A FETAC Level 5 Occupational First Aid Training Course is scheduled as follows: Dates: Saturdays February 19, 26 and March 5th 2011 Location: Carrick On Shannon, Co. Leitrim Who Should attend: This course is suitable for anyone in the Workplace who has…
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FETAC Level 5 Occupational First Aid Training Course
Posted by Safety Wise Advice Services on January 19th, 2011
Health and Safety Legal Update – Free Seminar
Posted by Safety Wise Advice Services on January 7th, 2011
The North Western District of the IOSH Ireland Branch are pleased to present the following Seminar: Topic: Health and Safety Legal Update Venue: The Dock Theatre, St. George’s Terrace, Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim Date: Wednesday 16th February…
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Tags: Leitrim County Council, Local Authority, Seminars, William Fry Solicitors 
No Comments »Celebrating 5 Years in Business!
Posted by Safety Wise Advice Services on January 6th, 2011
We are celebrating 5 years in Business this month! Safety Wise Advice Services was established by Geraldine McGovern in January 2006 and has gone from strength to strength. In those years we have worked with a wide variety of Organisations in various S…
Managing Safety in Post Primary Schools
Posted by Safety Wise Advice Services on November 8th, 2010
The Health and Safety Authority has published two new documents to help manage health and safety in Post Primary Schools. According the the HSA, “the guidelines are a management tool intended to offer guidance and practical advice to assist schoo…
Posted in Uncategorized Tags: Health and Safety Updates, ISO Standards, Report of Inspection, Safety Statement No Comments »Safe T Cert recognised in Public Procurement Rules
Posted by Safety Wise Advice Services on November 8th, 2010
“Safe-T-Cert, the health and safety management system developed by the CIF and the Northern Ireland Construction Employers Federation, for the construction industry, has now being granted recognised status as a health and safety management system…
Posted in Uncategorized Tags: Auditor, Health and Safety Updates, IRCA, OHSAS 18001, PSCS Project Supervisor Construction Stage No Comments »Free IOSH Seminar: Managing Contractors & Managing Safety on the Niall Mellon Projects
Posted by Safety Wise Advice Services on November 1st, 2010
The IOSH Ireland Branch North West District is holding a Seminar in Ballina, Co. Mayo on Wednesday November 24th 2010. Details are as follows: Date: 24th November 2010 Time: 6.30 registration and Tea/Coffee and Biscuits. Seminar begins at 7pm and is ov…
Notification of Accidents and Dangerous Occurances
Posted by Safety Wise Advice Services on October 4th, 2010
Accidents at work resulting in a fatality must be telephoned to the Health and Safety Authority (HSA) in the Republic of Ireland or the Health and Safety Executive NI (HSENI) Northern Ireland immediately. A person not being able to carry out their norm…
Self Employed – Does Health and Safety apply to me?
Posted by Safety Wise Advice Services on September 22nd, 2010
The Self Employed or the “one man band” more often than not, assumes that Health and Safety does not apply to him or her. Not true. Self Employed persons are actually both an Employer and an Employee. Both of these roles have a legal respon…
Posted in Uncategorized Tags: Guidance, Health and Safety Updates, Human Resources, Prohibition Notice No Comments »Radon gas detected in 597 Irish homes
Posted by Safety Wise Advice Services on September 17th, 2010
“Radon gas has been found in nearly 600 Irish homes this year, which is the largest number since the national detection programme began. The figures were released by the Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland. Radon is the second biggest ca…
Posted in Uncategorized Tags: avoiding danger, Gas Safety, Guidance, