An introduction to British Safety Council membership

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Contents 1 Welcome 2 Here’s what you should do next 3 How to make the most of your membership 4 How to use the member logo 5 Stay updated with Safety Management 7 Tools and templates 9 Information and advice 11 Keep in touch 13 What next?

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Welcome

Welcome to your British Safety Council membership. You’ve joined thousands of organisations worldwide who wisely choose to demonstrate their commitment to health, safety and environmental issues.

The British Safety Council has changed the world of work, helping to make it safer for workers in the UK and abroad since 1957. But our work is never done.

Alex Botha Chief Executive

The world of health, safety and environmental management is constantly changing, so it’s worth thinking of us as a partner who will help you come up with ways to deal with these changes and how they affect your organisation.

Your membership is a product of our experience and expertise; valuable, practical resources to assist you with staying up-to-date with legislation and best practice, that will improve and support your organisation’s performance.

Members’ views play a key part in our annual policy activities, including government consultations. They ensure we promote sensible, relevant legislation and regulation. We continually engage with our members via surveys, at our events and through our sector interest groups.

Our manifesto outlines five steps for healthier and safer work activities. Find out more and sign up online www.britsafe.org

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Here’s what you should do next

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Access your on-line member account: • New members will have received an automated email inviting you to set up your on-line account with easy to follow instructions

laim your 100 free places for the C Introduction to Workplace Health and Safety e-learning course.

• U se your voucher code, in the letter enclosed with this pack, to claim your free places • Utilise the step by step guide in your on-line account to start registering your learners • To view a demonstration of this course go to www.britsafe.org/membership

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Download your membership logo • This is easy to access from your on-line account and can be used immediately on your website, stationery, company vehicles and autosignatures

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How to make the most of your membership Stay updated • Follow us on Twitter and Facebook • Participate in events, contact us for more information on how to participate.

As a member you will receive monthly: • Membership e-newsletter.

• Safety Management magazine: Read and share our monthly Safety Management magazine.

It features relevant and thought-provoking news, features, profiles and opinions. Safety Management is a valuable information resource for anyone with health and safety responsibilities to stay informed about the latest news, legislation and best practice in the field.

Order a handcrafted navy coloured frame to display your certificate www.proframeco.com

Be proud – tell people Demonstrate your comittment to good health, safety and environmental management: • Use your members’ logo on your website, literature and tender documents • Display your membership certificate to demonstrate your affiliation with one of the world’s leading HSE organisations.

Don’t forget • Discounts on selected services including the International Safety Award scheme and other networking events.

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as a member of the British Safety Council, is committed to keeping people safe and healthy at work.

Lynda Armstrong OBE Chair of The Board of Trustees

Alex Botha Chief Executive

British Safety Council (Company Limited by Guarantee) Registered in England and Wales No. 4618713. Registered Charity No. 1097271 and OSCR No. SC037998.

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How to use the member logo The following guidelines will give you advice on how to use the British Safety Council members’ logo on your communication materials. Please follow these guidelines to guarantee a consistent appearance across all your published material and communications.

Please contact us should you need any advice or help on this.

Minimum size Please don’t use our logo smaller than a height of 15mm in print and 75px on screen.

15 mm 75px

Exclusion zone Please allow space around the logo.

Colour options Only the following colours options are permitted.

On white

On blue

In print

On screen

Use the members’ logo: • On your website, to raise awareness with customers • On intranets and screen savers, to share with your employees • In tender documents, to demonstrate your commitment to potential customers and suppliers • On your company vehicles • On your corporate stationery, including letterheads, autosignatures and business cards • Remember to link your own site to www.britsafe.org

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Stay updated with Safety Management In addition to your magazine you have access to a brand new dedicated website providing up-to-the-minute news, views and opinions about health, safety and environmental management, all in one place.

It is the ideal place to debate and share thoughts and ideas as well as accessing expert analysis on health, safety and environmental legislation, and what it means for you.

The website features a business directory where you can search for product and service providers across multiple sectors, as well as a jobs board which lists health, safety and environmental vacancies.

Please visit our Safety Management website: https://sm.britsafe.org

As a member, you have full access to the new Safety Management website as part of your membership package.

Go to www.britsafe.org and enter your membership log in details.

Don’t forget as a member you receive discounts on advertising in the magazine and Safety Management website.

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With high levels of physical and mental illhealth and a high suicide rate, agriculture is anything but the relaxed and peaceful job we once thought it was.

The latest figures released by HSE have exposed an ugly truth that has plagued the agriculture industry.

Despite the relatively low levels of employment within the sector (nearly 300,000 workers and farmers in the UK, representing 0.5% of the total workforce), during 2010/11 there were 30 fatal injuries and 893 injuries reported.

