Phoenix Health and Safety Blog

Despite the current economic conditions, it’s crucial that firms do not neglect their health and safety responsibilities. This was the message from the British Safety Council (BSC), which recently launched its manifesto entitled Working Well.

If you’re keen to make sure your firm adheres to all the relevant legislation and avoids placing workers at unnecessary risk, you might benefit from investing in further NEBOSH training for your personnel.

A bad press

The BSC suggested that the issue of risk management suffers from “bad press”. It stated: “Stories are all too common place about the banning of conkers and firemen refusing to save lives. Health and safety is often blamed for many of the ills of modern life, even of undermining our collective sense of responsibility.”

It went on to remarked: “We are convinced that sensible health and safety is of great social and economic value. Apart from being a fundamental human right, getting the management of health and safety risks right is also good for business.”

Working together

Meanwhile, the BSC went on to note that it will work with journalists and the media to ensure there is a balanced perspective concerning how health and safety is reported. It also noted it will help to build a coalition of organisations that want to see a “step change” in the reduction of work-related deaths.

The organisation then called for firms to highlight the benefits that well managed health and safety risks have produced for them.

How we can help

Here at Phoenix Health & Safety we’re passionate about promoting risk management in the workplace. With this in mind, we offer a range of services, including training programmes to help improve workers’ skills. For example, you might be interested in our SMSTS courses.

Meanwhile, we can also assist you with your workplace risk assessment. Whether you’re keen for us to complete the task for you or want us to support you through the procedure, we should have the perfect solution. Using us can make your life easier and it can improve safety standards within your organisation.

The importance of risk assessments

It’s a legal requirement for organisations with five or more staff members to conduct documented risk assessments of all of their significant hazards. If you’re lacking in experience when it comes to these tasks or simply don’t have the time or manpower to carry them out properly, it might be necessary to bring in outside help.

After all, there are a number of steps to this process. Firstly, all hazards must be identified. Secondly, it’s important to take note of the people who are at risk as a result of these dangers. For example, employees, contractors and members of the public may all fall into this category.

Thirdly, the precise nature of the risk must be analysed and, following this, any controls that are already in place should be identified and evaluated.

These findings should be recorded on a suitable form and the risk assessment must be reviewed regularly.

Find out more

If you’re keen to find out more about risk assessments, training and so on, just take a look around our website or get in touch.

If you are keen to forge a career in health and safety, you are by no means alone. This path is a noble and potentially rewarding one to take. After all, it enables you to help protect people’s well being and this can provide you with a great sense of pride and achievement. Also, if you are savvy, the financial rewards can be more than worthwhile.However, for very good reason it is impossible to simply walk into a role in this field. In order to ensure you can perform tasks correctly and possess the appropriate level of knowledge and skill, employers demand that you have certain qualifications.One step on your ladder to professional success may therefore be NVQ Level 5. Here at Phoenix Health & Safety we offer such courses and they can be the perfect launch pad for those who wish to attain Chartered status of IOSH through a practical, evidence based qualification, rather than an exam based on the NEBOSH Diploma academic route.Taking an NVQ in health and safety can help you to acquire important information and abilities that you will take right the way through your working life. Whether you want to become a health and safety advisor, manager or consultant, it could be well worth considering.And like all our learning programmes, our NVQ Level 5 represents the ultimate in quality and it is also great value for money. Meanwhile, in order to complete the course, you will have to produce evidence to demonstrate your competence in a range of areas. To find out more about how an NVQ in health and safety may be perfect for you, take a look around our website.

Before you attend Supervisors Safety Training Scheme (SSSTS) courses or send your staff members on such development programmes, you might be eager to find out exactly how they are assessed. After all, this forms an important part of the learning provisions.Here at Phoenix Health & Safety we pride ourselves on the quality of our teaching and the assessment methods we use.When it comes to SSSTS training courses, we utilise multiple-choice questions. These are set at the end of the programmes. Also, we expect delegates to be interactive during the sessions to show that they are engaging with the material.Indeed, ensuring that attendees are fully immersed in the training is one of our key goals. We know how dull health and safety training can be if it is done wrong. So, unlike many of our rivals, we do not rely on boring delivery methods. Instead, we endeavour to capture the interest of our delegates, whether they are on SSSTS training courses or any other type of programme.Meanwhile, once you or your staff members have gained SSSTS certification, this will remain valid for five years. However, because of the changing nature of health and safety laws, technology, environmental policies and so on, it is recommended that refresher courses are taken within three years.To find out more about what we have to offer, just take a look around our website.We can help bolster the skills of individuals and ensure that safety standards within your organisation are raised.

