A few days ago I got a news circular from IOSH in my in-tray and one of the items was about how to protect travelling employees from coronavirus. This piqued my interest so I did my usual trick of falling down the rabbit hole. The IOSH item can be found … [Read more...] about Brexit, Studying Health and Safety and Novel Coronavirus (Part 2)
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In February 2001 Christopher Hooper, an independent Health and Safety Consultant, carried out a risk assessment for a client on a wood jig boring machine. Two years later, an employee of his client injured their hand while operating the machine. And, after investigation, … [Read more...] about Health and Safety Practitioner Skills
NEBOSH Diploma Syllabus Revision News #30
Having finished looking at topics from the individual units and elements, we will now tackle the teaching and learning approach. There can be a perception that gaining the NEBOSH diploma is just a case of memorising a whole lot more facts to impress your friends, practising a … [Read more...] about NEBOSH Diploma Syllabus Revision News #30
NEBOSH Diploma Syllabus Revision News #29
We now come to the final element in Unit C. This element was previously on the same topic - workplace transport and driving as part of work. But we get a subtle change in that we are now calling the latter part managing work-related road risk. Both parts of the C10 are greatly … [Read more...] about NEBOSH Diploma Syllabus Revision News #29
NEBOSH Diploma Syllabus Revision News #28
Element C9 surrounds construction work and again, you’ll be glad to know that this also has changed little. It turns out that construction work does not generally contain any specific hazards that haven’t already been covered elsewhere. To some then, it may always seem an odd … [Read more...] about NEBOSH Diploma Syllabus Revision News #28