The SPA Core Day — the one-day Safety Pass Alliance foundation course that gives every worker a baseline of health, safety and environmental awareness, and the first step toward any SPA sector passport.
Two ways to take the SPA Core Day with KeyOstas — choose the option that fits your team.
The SPA Core Day is a one-day health, safety and environmental course from the Safety Pass Alliance (SPA). It gives every worker a common baseline of safety awareness and is the mandatory first step before any SPA sector passport — food & drink, petrol retail or mineral products. It only needs to be completed once.
The Core Day covers the safety knowledge common to every industry — law, hazards, safe systems of work, health, procedures and the environment. Many sites and principal contractors ask for a valid SPA passport before granting access, and the Core Day is where that passport begins. KeyOstas delivers it as an SPA-approved training provider, in public classrooms and in-company at your premises.
The Core Day is the starting point of the SPA scheme. If you need a sector-specific passport, you will take the Core Day plus a sector day.
By the end of the day you will have the core safety awareness every SPA passport is built on.
Identify the common hazards across workplaces and understand how they are controlled.
Understand risk assessments, method statements and permit-to-work systems.
Select and use personal protective equipment correctly and follow site rules.
Understand health and safety law and where responsibility sits.
Know how to report accidents and near-misses, including under RIDDOR.
Understand your environmental responsibilities and how to reduce impact.
The Core Day syllabus is set by the Safety Pass Alliance and delivered through tutor-led sessions, discussion and module assessments. It is organised into six modules.
Assessment is built into the day — there is nothing to revise in advance.
Each module is followed by a short assessment paper. The papers confirm understanding of the day’s content rather than testing recall under pressure.
The day is interactive — trainer-led sessions, group discussion and real workplace examples that make the learning concrete.
KeyOstas has delivered health, safety and environmental training across the UK since 1984.
The Core Day builds the safety baseline every SPA sector passport is built on.
Public classroom, live virtual classroom, or in-company at your premises UK-wide.
“The training received was some of the best Health & Safety training I have experienced in my 20 years of working in Health & Safety. KeyOstas are always happy to help and work out solutions for us.”
SPA courses are delivered by approved training providers. Here is what training with KeyOstas gives you.
KeyOstas has a long-standing partnership with the Safety Pass Alliance, so your passport is fully recognised across industry.
Four decades of health, safety and environmental training, led by experienced tutors with real industry backgrounds.
Public classroom dates, live virtual classrooms, and in-company training at your premises anywhere in the UK.
We track your passport expiry and prompt you to rebook in good time, so your site access is never interrupted.
From first enquiry to passport, a dedicated team handles your booking, joining instructions and any tailored requirements.
KeyOstas holds strong independent reviews from learners and employers who return to us course after course.
Once you hold the Core Day, KeyOstas can complete your passport with the right sector day.
Add the food & drink sector day to complete a full SPA passport for food and drink manufacturing sites.
View the course →Add the petrol sector day to complete a full SPA passport for work on petrol filling stations.
View the course →See upcoming public course dates, or talk to our team about in-company training for your workforce anywhere in the UK.
