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Course templates

Ready-made compliance and workplace courses. Each one comes with a self-paced course and a live session deck.

121 templates

  • US federalRequired by law

    OSHA Training

    Slips, trips & falls (walking-working surfaces)

    All employees

    Covers:
    • Explain why same-level falls are a leading cause of workplace injury
    • Distinguish slip, trip and fall-from-height hazards and their causes
    • Apply housekeeping and surface-condition rules

    Last reviewed Oct 2026Legal basis: 29 CFR 1910 Subpart D

    25 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys

  • US federalRequired by lawHands-on practical

    OSHA Training

    Respiratory protection awareness

    Employees required to wear respirators

    Covers:
    • Explain why your respirator is necessary
    • Describe the limitations and capabilities of your respirator
    • Use the respirator in emergencies, including when it malfunctions

    Last reviewed Oct 2026Legal basis: 29 CFR 1910.134(k)(1)(i)-(vii), (k)(5)

    35 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys

  • US federalRequired by law

    OSHA Training

    Respirable crystalline silica awareness (construction)

    Construction workers

    Covers:
    • Describe the health hazards of respirable crystalline silica
    • Identify the specific tasks in your work that could expose you
    • Use the specific controls your employer has put in place

    Last reviewed Oct 2026Legal basis: 29 CFR 1926.1153(i)(1)

    30 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys

  • US federalRequired by law

    Security Awareness Training

    Security awareness essentials

    All employees and contractors

    Covers:
    • Explain why people are the most targeted part of security
    • Describe the stages of a typical attack, from lure to data theft
    • Spot red flags across email, text, phone, web and USB

    Last reviewed Oct 2026Legal basis: FTC Safeguards Rule 16 CFR 314.4(e)

    35 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys

  • US federal

    Security Awareness Training

    Phishing & social engineering

    All employees

    Covers:
    • Explain how social engineers exploit trust, urgency and authority
    • Trace the steps of a business email compromise
    • Detect phishing across email, SMS, voice, QR codes and AI deepfakes

    Last reviewed Oct 2026

    30 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys

  • US multi-stateRequired by law

    Security Awareness Training

    US state privacy laws overview

    Privacy

    Covers:
    • Describe the state-by-state privacy landscape
    • Identify common definitions
    • Apply common consumer rights and the key differences between states

    Last reviewed Oct 2026Legal basis: State comprehensive consumer privacy

    35 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys

  • US federal

    Security Awareness Training

    Remote work & mobile device security

    Remote and hybrid employees

    Covers:
    • Explain why remote and mobile work expand the attack surface
    • Describe how attacks target home networks, public Wi-Fi and phones
    • Spot red flags

    Last reviewed Oct 2026

    25 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys

  • US federalRequired by law

    Security Awareness Training

    Social media & communications policy

    All employees

    Covers:
    • Explain why online posts can affect customers, colleagues
    • Describe policy rules
    • Apply a "before you post" check

    Last reviewed Oct 2026Legal basis: National Labor Relations Act s.7

    25 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys

  • United KingdomRequired by law

    Security Awareness Training

    UK: Data protection (UK GDPR & DPA 2018)

    All UK staff

    Covers:
    • Explain why data protection matters and what the regulator can do
    • Identify personal data, special category data and criminal offence data
    • Apply the 7 principles and lawful bases to everyday tasks

    Last reviewed Oct 2026Legal basis: UK GDPR

    35 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys

  • United KingdomRequired by law

    Workplace Safety Training

    UK: Display screen equipment (DSE) safety

    DSE "users"

    Covers:
    • Explain DSE risks and whether you're a DSE "user"
    • Recognise symptoms
    • Apply the hierarchy of controls to your workstation

    Last reviewed Oct 2026Legal basis: Health and Safety

    25 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys

  • India, Singapore & MexicoRequired by law

    Security Awareness Training

    Singapore: Personal data protection (PDPA)

    All staff

    Covers:
    • Explain why the PDPA matters and the PDPC's enforcement powers
    • Identify personal data, including NRIC numbers
    • Apply the data protection obligations to everyday tasks

    Last reviewed Oct 2026Legal basis: Personal Data Protection Act 2012

    30 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys

  • Global

    AI Training for Employees

    Safe use of generative AI in clinical and care settings

    Clinicians

    Covers:
    • Use generative AI only for approved clinical and administrative tasks
    • Verify AI-generated clinical content against guidelines and sources
    • Protect patient data when using AI tools and scribes

