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ISO 45001: 2018 STANDARD LEAD AUDITOR COURSE

Must do things you need to know before you enrol for ISO 45001:2018 STANDARD lead auditor course.

You can’t just wake up and register for ISO 45001:2018 LEAD AUDITOR COURSE, You’ve to make your decisions by reading about the course tips and follow the right decisions. This particular article will help you to position your feet firmly on the ground.

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Tips on writing a great minute during the safety and health meeting

For most times, having a well-crafted safety and health meeting minute is as important to have a great safety success on site. Well, Minutes serving as a record for resolutions and action points from a meeting will go along way to ensure that safety measures are put in place to promote a healthy workplace. And for these, the right tips on how to write a safety and health meeting minutes is of utmost importance.

7 benefits of consulting with employees in matters relating to health and safety

7 Benefits of consulting with employees in matters relating to health and safety

With the advent of ISO 45001:2018 which place more attention on consultation with employees on health and safety matters, Aside from other responsibilities, The employers stand to benefit more when consulting with employees in their daily work activities. Read the article and see the seven benefits from worker consultation.

IOSH MEMBERSHIP

A guide for your IOSH MEMBERSHIP

IOSH is an acronym for the Institution of occupational safety and Health. It is founded in 1945. We have similar organizations like IOSH and they’re IIRSM-International Institute of Risk and safety management.

ASSP-American Society of Safety Professionals, WSO -World Safety Organization, BSC- British Safety Council, ASSP- American Society of safety professionals, CSSE- Canadian Society of safety engineering.

CCOHS-Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety. BCSP- Board of Certified Safety Professionals. Board of Canadian registered safety professionals and so on.

IOSH is founded in the UK with registered charity status and it prides itself on being a chartered body on health and safety that commands great membership in the world.

And having the members working in a diverse range of organizations where they’ve contributed a lot in creating safer and healthier working practices.

Being a member of IOSH offers a lot of benefits. And anyone who loves the health and safety profession would be so eager to join IOSH for the benefits.

However, in this article, I’ve taken my time to write out the numerous benefits you would enjoy as an IOSH member.

And the membership category is available for anyone who wants to join IOSH.

Benefits of being an IOSH member.

  • IOSH membership will enhance your career prospects. 

When submitting your CV to a potential employer or a potential hiring company, being an IOSH member puts you on the frontline for your CV to be selected.

More to this, IOSH has a mentoring platform that helps members to become well-valued and rounded occupational health and safety professionals for themselves over time.

The mentoring platform is made up of mentors that offer great opportunities from their wealth of experience to other members. And they’ve distinguished themselves for a long period in the health and safety profession.

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IOSH is an acronym for the Institution of occupational safety and Health. It is founded in 1945. We have similar organizations like IOSH and they’re IIRSM-International Institute of Risk and safety management.

ASSP-American Society of Safety Professionals, WSO -World Safety Organization, BSC- British Safety Council, ASSP- American Society of safety professionals, CSSE- Canadian Society of safety engineering.

CCOHS-Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety. BCSP- Board of Certified Safety Professionals. Board of Canadian registered safety professionals and so on.

IOSH is founded in the UK with registered charity status and it prides itself on being a chartered body on health and safety that commands great membership in the world.

And having the members working in a diverse range of organizations where they’ve contributed a lot in creating safer and healthier working practices.

Being a member of IOSH offers a lot of benefits. And anyone who loves the health and safety profession would be so eager to join IOSH for the benefits.

However, in this article, I’ve taken my time to write out the numerous benefits you would enjoy as an IOSH member.

And the membership category is available for anyone who wants to join IOSH.

Benefits of being an IOSH member.

  • IOSH membership will enhance your career prospects. 

When submitting your CV to a potential employer or a potential hiring company, being an IOSH member puts you on the frontline for your CV to be selected.

More to this, IOSH has a mentoring platform that helps members to become well-valued and rounded occupational health and safety professionals for themselves over time.

