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- Tue Apr 19, 2016 8:50 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Safety officer being made redundant
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4801
Safety officer being made redundant
If under regulation 7 a company must have access to competent health and safety advice, If the company then decides to make the health and safety officer redundant is that illegal?? As they are supposed to make the job redundant not the person???
- Tue Apr 19, 2016 8:43 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Temporary works
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1984
Temporary works
Hi would I need a temporary works register for herras fencing round civils work on roads kerb laying and concreting and excavations with plastic fencing hoardings round and scaffolding used as access to double stacked cabins on site. Are these temporary works???
- Thu Jul 30, 2015 7:04 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: NEW CLP HAZARD SYMBOLS ON MSDS & COSHH ASSESSMENTS
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2346
NEW CLP HAZARD SYMBOLS ON MSDS & COSHH ASSESSMENTS
Have any forum members got there new msds sheets through and updated their COSHH assessments yet in line with CLP?
- Sun Jul 26, 2015 11:18 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Inspection of Safety Harnesses
- Replies: 15
- Views: 6177
Re: Inspection of Safety Harnesses
Once opened out of the packet, harness manufacturers recommend it should not be used after 5 years.
- Sun Jul 26, 2015 11:04 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Aptitude and Psychometric Tests
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2554
Re: Aptitude and Psychometric Tests
I have found these tests a waste of time as people tend to put down what a company would expect to hear, people can change their behaviour, but their true personality will surface sooner or later. If you check out references thoroughly i.e. yourself not give it to HR or a third party, interview them...
- Sun Jul 26, 2015 10:57 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: CE MARKING FOR PRODUCTS ONLY SOLD IN UK
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2905
CE MARKING FOR PRODUCTS ONLY SOLD IN UK
If the British people vote to come out of the EU, will nothing need CE marking if sold to or in Great Britain???
- Sun Jul 26, 2015 10:52 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Certificates - should I renew or not
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1319
Re: Certificates - should I renew or not
Unless its stated in your sms as a documentd procedure that you undertake refresher training at this set timescale and your audited against that procedure, its not mandatory or covered by legislation to renew them.
- Sun Jul 26, 2015 10:43 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: LOLER INSPECTION FREQUENCIES
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1110
LOLER INSPECTION FREQUENCIES
Hi has any other H&S practitioners encountered the amount of people in competent positions who think everything under LOLER has to undergo thorough examination every 12 months except if it involves lifting people when its 6 months. They dont seem to know the difference between lifting equipment ...
- Sun Jun 14, 2015 8:33 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Common sense
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3486
Re: Common sense
Get HR involved and the manager of the department to discipline the staff involved in this breach to set examples to others.
- Wed Jun 10, 2015 5:58 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: CE MARKING
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2693
CE MARKING
If the British people vote to come out of the EU, will nothing need CE marking if sold to or in Great Britain???