Every workplace should have a Health and Safety Manager who is responsible for assisting the employer and organisation to look after the health, safety, and wellbeing of all the employees or workforce. It is also critically important to ensure that this important manager has the correct qualification, skills, experience, and competence to fill their position […]
5 Steps to executing an accurate risk evaluation in health and safety
What is risk evaluation? Risk evaluation in health and safety is most commonly referred to as conducting or performing a ‘Health and Safety Risk Assessment”, or sometimes also referred to as HIRA – Hazard Identification Risk Assessment. Risk evaluation or assessment is a process of determining the hazards and their accompanying risk, of an incident […]
HSE: Health Safety and Environment unpacked and simplified
What is Health Safety and Environment? HSE stands for Health, Safety, and Environment and can also be referred to SHEQ, where people include Quality, or OHS which includes Occupation meaning health and safety related to work, or also referred to just Health and Safety. These all fall under a similar banner, within the common category […]
Understanding occupational health: What it is and why it is important for your business?
This blog has been written to provide readers with a broad, better, and holistic understanding of Occupational Health within the workplace. What is occupational health? Definition of Occupational Health: “Occupational Health is the promotion and maintenance of the highest degree of physical, mental and social well-being of workers in all occupations, by preventing departures from […]
The Functions of a Health and Safety Representative
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The Importance of Efficient Health and Safety Management
Health and safety management is a critically important element of the overall management of any business or organisation. It is just as important as other management systems or segments such as production, operations, procurement, etc. Health and Safety (H&S) management must also be fully integrated into the whole organisation, or across the entire workplace. What […]