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“ This report on the Deepwater Horizon disaster should make our coalition government even more determined to safeguard the budgets of the HSE and other regulators, to maintain safety and health as a priority in offshore operations ”
Ian Waldram, IOSH Offshore Group, The Scotsman
“ These figures truly are shocking and are a sad indictment of health and safety across the agricultural industries. Agriculture is an integral part of Irish industry. Every professional body should do what it can to help reduce those mortality figures ”
Declan Gibney, IOSH Ireland Branch Chairman, Irish Examiner
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IOSH came up with new solutions to issues facing different sectors, responding to problems with practical initiatives and support
Work fatalities in Ireland's agricultural industries nearly doubled in the last year, despite a massive 10,000 drop in employment in the sector. Twenty-five out of the 29 deaths were on farms. Our Ireland Branch responded with the rapid set-up of a new Rural Industries Section to create a bigger focus on the sector, and offer more support
Just one year saw more than 1,600 airside accidents in the UK. Our Aviation and Aerospace Group came up with a practical tool to help cut injuries to baggage handlers and other airside workers. The free training DVD, booklet and poster package is the first of its kind for the sector and has been welcomed by the HSE and the Civil Aviation Authority
< Go BackHealth has been something of a Cinderella issue in the rail industry, which is why our Railway Group staged an event at York's National Railway Museum to tackle the millions of pounds and hours lost to health issues ranging from musculoskeletal disorders to microbiological hazards. The event brought together experts from some of the sector’s biggest players, as well as the Office of Rail Regulation
Reacting to figures showing that 42 people died in the construction industry, and 3.3 million working hours were lost because of injury and ill health, our Construction Group planned a roadshow to focus on issues in the sector. The first event, scheduled for May 2011 in Bristol, aimed to target practical, cost-effective solutions for the industry
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This year, we've been working to develop more and better opportunities for newcomers to the profession, as well as creating new support programmes for our members
With the national graduate unemployment rate now at one in five people, we're giving health and safety graduates a head start in the job market. In a shadowing scheme piloted by our Food and Drink Group, new graduates are being offered at least three months' experience with companies in the sector. Firms including Britvic, Greencore and Haribo are already involved
We're now working on a new initiative to accredit health and safety graduate training programmes in large multinationals. The scheme is designed to encourage highly qualified and committed professionals to join IOSH and work towards Chartered
< Go Backstatus as part of their natural career development within the business. AMEC is the first company to sign up to the programme
IOSH is now sponsoring the Cranfield Institute's Best Factory Awards. Aligning IOSH with awards recognising manufacturing excellence is part of our efforts to raise the profile of health and safety as a core business function
We've teamed up with the New Zealand Institute of Safety Management to develop the first IOSH e-Affiliate membership. NZISM members signing up as e-Affiliates get a tailored communication and support package from IOSH, while remaining linked to their national safety body for their professional validation. The number of people joining from New Zealand and committing to CPD has risen significantly since the start of the pilot
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IOSH supported a two-day virtual careers development event staged by our SHP publishing partner UBM. The Training and Career Development Live session was the first of its kind for the industry and attracted more than 600 visitors
We've worked closely with members wanting to upgrade their membership, and now have over 40 professional development mentors supporting colleagues in their local branches with open book assessments, interviews or skills development portfolios
We took our recruitment roadshow to 14 industry exhibitions over the year, focusing on sectors including manufacturing, facilities management and healthcare
< Go BackThe last 12 months have been tough for some of our members. We stepped up our support for members struggling to get into or stay in the job market, helping people to source the right 'top up' training to move to Graduate membership, offering heavily discounted membership for unemployed members, and giving away 20 bursary-funded tickets for IOSH 2011