    Last reviewed Oct 2026

    40 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys

  • Global

    AI Training for Employees

    Prompting for work: Clear instructions, better answers

    All employees using AI assistants

    Covers:
    • Write a prompt that states the goal, context, sources and expectations
    • Iterate on a weak answer with follow-up prompts instead of starting over
    • Check and refine the output before using it

    Last reviewed Oct 2026

    35 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys

  • Global

    AI Training for Employees

    Building and maintaining a team prompt library

    Team leads

    Covers:
    • Decide which prompts are worth sharing and how to document them
    • Write a prompt template with placeholders, intended use, owner
    • Check shared prompts for confidential data and outdated instructions

    Last reviewed Oct 2026

    25 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys

  • Global

    Clinical Skills Training for Nurses

    Obstetric emergencies and newborn safety

    Midwives

    Covers:
    • Recognise warning signs of pre-eclampsia and reduced fetal movements
    • Recognise postpartum haemorrhage early
    • Put the first steps of newborn life support in the right order

    Last reviewed Oct 2026

    45 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys

  • Global

    Clinical Skills Training for Nurses

    Safe medication administration and error reporting

    Registered nurses

    Covers:
    • Calculate a dose volume and an infusion rate
    • Explain why insulin, anticoagulants, opioids
    • Prepare and run an IV infusion safely, checking the line, the pump

    Last reviewed Oct 2026

    45 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys

  • Global

    Clinical Skills Training for Nurses

    Safe handling and administration of systemic anticancer therapy

    Oncology and haematology nurses

    Covers:
    • Name how staff can be exposed to cytotoxic drugs and use the controls
    • Recognise a possible extravasation or infusion reaction
    • Treat suspected neutropenic sepsis as an emergency

    Last reviewed Oct 2026

    45 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys

  • Global

    Clinical Skills Training for Nurses

    Radiation protection and MRI safety

    Radiographers and assistant practitioners

    Covers:
    • Explain which imaging uses ionising radiation
    • Describe who refers, justifies and carries out an exposure
    • Use time, distance and shielding, wear protective equipment

    Last reviewed Oct 2026

    45 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys

  • Global

    Clinical Skills Training for Nurses

    Stroke, falls, delirium and dementia care

    Ward and care-home staff

    Covers:
    • Recognise a possible stroke using FAST
    • Tell delirium from dementia, spot hypoactive delirium
    • Use a person-centred approach to understand distress in dementia

    Last reviewed Oct 2026

    45 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys

  • Global

    Clinical Skills Training for Nurses

    Pain, opioid safety and end-of-life care

    Registered nurses

    Covers:
    • Choose a pain assessment approach that fits the person
    • Recognise common opioid side effects and signs of toxicity
    • Offer simple non-drug comfort measures alongside prescribed treatment

    Last reviewed Oct 2026

    45 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys

  • United Kingdom

    Clinical Skills Training for Nurses

    Insulin safety and managing hypo- and hyperglycaemia

    Ward nurses

    Covers:
    • Name the main insulin types and give insulin safely
    • Check capillary blood glucose and ketones
    • Recognise signs of DKA and HHS and escalate straight away

    Last reviewed Oct 2026

    40 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys

  • Global

    Clinical Skills Training for Nurses

    Pre-analytical quality: Specimen collection, labelling and transport

    Phlebotomists

    Covers:
    • Fill tubes in the correct order of draw and mix them correctly
    • Prevent haemolysis and the other common reasons a sample is rejected
    • Take blood cultures with the right volume and without contamination

    Last reviewed Oct 2026

    40 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys

  • Global

    Clinical Skills Training for Nurses

    Health promotion and disease surveillance for community health teams

    Community health workers

    Covers:
    • Hold a very brief health promotion conversation that agrees a goal
    • Deliver very brief advice on smoking and screen
    • Involve community members in planning and running health initiatives

    Last reviewed Oct 2026

    45 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys

  • Global

    Excel & Microsoft Office Training

    Powerpoint and presentation design skills

    Professionals

    Covers:
    • Structure a presentation around a purpose and a single audience action
    • Use layouts, the slide master and templates for consistent slides
    • Choose text size, colour and contrast that people can read

    Last reviewed Oct 2026

    40 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys

  • Global

    Excel & Microsoft Office Training

    Power BI and data visualisation for business users

    Analysts and managers

    Covers:
    • Clean data in a repeatable step and link tables through key columns
    • Explain what a measure is and read a basic DAX measure
    • Choose a visual that fits the question