If you are on the lookout for construction skills training courses, whether for yourself or on behalf of other personnel within your organisation, you are no doubt keen to benefit from the very best around.After all, the issue of construction health and safety is extremely important. The wellbeing and even lives of many people may be at risk if the correct approach is not adopted. Luckily, these days it is easier than ever before to source the perfect development programmes to boost the knowledge and skills of workers within your organisation. Here at Phoenix Health & Safety we offer a range of such provisions and should have just what you need.For example, our five-day course for site managers, agents and other people who are, or are about to be, responsible for planning, organising, monitoring and administering groups of employees in the construction sector is packed with valuable information.This construction skills training covers all the relevant legislation and other issues that affect the safety of employees. It also highlights the need for superb risk assessments and the implementation of control measures.Anyone who goes through this programme should be able to implement all health, safety, welfare and environmental legislation that affects them during their daily work and implement new guidance and industry best practice. Also, they should be able to state their duties and responsibilities. This construction health and safety certification is valid for five years. However, it is recommended that refresher courses are taken every three years.

Of course, safety is an issue of vital importance in all sectors. Whether people are involved in education, retail, manufacturing, hospitality or anything else, their wellbeing must be protected.

However, solid health and safety policy is perhaps even more crucial in the construction industry. The nature of the work is particularly dangerous, as official Health and Safety Executive figures show. According to the organisation, there were a total of 50 fatal injuries suffered by personnel in the sector in 2010-11.

With this in mind, you may want to invest in further construction health and safety training for your personnel to ensure they know exactly how to control the risks they face.

There are many reasons why construction work poses a threat. One of the issues concerns height. Often, workers are operating high off the ground, meaning that even a minor slip or trip could have devastating consequences.

Also, staff members are frequently required to use potentially dangerous machinery and there are plenty of heavy objects that can fall or tip over, causing serious harm to anyone affected.

Here at Phoenix Health & Safety we understand the importance of construction skills training as a means of reducing the risk of such problems occurring and we go out of our way to ensure that our courses are of the highest standard.

Also, our construction health and safety programmes are engaging, meaning delegates tend to get more out of them.

To find out more about our construction skills training offerings, simply take a look around our website.

Running a business requires you to focus on a range of issues. Of course, generating a profit and dealing with personnel-related matters are among the most important. However, superseding even these is health and safety. Helping to ensure the wellbeing of your workers while they are performing their duties is crucial. If you fail in this regard, the consequences can be serious.Indeed, figures released by the Health and Safety Executive show just how important this issue remains. It noted that a total of 171 workers were killed at work in 2010-11. Behind each one of these fatalities, there is a story of human suffering and grief. Meanwhile, there were 200,000 reportable injuries that resulted in more than three days of absence. Also, 1.2 million individuals were suffering from a work-related illness during the 12-month period and a total of 26.4 million working days were lost due to work-related illness and injury.So, if you are keen to ensure that your organisation does not add to figures like this, it is important for you to pay close attention to dangers that exist in your working environment.To help you avoid running into difficulties, you can use our services here at Phoenix Health & Safety. We offer superb health and safety courses, as well as risk management consultancy services and so on.By heading to experts like us to boost safety within your organisation, you can achieve enhanced peace of mind and may be able to avoid serious problems further down the line.Working safely is much easier when you make use of assistance like this.

Emergency first aid courses are popular around the UK and it is not hard to see why. Firms operating within the country have legal responsibilities concerning such matters and having personnel capable of dealing with a range of emergency medical scenarios is vital.Here at Phoenix Health & Safety we offer a number of different courses that could be perfect for you or your members of staff.For example, we provide a three-day learning programme that can help to sharpen delegates’ skills and prepared them in case they find themselves in situations where the wellbeing of others depends on their quick thinking.This course can either be delivered on three consecutive days or can be held one day a week for three weeks. This means you can opt for whichever version suits your schedule best.These first aid at work courses include information about assessing emergency scenarios, using equipment that is available and recording incidents and responses. Also, they provide attendees with facts concerning the prevention of cross infection and the administration of cardiopulmonary resuscitation.Furthermore, delegates are taught about treatment for seizures, choking, wounding, bleeding and shock, bone/spinal injuries, eye injuries, burns/scalds, chest injuries and poisoning and anaphylactic shock, among other things.Information is also provided on recognising major illness, including heart attack, stroke, epilepsy, asthma and diabetes.For more information on this, as well as to find out about the rest of our health and safety courses, just take a look around our website or get in touch with our friendly and professional team.

It is fair to say that we are not the only organisation that offers health and safety courses. However, we believe that we are one of a kind and stand head and shoulders above the rest in terms of the quality of service we offer.This is because of our founding principles. When Phoenix Health & Safety was established in 2005 by Nick Higginson, he set out to offer something different and sought to put customer satisfaction at the heart of everything he did.As part of this, he ensured that our customers would not have to enter into lengthy contracts to benefit from the services of risk management consultants and so on. Also, he avoided forcing clients to pay bloated retainer fees.So, if you come to us for assistance with health and safety matters, you can be sure that you will be treated fairly and will get great value assistance. This may be particularly crucial now given the tough financial conditions affecting the UK and elsewhere.Meanwhile, here at Phoenix Health & Safety we also pride ourselves on the quality of the safety training courses we offer and, unlike many rival operators, we endeavour to ensure that delegates enjoy their experiences and feel engaged by the course material. This can make a refreshing change as all too often, training of this nature is dry and uninteresting.So, if you are eager to benefit from the very best assistance around, you have come to the right place. To find out more, simply take a look at the rest of our website.