In relative terms and compared to other sectors, this number is much higher than it looks; in 2010/11, there were two deaths per 100,000 workers in construction and one per 100,000 in manufacturing. However, there were 10 fatalities per 100,000 workers in agriculture. In other words, the agriculture incidence rate is 10 times that of manufacturing and more than four times that of construction.

The causes of this terrible situation are multiple. The main health hazards that farmers face are from organic dust, which can cause respiratory diseases; musculoskeletal disorders – such as osteoarthritis of the hip and knee; toxic gases released from slurry or silage which can cause asphyxiation; and exposure to chemicals, such as fuels, pesticides, herbicides and fungicides.

Five facts

• The agricultural fatal injury rate is 10 times that of manufacturing and more than four times that of construction • The way the hazards are handled is a bigger problem than the nature of the hazards themselves • The ‘just-this-one-time-toget-the-job-done’ attitude is characteristic of farming life • Increasing mechanisation on farms has led to more isolated patterns of work with fewer shared tasks • Not having a confidant was a factor in more than half of farmers’ suicides in 2004. hazard and their intentions to behave in a particular manner: risk perception, locus of control and chronic stress.

Risk perception The individual’s perception of risk is fundamental to the judgements they make in assessing the potential harmful nature of things. Several factors affect

the perception of risk: familiarity with tasks; perceived ability to control outcomes; levels of knowledge; and the degree of potential hazard.

The most common and also unique attitude found in farmers is that accidents are inevitable.

After investigating the risk of injuries and fatalities in ageing farmers, McLaughlin and Sprufera (2012) from North Carolina State University, concluded most of the farmers consider accidents as part of their occupation. The ‘just-this-one-timeto-get-the-job-done’ attitude is quite characteristic of farming life and could indeed contribute to a variety of outcomes, from risky behaviours to the underreporting of accidents.

Evidently, the low perception of personal risk, together with the unwillingness to change traditional work practices, have been shown to be significant constraints to the adoption of safety innovations on farms.

The next significant factor influencing farmers’ behaviour is locus of control; the degree to which they feel they have control over life events and the power of external factors like luck or chance.

By using focus groups, in-depth interviews and questionnaires with more than 3,000 respondents in 2007, Dr Dee Elkind found that most farmers have an externalised locus of control: in most cases, they believe that accidents and injuries are attributed to luck or fate and that is one the reasons for their hesitation to invest in health and safety.

The most common and unique attitude found in farmers is that accidents are inevitable

Several studies have shown that farmers face specific types of accidents and they express themselves with a unique set of values and attitudes. It has also been argued that the problem with farmers lies in the way they deal with the hazards and not necessarily in the nature of the hazards themselves. In 2007 research conducted by Dr Dee Elkind, published in the Journal of Agriculture, showed that three different factors intervene in a person’s attitude toward a specific

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Tools and templates

ccess resources including online risk assessment A templates and tools to help you improve health, safety and environmental standards.

• Guides – Focusing in depth on a particular topic. Share with colleagues, keep as a good practice library or why not raise awareness internally by using it as the basis for a discussion topic • Poster – Display in your workplace to raise awareness and keep people safe • Environmental diagnostic tool • Health and safety diagnostic tool.

— If the cap fits, wear it.

— Your PPE needs to be the right size to protect you.

If yours doesn’t fit, change it. www.britsafe.org

Templates: • COSHH risk assessment • DSE risk assessment • Fire risk assessment • General risk assessment • Manual handling risk assessment.

Poster reference P080 © British Safety Council Services (registered with the Charity Commission). Copies of British Safety Council posters and information guides are available. Visit britsafe.org and go to the online shop for purchasing details including minimum order quantities.

Our poster about PPE.

Personal protective equipment

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Personal protective equipment (PPE) is defined as any equipment or clothing that is worn by people at work to protect them against risks to their health and safety. It includes safety helmets, gloves, eye protection, high-visibility clothing, safety footwear, ear defenders and respirators.

The wide range of PPE means the equipment can therefore protect against an equally wide range of hazards, from damage to the respiratory system from inhaling harmful substances; eye injuries from flying particles; head and foot injuries from falling materials; skin damage from contact with sharp objects and chemicals; and injuries to the body from extremes of hot or cold.

However, while PPE is widely used at work, it must only be introduced as a last resort measure, once other control measures have been attempted and implemented. Indeed, there are various health and safety laws stating that PPE should only be provided when exposure to a hazard cannot be prevented or adequately controlled in other ways.

