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IOSH Managing Safely Course – Bookings now being taken for February 2016 at our training centre

UK Safety in association with The Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) offer Managing Safely.

This highly successful, practical and certificated course is delivered by UK Safety IOSH-licensed trainers.

The Institutions range of health and safety training courses has been developed to address the safety training needs of employees and the non-health and safety experts.

Managing Safely course is a qualification in safety and health for directors, managers and supervisors in all organisations. The aim of the IOSH Managing Safely course is to “ensure that safety requirements are appreciated and enable them to review their own departmental systems for safety, introducing new controls or implementing changes as appropriate to make their workplace safer”.

Managing safely comprises eight core modules spread over four days including tutor delivery, discussion groups, syndicate exercises and the use of self-teaching material.

Successful delegates will receive a ‘Managing Safely’ certificate issued by the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH).

This course will provide you with the knowledge to manage safely and effectively in compliance with both their organisation’s policy and best practice in health and safety.

IOSH MANAGING SAFELY

Module 1 – Introduction and Overview
Module 2 – Risk Assessment
Module 3 – Risk Control
Module 4 – Health and Safety Legislation
Module 5 – Common Hazards
Module 6 – Investigating Accidents and Incidents
Module 7 – Measuring Performance
Module 8 – Environmental Protection

Next course in Leicester in February 2016.

Costs £475.00 plus vat per candidate, inclusive of IOSH training material, IOSH certification, all day refreshments and hot lunch.

Please call or send an email for a booking form and joining instructions to be sent.

Bookings now being taken

We have an 100% pass rate

Fewer Workers Killed In Britain

The number of workers killed in Britain last year has fallen, official statistics have show.
Provisional data released by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) reveals that 148 workers were fatally injured between April 2012 and March 2013, compared with 172 in the previous year.

RIDDOR Changes

From 1 October 2013 changes will be introduced to the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR) that will simplify the mandatory reporting of workplace injuries for businesses, while ensuring that the data collected gives an accurate and useful picture of workplace incidents.
To allow businesses time to familiarise themselves with the changes, the following information has been developed to support duty holders with the requirements.

The main changes are to simplify the reporting requirements in the following areas:

The classification of ‘major injuries’ to workers is being replaced with a shorter list of ‘specified injuries’.
The existing schedule detailing 47 types of industrial disease is being replaced with eight categories of reportable work-related illness.
Fewer types of ‘dangerous occurrence’ will require reporting.

There are no significant changes to the reporting requirements for:

Fatal accidents.
Accidents to non-workers (members of the public).
Accidents which result in the incapacitation of a worker for more than seven days.

Sharps Regulations 2013

The Health and Safety (Sharp Instruments in Healthcare) Regulations 2013
In Force from 11 May 2013

The Health and Safety (Sharp Instruments in Healthcare) Regulations 2013 came into force on 11 May 2013. These regulations are intended to control the risks posed by needles and other ‘sharps’ in healthcare.

Northern Ireland introduced equivalent regulations on the same date.
The regulations implement a European Directive. They will supplement the existing health and safety legislation that already requires employers across all sectors to take effective action to control the risk from sharps injuries.

Employers and contractors working in the healthcare sector will be required to:

Have effective arrangements for the safe use and disposal (including using ‘safer sharps’ where reasonably practicable, restricting the practice of recapping of needles and placing sharps bins close to the point of use)
Provide the necessary information and training to workers
Investigate and take action in response to work related sharps injuries

Ladder Exchange now extended to 31st December 2013!

It’s estimated that over two million ladders are in daily use in the UK, and with falls from height still one of the main causes of death and injury in the workplace, it’s vital that these ladders and stepladders are regularly inspected and safe to use.

The annual Ladder Exchange, now run and managed by the Ladder Association, is your opportunity to exchange any dodgy, bent and broken ladders for safe, brand new ones.

Simply take your old ladders to a participating partner near you and swap them at a discount. You get a new ladder at a concessionary price and everyone stays safe. And this year you’ve got an extra month to do it in!

New Young Person’s guidance Released by HSE

The HSE have released new guidance on the Health and Safety of young persons in the workplace. This guidance covers work experience placements and will assist with the process and management of those companies who have work experience students attend their workplace. The guidance also highlights what companies should be doing to ensure the safety of work placement students whilst in their care.