The mentoring platform is made up of mentors that offer great opportunities from their wealth of experience to other members. And they’ve distinguished themselves for a long period in the health and safety profession.

Read More »A guide for your IOSH MEMBERSHIP
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Brief explanations on the three ISO management system standards every health and safety professional needs to know

ISO management system standards are very important. However, it comes with multiple benefits to the organizations that subscribe to it. For any occupational health and safety practitioner to stand out in this profession, knowledge of these three key standards is needed and they are ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015, and ISO 45001:2015.

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8 Reasons Why Accident and Incident Investigation is Important in the Workplace

Accident and incident investigation in the workplace is an important legal requirement. And equally, an ISO 45001:2018 requirement for an employer to carry out an investigation when an incident happens. The Constituted investigation team ensures that the cause of the incident or the accident is determined, and proffers measures to prevent any future recurrence.

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19 Things Employers Can Do To Protect The Employees Against Covid-19 Pandemic In A Workplace.

The covid-19 pandemic is among the greatest disease outbreak the world has ever known in history.

As infectious as it is, it has killed thousands of people globally.

In recent times, there have been cases of events involving infectious diseases such as

Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) – The first occurrence of this viral disease happened in 1976 in a village near the Ebola River in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

And after that, the world recorded the second outbreak of the Ebola virus Disease in 2014 in South Sudan of Africa.

We have Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS). This is caused by a coronavirus called Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-COV).

It has symptoms of fever, cough, and shortness of breath.

Then, we have the Norovirus illness which is foodborne and occurring in the US.
And it causes diarrhoea and gastroenteritis among people of all ages.

Severe acute respiratory syndromes (SARS); Very fatal and were identified in China in 2002 and believed to be caused by a virus but the specific agents are yet to be identified.

We have Swine influenza virus-although a respiratory disease of pigs. It had a resemblance to the human influenza virus.

And then, Tuberculosis (TB) and it’s the second most common cause of death globally.

Let’s see how Covid-19 spreads. And then we can say out the 19 things an employer can do to protect the workers from being infected.

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Nebosh IGC Exam

How To Pass Your Nebosh IGC Exam : 5 Top Tips To Consider

To pass a Nebosh IGC exam is very simple. It is achievable and not unusual as most people think. Many candidates who have written the exam passed it successfully. For you to be successful in the exam, it requires some passing tips to achieve the feat. The tips when followed passionately will make a candidate to pass the IGC Nebosh Exam at one sitting.

few tips on conducting a tool box talk

few tips to keep in mind when conducting a toolbox talk

Toolbox talks are safety presentations done on-site before the start of any work in the morning or start of any work shift. It could be called a tailgate meeting or a safety brief.

Normally, the presentation should be less than 10 minutes.

The talk highlights the job to be done, the hazards associated with the job and the safety precautions to be followed to prevent harm and ensure that the workers work safely on the job.

what you need to know about lone working

What you need to know about lone working in a workplace

Lone working from fixed establishments or work away from a fixed base involves a lot of safety risks.

Fixed establishments are small shops, and kiosks, working from home and or working separately from others in a factory.

Work away from a fixed base can be agriculture or forestry work, service work such as a collection of rent, repair and maintenance work, or work for social workers.

In the UK alone, an estimated more than 8 million people are lone workers. And the figure alone amounts to 22% out of the 31.2 million working population of the UK.

In other words, 8 million people and above in the UK are being exposed to safety risks and hazards associated with lone working. And that’s a very great number of people.

Nevertheless, here is a list of what you need to know about lone working.

  • What is lone working?
  • Where can you see lone-working Jobs?
  • The protection an employer can offer to lone workers.
  • Conclusion: What you need to know about lone working

What is lone working?

Lone working is defined as those who work for themselves without direct supervision.

The work exposes the workers to working alone, and they could be in a separate location from the rest of the other workers.

Lone working is legal but companies have a legal obligation to protect their workers and to promote health and safety effectively.

And any failure to do so could attract a fine or penalty.

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