Our Houghton Training Centre covers Newcastle and the North East area.
Located between the A1 and A19, our Houghton centre serves Newcastle, Hartlepool, Sunderland, Middlesbrough, Durham, and Darlington. We offer confined space, working at height, IOSH, first aid, and fire safety courses in purpose-built facilities.
About Houghton-le-Spring
Our Houghton training centre features 4 dedicated training rooms, alongside state-of-the-art facilities for practical and bespoke safety training.
Confined Space Facilities:
The impressive confined space gallery is designed to simulate a wide range of emergency and confined space conditions. It includes vertical and horizontal access/egress points, along with internal obstacles, tubes, crawlways, and even a detailed mining coal face. We can create simulated emergencies by adding features like darkness, alarms, sirens, and safety smoke, preparing candidates for real-world confined space challenges.
Working at Height Facilities:
The centre also boasts an indoor work at height structure, featuring key elements like ladders, a sloping roof, and unprotected edges. These features allow candidates to practice key skills such as rope access, safety line construction, ascending and descending ladders, and performing rescues in high-risk environments.
From A1(M): Take the A690 signposted Sunderland. Leave A690 onto A182 signed Hetton le Hole. At crossroads (traffic lights)turn left onto Gillas Lane take first right, then first right again into carpark.
From A19: Take the A690 signposted Durham. (See directions above from this point)
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Meet our team

Leading the day-to-day efficient running of the team and Northeast training centre.

Quick to anticipate any need to deliver effective, smooth-running administration at Houghton.
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If you’re looking to train more than one person – we can come to you!
Our team has a state-of-the-art mobile training unit – this means they can teach confined space training at any location – including your offices, factory or work site. The towable unit has everything required to complete our low, medium or high risk confined space training courses.
Our team can come to you to teach one of our other health and safety courses – like first aid; or we can work with you to develop the tailored training courses for your specific needs or industry.

Houghton-le-Spring
DH5 8PB