    Last reviewed Oct 2026

    45 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys

  • Global

    Excel & Microsoft Office Training

    SQL and database fundamentals for business users

    Analysts

    Covers:
    • Describe tables, rows, columns and keys
    • Read and predict the result of a basic SELECT query
    • Explain how a join combines two tables

    Last reviewed Oct 2026

    45 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys

  • Global

    Excel & Microsoft Office Training

    Word and professional documents

    Administrators and staff

    Covers:
    • Use styles and a template for consistent layout
    • Build headings, lists and numbering that update themselves
    • Insert tables and images that are clear, captioned and accessible

    Last reviewed Oct 2026

    40 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys

  • Global

    IT Training

    Zero trust, cloud and vulnerability management for IT teams

    IT and security operations staff; run by L&D

    Covers:
    • Explain zero trust in plain terms and where least privilege fits
    • Apply identity-first thinking to access requests and reviews
    • Describe shared responsibility in cloud services

    Last reviewed Oct 2026

    45 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys

  • Global

    Clinical Skills Training for Nurses

    Safe IV therapy, infusion pumps and vascular access care for nurses

    Registered and enrolled nurses

    Covers:
    • Read and record fluid balance accurately and recognise
    • Check and programme an infusion pump against the prescription
    • Carry out the identification and pre-transfusion checks

    Last reviewed Oct 2026

    40 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys

  • Global

    Software Development Courses

    Software testing, TDD and test automation in practice

    Developers

    Covers:
    • Classify tests as unit, integration or end-to-end
    • Write a clear test case with a precondition, steps
    • Practise test-driven development in small steps

    Last reviewed Oct 2026

    45 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys

  • Global

    Excel & Microsoft Office Training

    SQL for business analysts: Pulling and checking your own data

    Analysts and operations

    Covers:
    • Write SELECT queries with filtering, sorting and basic functions
    • Join tables without duplicating rows and choose the right join type
    • Summarise with GROUP BY and read a simple window function

    Last reviewed Oct 2026

    45 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys

  • Global

    Excel & Microsoft Office Training

    Python for business automation and data scripts

    Finance

    Covers:
    • Read and predict short Python scripts using variables, types and strings
    • Use lists, tuples and loops to process repeated work
    • Write a small function to avoid repeating yourself

    Last reviewed Oct 2026

    45 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys

  • Global

    Software Development Courses

    Building and reviewing machine learning models responsibly

    Data scientists

    Covers:
    • Split data into training, validation and test sets
    • Describe bias, drift and how to monitor for them after release
    • Document a model so a reviewer can judge it

    Last reviewed Oct 2026

    45 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys

  • Global

    Workplace Safety Training

    Safety culture, speaking up and stop-work authority

    Frontline workers

    Covers:
    • Explain what safety culture is and how leaders' actions shape it
    • Describe why people take shortcuts
    • Observe safe and unsafe behaviour and give respectful feedback

    Last reviewed Oct 2026

    35 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys

  • Global

    Workplace Safety Training

    Safety law, committees, management systems and audits

    Committee members

    Covers:
    • Explain why the law requires a safety system
    • Describe employer, manager and worker duties and match duties to roles
    • Set up and run a joint safety committee with minutes and actions

    Last reviewed Oct 2026

    40 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys

  • Global

    Car Sales Training

    Service-to-sales handoff and customer retention huddle

    Sales and service managers running a joint weekly huddle

    Covers:
    • Run the huddle in about 20 minutes
    • Talk about customers using first names, initials or counts only
    • Say something at the service desk that starts a conversation

    Last reviewed Oct 2026

    20 minCourse · Live deck

  • Global

    Car Sales Training

    Sales kickoff: Dealership quarter-opening meeting

    General sales managers and owners opening a month

    Covers:
    • Run the kickoff as one clear sequence
    • Share last quarter's result honestly, from your own reports
    • Explain each target and the reason behind it

    Last reviewed Oct 2026

    75 minCourse · Live deck · Survey

  • Global

    Icebreaker Games & Team Meeting Ideas

    Town hall meeting - Quarterly update session

    All employees; run by a senior leader

    Covers:
    • Run the 60 minutes in the order the deck sets out
    • Prepare the leader's three headlines and the next quarter's priorities
    • Pre-seed question time so it starts with momentum

    Last reviewed Oct 2026

    60 minCourse · Live deck · Survey

  • Global

    Icebreaker Games & Team Meeting Ideas

    Town hall meeting - Anonymous questions and leadership AMA

    All employees; run by the leadership team

    Covers:
    • Run the 45 minutes with questions collecting from the start
    • State your moderation rules at the beginning
    • Group similar questions and keep personal data out

