ESS Safeforce

ESS Safeforce, trading as ESS, is the training division of VP PLC — one of the UK's leading specialist equipment rental groups — and has been the market-leading provider of confined space training in the UK for over 25 years. Drawing on the wider group's depth of safety equipment expertise, ESS Training delivers courses to thousands of delegates each year through a nationwide network of specialist training centres.

The provider's primary training specialism is confined space, covering a comprehensive range of City & Guilds-accredited courses across Low Risk, Medium Risk, High Risk, Rescue, and Management levels. Beyond confined space, ESS also delivers working at height training and utility detection courses, with all content underpinned by hands-on familiarity with the gas detection, breathing apparatus, fall arrest, and rescue equipment that ESS hires and services across its wider business.

All ESS Training centres hold both City & Guilds and RoSPA approval, ensuring a consistent, independently verified standard of delivery across every location. Digital training options are also available for selected courses, allowing delegates to study at their own pace before completing practical assessments.

With specialist training centres across the UK and the backing of VP PLC's 70-year track record in specialist equipment rental, ESS Safeforce offers clients a genuinely integrated route to both safety equipment and the accredited training to use it effectively.