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Got a CREDIT in NEBOSH Fire but still feel dissapointed as was hoping for a Distinction.
Reasonably pleased tho

Zanneth. I do think that to involve the Fire Marshals as part of the R/A, will help to promote Fire Safety. I am not saying that they are competant to carry out R/A or investigations but feel that their involvement will only help in some way. I always try and ask for their opinions as sometimes they...

Does anyone have any advice or tips on doing the NEBOSH Fire cert on day release.
I have NEBOSH general so only require FC1& 2.
My responsibilities in my role at work will also start to cover fire safety /risk assess etc so any other help or advice is very much appreciated.

Dave

The screw conveyors are the relatively small flexible type and are about 80mm in diameter.
The volume is 3000kg per hour.

Thanks Reddwarf excellent answer

I just wondered if there was a British Standard/ guidance for a fire exit route. Regarding what i meant in relation to a 'normal' walkway - this is a walkway between machinery an not neccesary a fire exit route The example i am talking about is between two machines there is a connecting walkway whic...

For anyone that may be interested. I have zoned the area around the manual filling point as a Zone 22 (1 Meter radius and vertical fall ) due to there been a potential falling of powder onto drive motors etc. The rest of the system I have not zoned but put in a strict housekeeping regime and procedu...

Could anyone let me know if the British Standards for a normal walkway width is the same as a Fire exit route width and if different what is the difference.
Taking into account numbers of potentially up to 80 people.

Thanks

In relation to Atex Regs - anyone got any thoughts on buying flexible screw conveying equipment that will be used for dextrose powder. The equipment will be going into an area which is Zone free. Safety data sheets show varying MIE readings for dextrose but appears to be around the >1000MJ mark. If ...

Thanks to everyone for the congrats. ./thumbsup.. Sorry not replied sooner as i have been away on courses and workload busy. In reply to Lisa - I am a Mechanical Engineer with over 30 years experience in Engineering and have progressed into the Safety Engineers role and now come under the Health and...

I opened up the HSFB site in Safari. Press + symbol on the phone to 'Add to Home Screen' Type in description if neccesary Press Add and its now on your home screen as its own 'App' What i then did was make a folder titled Safety and drag and dropped all my Safety 'Apps' into that file. Hope this hel...

Hi All Just started out recently as a Safety Engineer after studying and passing my Nebosh Gen Cert. Any tips or advice on a career as a Safety Engineer within a food manufacturing enviroment? I am now a Tech Iosh member and would like to thank this site from the bottom of my heart for all the help,...