What the law says The provision of PPE is covered by a number of health and safety regulations, but the general set is the Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations 1992. These place an overall duty on employers to ensure that appropriate PPE is supplied and used at work whenever

there are risks to health and safety that cannot be adequately controlled in other ways. In short, the regulations require employers to ensure: • PPE is properly assessed before use to ensure it is suitable • Employees are given adequate information and training in how to correctly use it • PPE is maintained and stored properly • PPE is used correctly by employees, as far as it is possible to do so • PPE is provided to employees free of charge.

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PPE must only be introduced as a last resort measure once other controls have been implemented

However, the PPE regulations only apply to the provision of equipment such as helmets, gloves for cut protection and eye protection, and there are further sets of safety regulations that require the use of respiratory protective equipment (RPE), hearing protection and gloves for chemical protection. These are: • The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 (COSHH) – these require the provision of RPE and PPE such as gloves whenever exposure to hazardous substances, such as gases, fumes, vapours, dusts and mists, cannot be prevented or adequately

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Information and advice

Telephone and email details available in your online account

Access our online health, safety and environmental information resources and regular updates about new legislation changes.

• U nlimited access to our 24/7 information helpline staffed by experienced health, safety and environmental professionals.

This is particularly invaluable when you need to access guidance quickly or have a two way conversation about an issue.

Safety network Legislation information on health, safety and environment topics – ideal for those looking for practical guidance, legislation information or best practice standards across a wide range of health, safety and environmental related topics.

Health and safety news – Keep up-to-date with the latest health and safety news and industry-related developments from the past two years.

News alerts – Receive automatic eAlerts (available by e-mail) about new legislation changes or specific industry-related news which can be used to make others aware of possible consequences to poor actions.

Legal timetable – A quick reference guide to the future, current and past legislation developments, allowing you to prepare in advance and double check whether any previous changes have been addressed.

Topic of the month – Each month, the British Safety Council tackles a new topical issue.

Topic of the month aims to provide analysis, insight and guidance to some of the most important health, safety and environmental issues and legislation questions relevant to members today.

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Keep in touch

Go online to find out more and see dates for our latest events: w ww.britsafe.org

It has given us so much pleasure that we have collected two outstanding International Safety Awards in the past two years. It gives us, as a company, the opportunity to show any prospective new clients that our health and safety work is being recognised internationaly by the British Safety Council.

Shaun Litchfield Health and safety manager PiLON

Stay in contact and get the most out of your membership.

Events We run many professional events, designed to keep the community of health, safety and environmental practitioners up to speed on the latest industry best practices. These offer a variety of opportunities for professional development and are excellent places for networking.

Conferences Our conferences showcase the cream of the health, safety and environment world. Speakers are chosen for their expertise in the key issues affecting our industry.

Exhibitions We exhibit at many events across the UK and internationally.

We also hold free best practice seminars at many exhibitions.

Please visit our website for details of forthcoming dates.

Awards Our award presentation events include the International Safety Awards, Sword of Honour and Globe of Honour ceremonies.

These events provide the perfect opportunity to recognise your success and celebrate with colleagues.

Sector interest groups The groups offer an opportunity for members to meet face-toface and share their experiences and insight on the changing landscape of health and safety. They typically involve senior and middle managers with responsibilities for health, safety and environment management.

Current groups are: • Construction (including primary contractors, house builders and others) • Manufacturing (including engineering, food and drink amongst others) • Energy and utilities • Transport and distribution.

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What next?

Speak to your account manager for more information

+44 (0)20 8741 1231

We offer a wide range of services, to support you and your organisation.

Training Because our culture is firmly rooted in contemporary business practices, our courses are delivered in ways that fit many different requirements.

Our extensive portfolio of courses and qualifications reflects the British Safety Council’s expertise, gained over the last six decades.

We joined as a member of the British Safety Council because it is a source of information and support, and because it is a means of demonstrating our commitment to improving our health and safety.

Paul Haxell Group health, safety and environment director Bovis Homes Limited

We offer flexible ways to learn, to suit your individual requirements, such as in-company, face-to-face, e-learning, blended and distance learning.

Our training at a glance: E-learning

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Our highly flexible courses are studied online, wherever and whenever suits the candidate.

These courses are taught faceto-face by our highly qualified and experienced educators in a comfortable, well-equipped classroom.

Courses are delivered wherever and whenever suits your needs.

E-learning We offer a full range of e-learning including the popular IOSH Managing Safely course.

For large companies Our purpose-built platform delivers the right training to the right people, at the right time for them. It is ideal when you need a system that comes to your staff wherever they are, with a compliance programme that measures exactly what they have learned.

The web-based system comes with a powerful yet easy-to-use reporting engine, so you can check on learner progress and be alerted to any concerns that are raised, through our innovative self-assessment surveys which can be included as part of any of our courses.

