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Ivan Jacob
Fri, 16 Jul 2010 09:50 		MAINTENANCE

The European Healthy Workplaces Campaign on Safe Maintenance 2010-2011

During the next two months, annual shutdown maintenance will be taking place all over the country. While others enjoy the sunshine!
Much of this maintenance is likely to be carried out using ladders and stepladders, Therefore Ladder Association fully supports this latest initiative, promoting the need for timely, regular and proper maintenance in the workplace and particularly welcomes the opportunity to reinforce the need for ladders to be used safely and competently through training

“Maintenance work is often seen simply as a disruption to normal service, but it is fundamental to the integrity of every system and to the health and safety of workers and the public. Workers are often under pressure to complete jobs quickly, but there is no excuse for putting themselves and others in danger by taking shortcuts….. All organisations, irrespective of their size and purpose, need to take the opportunity to look at how they plan and manage maintenance to see if improvements could be made. With planning and the right skills, it can be done efficiently and will lead to increased production and better service delivery” (HSE chair Judith Hackitt Launching the UK leg of the campaign at a special event on 21 June, )

Hazards during maintenance

Undertaking maintenance activities can potentially expose the workers involved (and others) to all sorts of hazards, but there are four issues that merit particular attention because of the severity of the harm that could be involved, and because they are commonly encountered during plant and building maintenance.
Disturbing asbestos
Falls from height .
Isolation and permits to work
Falls of heavy items
Selection of contractors

Ivan Jacob
Sat, 19 Jun 2010 14:12 		ARE YOU COMPETENT IN HEALTH & SAFEY?
Competency = Knowledge + Experience

CIEH Level 2 Award in Health and Safety in the
Workplace
Health and safety understanding for all employees

Overview
"The CIEH Level 2 Award in Health and Safety in the Work¬place can be tailored to business and individual needs to make the learning experience relevant and fit for purpose.
Outline programme
The qualification covers the following topics:
• Legislation
• Health
• Safety
• Welfare
• The workplace and workplace equipment
• Risk assessment
• Manual handling
• Hazardous substances
• Ergonomics and workstation design
• Transport and vehicles
• Noise and vibration

Qualification information
Designed for: All employees
Course duration: 6 hours
Assessment method: Multiple choice examination
QCA Accredited: Yes
Level: New Level 2

Suggested progression on completion:
CIEH Level 3 Award in Health and Safety in the Workplace
Ivan Jacob
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:53 		Don't Risk Not Knowing
Don’t RISK not knowing!

CIEH Health and Safety in the Workplace Level 2 training Course

£90.00 + VAT per person
This course is aimed at all employees and is designed to improve the safety culture within your organisation.
It focuses on how individual actions contribute to health and safety in the workplace.
It provides the foundations of health and safety that everyone at work should possess. This one day course
provides a level of understanding of health and safety to enable employees to participate safely in their day to day
activities.



Our next training course for CIEH “Health and Safety in the workplace level 2” will be on Tuesday 13th April (9 am – 5.30pm )

There are only 6 vacancies left. If you would like to take advantage of this opportunity please
reply to this email and we will send you a syllabus and details by return.
The price includes course registration and examination fees, a copy of Health and Safety First Principles workbook, and course notes.
Ivan Jacob
Tue, 23 Feb 2010 10:19 		The paperwork mountain
Recently JSS Associates Ltd have been busy helping businesses through the minefield of paperwork that is generally presented to them when tendering for new business. Large companies, local authorities and trade associations seem to demand pages of information when it comes to solving their health and safety application, in spite of the HSE declaring that mountains of paperwork is un necessary in low risk businesses. Some auditors seem to have their own view as to what is suitable and sufficient for the size of the business involved, often sending the “paperwork” back several times. In some cases it is confusing as to what exactly is required, in most cases it is far too time consuming for the business owner to deal with this problem. We have been helping electricians, builders, and painters. Also businesses involved in engineering, travel and fencing.
For if you are, or know of, a small business (less than 30 employees) who is having the same difficulty let us solve it. Please reply to this newsletter, pass it on or direct them to our website. We can help.
Testimonies are available.
Ivan Jacob
Fri, 18 Dec 2009 12:39 		Merry Christmass from JSS Associates
We would like to wish all our present and prospective customers a very merry Christmas and a happy and prosperous 2010.

This note is a gentle reminder for you to check that having used JSS Associates to help you with your health and safety, your file hasn’t just sat on the shelf gathering dust. I would ask you to use the tick sheet below to indicate those actions that could have been identified for you to carry out, - have been completed.
Date ..................................
 Sign and date your health and safety policy
 Complete any outstanding risk assessments
 Share your H&S policy / statement information with your employees
 Carry out induction training
 Update health & safety notice board
 Issue Pocket Safety Statement / Risk assessment to employees
 Complete outstanding H&S Audit actions
 Complete outstanding Fire risk assessment actions

Is your health and safety training up todate?

Book now for spaces in January / February


Ivan Jacob
Fri, 09 Oct 2009 11:57 		October 2009 Changes in First Aid
As of October 1st 2009 changes take place in the training requirements for First Aid. After carrying out a risk assessment to determine your first aid needs - i.e. Nature of the work, environment,, accident history, size of the organisation etc. there are two routes to follow.
(1) your risk assessment reveals you have a LOW RISK work place then you should look to having Emergency First Aid at Work (EFAW) certification.
(2) your risk assessment reveals you have a HIGH RISK work place then you should be looking towards First Aid at Work (FAW) certification. More information can be found on the HSE website www.hse.gov.uk.

First Aid training informaton can be found on www.n-g-training.co.uk.

We have completed another successful - CIEH Health and Safety in the workplace level 2 -course on the 6th October in Gt Yarmouth. We also offer courses in Lowestoft and Beccles.
In addition, we can run the course at your premises or at a venue to suit your needs, please contact us for details.

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Ivan
Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:39 		September 2009
The launch of our CIEH Health and Safety in the Workplace Level 2 training course took place in Gt Yarmouth on the 3rd of September and was a great success. Just take a look at what some of the candidates said: " I really enjoyed the course yesterday it very informative and well worth attending for both myself and James" "Excellent and very worthwhile". Our next CIEH Health and Safety in the workplace Level 2 training course is on Tuesday 6th October in Gt Yarmouth. There are still some places left, so if you or your colleagues need update your Health and Safety knowledge, contact us for details and we will send you a booking form and syllabus by return.
Ivan Jacob
Tue, 11 Aug 2009 21:10 		August 2009 Our Website Works!
I would like to thank Gill and Mike at S3 Webdesigns for our new website here at JSS Associates Ltd.
We love the fresh look and the fact that it is expandable as our requirements grow.
We are able to update our news page as and when we like, to keep customers and potential customers in Norfolk ,Suffolk and the Beccles area, updated to what is happening
within JSS Associates and what Health and Safety services we are able to offer as our business grows.
Within one month of being on line we were on page two of Google when searching “Health and Safety Suffolk” .
In the last two weeks we have had two enquiries which have resulted in our FREE 2 hr consultation.
At last we have a website that is working for us.
Ivan Jacobs
Sat, 11 Jul 2009 14:17 		July 2009 CIEH Registration
We are proud to announce that JSS Associates Ltd have received notification that they are now a CIEH registered traing centre to run their "health and safety in the workplace Level 2" training course.
Ivan Jacob has completed a course of training to be registered trainer for the above course.