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Hi all, Hopefully just a quick question which I think I already know the answer to but just wanted to clarify. Unit A is a pass mark of 45%, maximum possible score is 120 marks, six 10 mark questions and three out of five to answer with 20 marks for each one, equals 120. Would I be right in saying t...

Dear all, I have just created a one page Environment Policy, just like a Statement of Intent. I now need to evolve this and put all the headings etc of what we we do and build the structure of the environmental policy. Can any body advise me of two things !! firstly should I keep the environmental p...

Thank you Dave very much appreciated, I will seriously look at the internal auditor and lead auditors courses as suggested. I will also sit down with relevant managers and board members and try and thrash out a realistic time frame and make them aware of some of the things required. i will keep plug...

Dear all, Still being a little green and still only touching the the tips of the iceberg with regards to H&S can somebody give me a couple of tips and helping hints please !! "I will now be down in Devon again the week commencing the 10th Dec- could we have a catch up at this time with rega...

Dear all, The post by Otto with around 9 A4 pages of case law examples, does anybody know if there is an up to date list as the post was from 2006. I have the RMS book and rather than writting all the case law down with relevant sections for examples does anyone have a more up to date one !!! may sa...

Thank you Fletcher/Keith/Kelvarion for your replies and feed back, I should have been more open with the details I placed within my origional message so people would not ask different senario questions it has been part of some of the study I have been doing and i could not find the ansers too. This ...

../. Dear all, Moving from a health & safety management system based on the HSE's HSG65 model to one that aligns itself with BS OHSAS 18001 what would be the disadvantages of this ? I can find many advantages such as it will be more capatible with ISO 9001 (Quality) and 14001 (Environmental) and...

Cheers Alexis very much appreciated.

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Cheers David for your comments, The issue with a ramp is the space it would have to take as a large area would have to be available for the run up. Stairs would be more cost effective and with the space available it would be easier. We don't currently have anyone whom would use a wheel chair but don...

Dear all, We currently lease offices within a farm complex, this is mainly single storey buildings with only a couple that have an upstairs. My question is ? we wish to link a couple of the buildings together by knocking through but because they are on slightly different levels we would need to put ...

Can anyone advise !! having a H&S moment !! is this A1 Management Paper for Nebosh National General Cert (NGC) or Diploma level !!

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These are small patrol boats with around 4 crew on board, all of our crew are fully trained and MCA accredited (Maritime Coastguard Authority). We have many SOP's in place (Standard OPerating Procedures) which cover all the main points and breifs the Captains have to follow and then on top of that w...