Compliance is maintained through automated refresher training and issue escalation.

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What next?

Membership of a professional body like the British Safety Council brings advantages such as easy access to expertise, opportunities for extra awareness and training and up to date changes in legislation.

Steve Ross Exhibition and Technical Services Manager Glasgow Science Centre

Benefits: Cost-effective way of training and carrying out risk assessments for any number of staff across multiple sites or divisions • Reduces time spent conducting and resolving risk assessments • Engages and includes staff in the identification and resolution of risks • Provides an audit trail of training and risk assessments.

Features: • Secure yet simple login and user access • Configurable automated alerts and reminders with multi-level escalation • Visually engaging and interesting course materials focussed on getting the key messages across • Learner dashboard giving progress information and a clear and simple overview of what an employee needs to do • Management and administration dashboards give a quick overview as to where attention is required • Configurable alerts system – emails sent where you want, when you want them • Automatic repeat training notifications – never have to remind people again. ll our Enterprise Systems include: A • Free course updates – we monitor for legislation and best practice changes • Software as a Service: Hosted by us, we do all the IT • Regular system updates providing new features requested by customers • Full implementation support including system training • Unlimited telephone and email access to our fast and friendly support service.

Courses available include: • Fire Safety • Display Screen Equipment DSE • Manual Handling • Health and Safety for Home Workers • Health and Safety for Managers • Health and Safety for Directors • Stress Management • A range of health and safety induction courses • Other topics also include: Security Awareness, Disability Awareness, Data Protection.

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As a member of the British Safety Council we are more successful in responding to tenders as potential clients have confidence in our ability and safety record.

S. Lakshmanan Managing Director Tecton Engineering & Construction LLC, United Arab Emirates

For small and medium enterprises A wide range of low cost health and safety e-learning. Available to purchase on demand, these courses offer a convenient way to meet your obligations and ensure your staff are working safely.

Qualifications The British Safety Council is the only UK awarding body to offer a complete suite of accredited health and safety qualifications (from Entry Level to Level 6) in the national framework.

The awarding body is regulated by the Qualifications and Examinations Regulator (Ofqual).

This means it has met – and must adhere to – a wide range of quality assurance criteria so that rigour and consistency in the awarding of qualifications is maintained.

Our Qualifications Framework is unrivalled, providing solutions that meet the needs of all , from the new employee through to the experienced practitioner.

Auditing Our audit systems are designed, maintained and implemented by a team of qualified occupational health and safety professionals, with many years of experience Our audit systems remain current and up-to-date as the British Safety Council utilises its regular contact with regulating bodies to help with the ongoing development and review of its audit processes.

Consistently high standards of delivery are achieved through a robust quality assurance process, together with auditor standardisation, training and performance monitoring.

• S uccessful auditing has a significant effect on reducing rates of accidents, injuries, ill-health, litigation costs and improving productivity.

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Awards International Safety Awards To win one of our annual International Safety Awards, applicants must answer a series of questions about their health and safety management.

Then, their applications are marked by independent adjudicators.

For really exceptional applications, a distinction can be awarded.

Winners can use a celebratory logo to mark their achievement and are invited to be presented with their award at a gala dinner, where they have the chance to celebrate their success with the other winners.

Sword of Honour The Sword of Honour is open to organisations achieving a Five Star rating in our Five Star Health and Safety Audit, in the previous year.

The scheme aims to recognise the ‘best of the best’ in health and safety management.

Winners are invited to enjoy a lavish luncheon, as well as press coverage and use of the winner’s logo, sword and certificate.

Globe of Honour This scheme aims to recognise the finest achievements in environmental management.

Winners are invited to enjoy a lavish luncheon, as well as press coverage and use of the winner’s logo, globe and certificate.

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How to renew

Your membership will be for one, two or three years depending on your chosen option. We’ll be in touch three months before it’s time to renew.

Your contact details Remember to keep us up to date with your contact details.

Get in touch by emailing mail@britsafe.org or calling +44 (0)20 8741 1231 Other membership options • Membership is available for one, two or three years There is a 5% discount for a two year and a 10% discount for a three year membership and a further discount for direct debit payments.

• We also offer significant discounts for 6-20 sites or 21+ sites, so contact us if you would like to add more sites and benefit from the savings • You can add additional packages such as tools and templates or information and advice to UK core memberships at any time Please email mail@britsafe.org or call +44 (0)20 8741 1231 to discuss any of the above and we will take you through a simple process to tailor your package.

If you have sites in other countries and want to build consistency with awareness and procedures International membership is available at www.britsafe.org/membership

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