Loss
Male’s grief matters too but is often overlooked. This training has been designed to help workplaces better understand & support males who have experienced baby loss, whilst exploring the unique challenges that Male’s face.
Course Details:
Duration: 1 hour
Format: Available virtually
Pricing: £750 + VAT (max 15 people)
Baby Loss – Leading with Compassion (Manager)
Empower mangers to create a supportive & understanding workplace culture by recognising the impact of baby loss and learning how to handle challenging conversations with sensitivity.
Course Details:
Duration: 1 hour
Format: Available virtually
Pricing: £750 + VAT (max 15 people)
Supporting Employees after Baby Loss: Human Resources
Every workplace is unique and this customised training is designed to address the specific needs of your organisation. You will be provided with tailored guidance and strategies to support employees & foster an inclusive workplace culture.
Course Details:
Duration: 1 hour
Format: Available virtually
Pricing: £750 + VAT (max 15 people)
Apprentice Mental Health Training
The EIC offers its industry-specific training courses to apprentices completely free of charge. There are 15 modules that can be accessed via the EIC Learning Management System.
They cover a variety of topics based on real life cases and include:
- Money management
- Banter vs Bullying
- Relationship Issues
- Coping with Suicide and Loss
- Diagnosed Dyslexia
- Coping with a carer’s role
- Drug Induced Psychosis and Rehabilitation
- Homelessness
- Anxiety and Alcoholism
- Racist Remarks at Work
- Surviving Suicide
- The Importance of Talking
- Being Yourself (LBTQIA+)
- Navigating Suicidal Thoughts
- Overcoming the past – Sexual Abuse
The EIC can also provide SCORM files to colleges to upload to their own Learning Management Systems.
Course Details:
Duration: Various
Format: Virtual
Pricing: Free of charge for apprentices
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Bespoke Training
Our bespoke training sessions are built around the real challenges faced by our industry. Whether it’s mental health, wellbeing or inclusivity, we work with you to design impactful, tailored sessions that meet your organisation’s specific needs.
Course Details:
Duration: 1 hour
Format: Available both virtually (recommended) and in person
Pricing: £750 + VAT