    Last reviewed Oct 2026

    45 minCourse · Live deck · Survey

  • Global

    Security Awareness Training

    Ransomware tabletop for managers

    Managers

    Covers:
    • Practise the first-hour decisions in a ransomware incident, as a team
    • Find the gaps in who decides, who is told
    • Leave with a short owner-and-date list of fixes

    Last reviewed Oct 2026

    60 minCourse · Live deck · Survey

  • Global

    Security Awareness Training

    Security culture pulse and discussion

    Whole organisation or a team

    Covers:
    • Measure how confident and safe people feel about reporting
    • Share
    • Agree three actions with owners

    Last reviewed Oct 2026

    10 minCourse · Live deck · Survey

  • Global

    Icebreaker Games & Team Meeting Ideas

    Team meeting icebreakers: Remote and hybrid check-in

    Team leads

    Covers:
    • Put remote voices first and say cameras are optional
    • Read the focus scale as a team signal, not a wellbeing assessment
    • Follow up a real concern privately after the meeting

    Last reviewed Oct 2026

    6 minCourse · Live deck · Survey

  • Global

    Icebreaker Games & Team Meeting Ideas

    Team meeting icebreakers: Would you rather, work edition

    Team leads running a weekly team meeting

    Covers:
    • Run the game in about five minutes with 45 seconds a question
    • Ask one person on each side for a one-line reason, then move
    • Keep the questions light and swap out any that touch a real decision

    Last reviewed Oct 2026

    5 minCourse · Live deck

  • Global

    Icebreaker Games & Team Meeting Ideas

    Trivia for work: General knowledge quiz

    Team leads

    Covers:
    • Run the quiz in about 18 minutes, from joining to the final leaderboard
    • Handle a disputed answer calmly and keep the game moving

    Last reviewed Oct 2026

    18 minCourse · Live deck

  • Global

    Icebreaker Games & Team Meeting Ideas

    Trivia for work: Know your company

    Team leads and internal-communications teams running an onboarding social or town-hall warm-up

    Covers:
    • Fill every question from facts you would put on the intranet
    • Run the quiz in about 18 minutes with 20 seconds a question
    • Leave out anything contested or recently changed

    Last reviewed Oct 2026

    18 minCourse · Live deck

  • Global

    Icebreaker Games & Team Meeting Ideas

    Staff meeting games: Team vs team quick-fire rounds

    Managers and team leads running a staff meeting

    Covers:
    • Form teams that spread departments and keep the game fair
    • Read the rules in one breath
    • Run four rounds and keep each leaderboard to about 20 seconds

    Last reviewed Oct 2026

    20 minCourse · Live deck

  • Global

    Icebreaker Games & Team Meeting Ideas

    Staff meeting games: Guess the colleague

    Team leads running a staff meeting for a team that already knows each other a little

    Covers:
    • Collect fun facts a day before and screen every one yourself
    • Leave out anything private, sensitive or that could single someone out
    • Run the game in about 1.5 minutes per fact

    Last reviewed Oct 2026

    15 minCourse · Live deck

  • Global

    Icebreaker Games & Team Meeting Ideas

    Training icebreakers: The first five minutes

    Trainers and facilitators opening a workshop or course session

    Covers:
    • Open the session in about seven minutes without calling on anyone
    • Make it safe to say 'I don't know'
    • Adjust the pace to what learners say about their experience

    Last reviewed Oct 2026

    7 minCourse · Live deck

  • Global

    Toolbox Talks & Safety Meeting Topics

    Toolbox talk: A 10-minute live session for any crew

    Supervisors

    Covers:
    • Say why the topic matters to this crew, in the crew's own words
    • Pick the safe action in a realistic example
    • Know who to tell about a hazard before the shift starts

    Last reviewed Oct 2026

    10 minCourse · Live deck

  • Global

    Toolbox Talks & Safety Meeting Topics

    Safety moment: A 5-minute meeting opener

    Anyone opening a meeting: team leads

    Covers:
    • Recall one hazard linked to the day's work
    • Commit to one change in how they work today

    Last reviewed Oct 2026

    5 minCourse · Live deck

  • Global

    Toolbox Talks & Safety Meeting Topics

    Workplace safety quiz: 15 questions for any site

    Trainers

    Covers:
    • Apply the hierarchy of controls to a simple case
    • Recognise correct reporting behaviour for hazards and near misses
    • Identify safe choices for lifting, ladders and housekeeping

