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Technical Affairs Department
Merseyside Branch
7 September 2004
Richard Jones, Director of Technical Affairs
Institution of Occupational Safety and Health
www.iosh.co.uk
Technical Affairs Structure
Director of Technical Affairs
SG Manager
Technical Affairs Manager
SG Officers (2)
Technical Affairs Adviser
SG Assistant
PA to Director
SG Administrator
Information
Officer (P/T)
Researcher
Information
Services
Coordinator
External
provider
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publications
4
consultants
register
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consultation
5
research
2
specialist
groups
3
Technical Services
1. Consultants’ Register
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Approx. 300 members registered
Offers a twofold service, to:
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Consultants - providing additional sources of work
General public - providing contact details for suitably
qualified/experienced practitioners in required location
Register is part of the technical enquiry service
2. Research
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Activity in support of IOSH Corporate Strategy
Identify/access OSH research databases
Link with research bodies e.g. BOHRF, FBE
Seek to influence what research is undertaken
Design, conduct and analyse feedback surveys
Make data available to members
Research & Development
Sub-committee
3. Specialist Groups
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Construction
Consultancy
Education
Environment
Fire Risk Mgt.
Healthcare
International
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Offshore
Public Services
Railways
Retail
Rural Industries
Safety Sciences
Telecommunications
Aviation, Crisis Mgt / BCM,
Food, Manufacturing,
Nuclear, Utilities
4. IOSH Publications
Guidance
 H&S Culture
 Environment
 Young Persons
 Integrated QHS&E
 OH Guidance
 Risk Management Toolkit
 Business Risk Mgt.
 H&S in Annual Reports
 OSHMS
 Contractor Safety
Safety in Global village
 Teleworking
 Behavioural Safety
Journals / Magazines
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PPHS (Journal)
SHP - IOSH News
SG Newsletters
5. Consultation
Consultative
Documents and
Letters etc.
Received
by IOSH
Do we
respond?
YES
Summarise document and
identify potential respondents
NO
Collate and
produce IOSH
response
Responses
DISTRIBUTE
Council
Members
WWW
SHP
or originator
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5. Consultation - webpage
6. Technical Enquiries
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Members contact ‘Technical Enquiries’ by email,
fax, phone or letter and are provided with info by
quickest practicable method (almost 100 a week)
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Information Officers use technical library, Internet
and electronic databases on HS&E and fire
legislation; case-law; standards; and guidance
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6. Technical Enquiries
Databases
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Barbour Index
Croners
Gee Publications
SilverPlatter
Technical Indexes
Internet
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6. Technical Enquiries
Reference Library
7. IOSH tools for SMEs...
Risk Management Toolkit
www.safestartup.org
Booklets
Checklists
Info Cards
Interactive website
7. www.safestartup.org
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Developed by IOSH in partnership with NURS,
supported by HSE and Small Business Service.
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Interactive website (with downloadable tools) basic
guide to help ‘start-ups’ meet H,S & E duties.
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Leaflet gives brief overview of the 5 main issues for
start-ups, plus other useful info. sources, issued by:
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Companies House
Prince’s Trust
Establish link to RM toolkit
7. safestartup progress
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Phase I - launched October 2001
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Basic H&S start-up information
Won HSE’s regional award
100,000+ recorded visits
Positive feedback from users
Phase II - to be launched 2004
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Will provide occupation-specific info on hazards and controls
Extends cover to Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland
7. RM TOOLKIT
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European Agency partnership project
(UK, Finland & Germany)
Designed for SMEs, but will suit all
Freely available to download from
www.iosh.co.uk/technical
Trainers identified on website
7. RM Toolkit
7. Work and Info Cards
Acts of Damage
Agreements & Liabilities
Business Risks
Crime Risks
Dependency
Environment
Expertise
Health & Safety
Information Risks
Personnel Risks
Product Risks
Project Risks
Stress Management
Travel & Traffic
Violence
Work Community
Vulnerability Risk Chart
7. Development of RM Toolkit
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Small Business Service:
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Federation of Small Businesses:
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Business Link
Business Information Service / Small Business Gateway
Business Connect
Invest Northern Ireland
185,000 member businesses
Engage Trade Associations
Large companies cascade to supply-chain
European network of RM portals
Technical Indexes - web-enabled version
8. Other Technical Projects
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UK part of international study into the role and
function of OSH Practitioners (Delft University)
UK input to Italian international ‘OSH terminology
database’ (Bologna University)
Consultation process for ENSHPO
Systems in focus translated into Italian and
Portuguese (possibly into Spanish and Czech)
HSE Projects: Chemical Essentials, Slips & Trips,
SH2, WSA Challenge Fund
Risk Awareness Focus Group
Thank You
on behalf of
Technical Affairs
Institution of Occupational Safety and Health
www.iosh.co.uk/technical