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Health and Safety for Beginners Press
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HSfB Wins Lord Cullen Trophy for Safety Innovation
John Johnston, Health and Safety Advisor at FMC Technologies, Dunfermline and
a member of the
Fife Chamber of Safety has had his commitment and passion for Health and
Safety recognised after being awarded the Lord Cullen Trophy for Safety
Performance. The award was presented by Lord Cullen, president of the
Scottish Chamber of Safety (S.C.O.S), at a ceremony held in Dunblane, by the
S.C.O.S on Wednesday 4th April. The trophy was awarded to John
for an initiative which will see health and safety professionals from across the
UK benefit from free health and safety training and learning materials.
Speaking of the award, John said: “I am absolutely delighted to have won
the Lord Cullen trophy for safety innovation. It was something that had never
crossed my mind when I first started my website –
www.healthandsafetytips.co.uk. I am also very proud to bring
the trophy back to the
Fife Chamber of Safety for another year.
“After suffering a serious back injury in 2000 and knowing how difficult it
was to fund my own NEBOSH general certificate training, I wanted to find a way
in which I could help others develop a career in health and safety. Thanks to
the website, and the generosity of the training providers and professionals who
donated the prizes, this has been achieved.”
Speaking of John’s work, David Currie, Managing Director of FMC Technologies
said: “John is absolutely deserving of this award and I, on behalf of FMC
congratulate him. Health and Safety is at the core of everything we do and we
fully appreciate John’s expertise and contribution in this area. His personal
commitment is an example to us all.”
The training materials were given away as part of a free prize draw which
featured on John’s website Health and Safety for Beginners -
www.healthandsafetytips.co.uk The winners were announced at the
Leicester-based headquarters of the National Examination Board in Occupational
Safety and Health;
NEBOSH in February 2007.
View our press release on the prize draw here -
Health and Safety for Beginners Prize Draw Results
Donations for the prize draw came from health and safety training providers
after they found out about an initiative John launched in November 2006, which
saw him personally fund a prize (using money gained from selling advertising
space on his website
www.healthandsafetytips.co.uk) for a site user to undertake a NVQ level 4.
Hugely impressed with John’s commitment and dedication to improving health and
safety in the workplace, training providers soon stepped forward and offered a
variety of different prizes to add to the draw including a range of NEBOSH
e-learning training courses, residential training courses, guided tours of high
performing organisations as well as reference materials so that more people
could benefit.
The prizes and donating organisations were:
In total, John managed to raise over £7250 worth of training and learning
resources, and over 350 training hours (not including the NVQ) which had the
potential for 17 lucky health and safety professionals to take their career to
the next level.
Asked about what he is going to do next, John said: “More of the same next
year, if my nerves can stand it”.
Pictured above – John Johnston holding
the Lord Cullen Trophy at FMC Technologies, Dunfermline
Pictured below - a close up of the Lord Cullen Trophy
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