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Morning all,

Zero Waste Scotland has a great wee course running, lots of modules on subjects ranging from collecting energy data to producing an Environmental Policy implementation plan. All free.

https://greenchampions.zerowastescotland.org.uk/

Hi Stuart,

Welcome aboard. PM sent to you.

Scott

Thanks Glen,
Our current provider is not meeting our expectations and we are looking at replacing them.

regards,

Scott

Hi all,
We have ISO9001, ISO14001 & ISO45001 and currently use BSI as our accreditation body. Is anyone else using a different body, I am finding that BSI have not quite come up to expectations and was wondering if there were any recommendations out there.

ta,

Scott

Hi Stretch,

We got 3M in to do our training. The "face fit trainer" course was 3-4 hrs for 2 of us.

Have a look at your chemical suppliers website, you should be guided by what they say. It will be a start for you anyway.

Hi Dave, I agree, I am recording all our guys temperatures, including contractors we have on site daily. I have their average temperature worked and set up a spreadsheet with conditional formatting so that if a temperature is entered and it is a full degree above the average it flags it up to me and...

Hi Stephen, To be honest, I looked for this when we set up our testing procedure. It seems to be that the digital forehead thermometers are normally associated with a non invasive way to measure kids. We are taking temperatures on the forehead in a consistent manner so the test procedure is the same...

I am keeping them all for the foreseeable just now, We have not decided yet the storage time. It is a record so we may keep them for 1 year.

Company overkill...… but it does ease the worries of the tester for sure. Safety glasses are standard for our work and the visor is a bit of reassurance which they appreciate.

I isolate them for 15mins, we have guys walking and arriving by bike etc. so yes, a false reading is a possibility. We use a different person to do the retest and even a different thermometer. It is either the GM or MD who does the second test and they make the on the spot decision to send them home...

What would be classed as "reasonable evidence" that it was caused by exposure at work?
Do you wait until 2 or more people in your workplace test positive? If only 1 other person gets the virus there can be no clear link, it could be coincidence.

thoughts?

Scott