productKeynote speaker
BOHS has announced that Dr Tim
Marsh will deliver the opening
Warner Lecture at ‘Occupational
Hygiene 2013’, its flagship annual
conference, being held in
Manchester from 23 to 25 April.
product
productBecome an expert
From February 2013 Pilz will be
offering the international training
programme CMSE – Certified
Machinery Safety Expert – to provide
the market with an expert level
training on an international basis.
productBeauty salons
A qualification designed to reduce
health and safety risks in
beauty salons has been
launched by CIEH (the
Chartered Institute of
Environmental Health).
productA walk on the wild side
David Ritchie from The Outward Bound Trust explains why an experiential approach to training that
involves taking risks in the wilderness can lead to improved health and safety in the workplace
productIt’s the taking part that counts
Health and safety is a serious subject but it doesn’t have
to be dull and boring. Simple teaching practices that use
active learning can make a big difference to staff
engagement, argues David Towlson
productOil & gas safety course
The British Safety Council now offers the NEBOSH International Technical Certificate in Oil and Gas Operational Safety, a new, globallyrecognised training course and qualification for those with health and safety responsibilities in the international oil and gas industry.
articleThe wind of change
With the increase in renewable energy development in the UK comes the requirement to ensure that
appropriate action, management and teamwork in the area of health & safety is carried out
accordingly, explains recruitment consultancy Allen & York
productTurbine training
Capital Safety Training – UK
(formerly TAG Ltd)
have successfully
achieved full
accreditation to deliver
a joint Renewable UK
‘Working at Height and
Rescue – Wind
Turbines’ and Global
Wind Organisation
Working at Heights
module. Capital Safety
Training UK is offering this module
at their training centres in
Manchester and Edinburgh with
immediate effect.
productTrained ladder users up 47%
The number of people trained by the
Ladder Association in the safe use
of ladders reached an all-time high
in 2012, passing 5,000 for the first
time. This unprecedented increase of
almost 50% on 2011 came during a
year when, despite a reduction in
deaths and injuries, falls from height
remained the most common cause
of fatalities in the workplace.
productBOHS 11th Inhaled Particles symposium
The British Occupational Hygiene
Society’s (BOHS) 11th Inhaled
Particles symposium will take place
at Nottingham Conference Centre
on 23-25 September 2013. Since the
first symposium was held in 1960,
the meetings have witnessed all of
the key developments in
occupational and public health
associated with airborne particles.
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