Partnership launches health and safety campaign to boost awareness
Solutions – The Training and Skills Partnership is launching a campaign to help raise awareness of health and safety issues in the workplace. The campaign also looks at how, with the right training, many businesses can profit from improvements to health and safety measures.
To kick-start the campaign Solutions has issued a mini–guide to health and safety training to businesses across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.
The guide highlights why health and safety is good for business. It offers a range of courses and services to help local businesses comply with government regulations and make health and safety improvements.
Advisors at Solutions are also on hand to offer information to employers on the training their staff may benefit from. Anna Wood, Project Director at Solutions – The Training and Skills Partnership, launched the campaign today saying;
“Effective health and safety must be a priority for all businesses, regardless of their size and industry sector. As well as helping employers to comply with legal requirements, cost effective health and safety training will benefit a business by improving its performance, saving money, and reducing the significant cost and disruption that accidents and ill health can bring.
“Today we are calling on all businesses to review their health and safety training. For example, how would you deal with a first aid emergency – are your people equipped? How are you managing noise – it’s a real risk and damage to hearing by noise is permanent and can be costly to an employer if a claim is upheld in court. Did you know that legislation even applies to simple things like climbing ladders?
“At Solutions we offer a free advisory service to all businesses in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight which works with employers to identify their training requirements, and then find the right course, training provider and location to suit their needs.”
In the UK, during 2005/2006:
• 2 million people suffered from an illness they believed was caused or made worse by their work.
• 212 workers were killed at work and 328,000 reportable injuries occurred.
• 30 million days were lost overall, 24 million due to work-related ill health and 6 million due to workplace injury.
• 1012 offences were prosecuted by the Health & Safety Executive and a further 332 offences were prosecuted by the local authorities.
• The average penalty per conviction in 2005/2006 was £29,997.
For further information on health and safety courses or to discuss your other training needs please contact an advisor at Solutions - The Training and Skills Partnership, on telephone 023 8065 2588 or visit http://www.solutionstrainingpartnership.com
Solutions is funded by the Learning & Skills Council for Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, and the European Social Fund. Solutions is a unique partnership between nine leading training providers in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. It is designed to put affordable, crucial training services within reach of all businesses, whatever their size, sector or budget.
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