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A New Year, brings new challenges. For a lot of people, these challenges are felt most keenly in the workplace. According to the Health and Safety Executive, in 2014/15 440,000 …

THE NEBOSH INTERNATIONAL TECHNICAL CERTIFICATE IN OIL AND GAS OPERATIONAL SAFETY HIGHLIGHTS THE ROLE THAT PROCESS SAFETY PLAYS WITHIN THE PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY. As the king of all oil and gas …

Health and safety training and competency management systems are central to any business’s prosperity. From keeping people safe, compliance, process efficiencies, to cost-savings, safety systems are an essential piece of …

RE: OPEN HEALTH AND SAFETY LETTER TO SANTA CLAUS Dear Santa, Let us prefix this health and safety letter by taking a moment to thank you for your tireless efforts …

Deck the halls with Buddy Holly. Now, surely no one would object to carol singers? In particular, our health and safety regulator? That would be less Christmassy than a Caribbean …

It wouldn’t be Christmas without a spot of snowball throwing. Unfortunately though, every year inaccurate stories surface about children who aren’t allowed to throw snowballs. Seeing as it’s Christmas, we …

There are many reasons to attend the Christmas panto. Atop our personal list, is sweet throwing. That’s why it’s the best time of the year. Even so, a safety myth …

Christmas is on the snowy horizon. So during this festive month, let us be your Buddy (yes, that is an Elf reference), and debunk a number of health and safety …

In the workplace, every manager should have an understanding of their responsibilities when it comes to health and safety. IOSH Managing Safely is designed to bring managers up-to-speed on the skills they …

Like Rome, be advised to calendar more than a day to build a competence management system (CMS). Important work, after all, takes time. And within our sector, competency most surely …