    Last reviewed Oct 2026

    15 minCourse · Live deck

  • Global

    Toolbox Talks & Safety Meeting Topics

    Safety trivia: A three-round game

    Safety leads

    Covers:
    • Name the five common fire extinguisher classes and what each is
    • Interpret common safety sign colours

    Last reviewed Oct 2026

    25 minCourse · Live deck

  • Global

    Security Awareness Training

    Safe browsing: Fake websites, HTTPS and cookies

    All employees

    Covers:
    • Name the risks of unsafe browsing
    • Recognise a fake or cloned website from its address, contact details
    • Explain what HTTPS and the padlock do and do not prove

    Last reviewed Oct 2026

    35 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys

  • Global

    Security Awareness Training

    Physical security and data handling at work

    All staff

    Covers:
    • Follow badge, visitor and contractor access rules
    • Stop tailgating and challenge an unbadged person politely
    • Lock screens and secure devices and documents

    Last reviewed Oct 2026

    35 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys

  • Global

    Inclusive Teams: Culture & Communication

    Working across cultures

    All employees

    Covers:
    • Explain why misunderstandings in mixed teams are usually about style
    • Describe four communication-style spectrums
    • Ask for, pronounce and use colleagues' names correctly

    Last reviewed Oct 2026

    35 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys

  • Global

    Inclusive Teams: Culture & Communication

    Writing for global readers & translation tools

    All employees

    Covers:
    • Apply writing rules that machine translation
    • Use only approved translation tools
    • Check machine-translated text

    Last reviewed Oct 2026

    30 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys

  • Global

    Inclusive Teams: Culture & Communication

    Working with interpreters

    Customer-facing staff and managers

    Covers:
    • Explain the interpreter's role, and what it isn't
    • Choose the right kind of interpreting and source
    • Brief an interpreter and set up the room or call

    Last reviewed Oct 2026

    25 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys

  • Global

    Inclusive Teams: Respect & Fair Treatment

    Speaking up against racist or xenophobic comments

    All employees

    Covers:
    • Recognize racist and xenophobic comments
    • Choose one of the 5Ds that fits the situation and keeps people safe
    • Use short, calm phrases in person, in chat and with customers

    Last reviewed Oct 2026

    35 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys

  • United Kingdom

    Inclusive Teams: Respect & Fair Treatment

    UK: Equality Act 2010 essentials

    All workers

    Covers:
    • Explain why the Equality Act applies to everyday decisions
    • Name the 9 protected characteristics
    • Recognise discrimination by association

    Last reviewed Oct 2026

    40 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys

  • India, Singapore & Mexico

    Inclusive Teams: Respect & Fair Treatment

    Singapore: Workplace fairness

    All employees

    Covers:
    • Explain what is changing with the Workplace Fairness Act
    • Name the protected characteristics in the five groups the WFA covers
    • Recognise unfair employment decisions in hiring, pay, promotion

    Last reviewed Oct 2026

    35 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys

  • US federal

    Inclusive Teams: Accessibility & Disability

    Asking for & supporting workplace adjustments

    Employees and colleagues only: people

    Covers:
    • Say in plain words what you can ask for
    • Make a request
    • Know what to expect after asking

    Last reviewed Oct 2026

    30 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys

  • Global

    Inclusive Teams: Life Stages & Circumstances

    Supporting working parents & caregivers

    Managers and team leads

    Covers:
    • Recognize when a caregiving request may trigger leave rights
    • Avoid caregiver stereotyping in assignments, scheduling, ratings
    • Answer the conversation well

    Last reviewed Oct 2026

    35 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys

  • US federal

    Inclusive Teams: Life Stages & Circumstances

    Veterans & reservists in the workplace (US)

    Managers

    Covers:
    • Explain why USERRA applies to every employer
    • Describe leave, notice, the 5-year limit and return-to-work timelines
    • Reemploy correctly using the escalator principle

    Last reviewed Oct 2026

    30 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys

  • Global

    Inclusive Teams: Customers & Community

    Serving customers from every background

    Customer-facing staff

    Covers:
    • Explain why every customer gets the same standard of service
    • Apply the service rules
    • Use a four-question check before acting on an assumption

    Last reviewed Oct 2026

    30 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys

  • US federal

    Inclusive Teams: Customers & Community

    Serving customers with disabilities (US)

    Customer-facing staff

    Covers:
    • Explain what Title III requires of businesses open to the public
    • Define a service animal and tell it apart from emotional support animals
    • Apply the service-animal rules

    Last reviewed Oct 2026

    35 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys

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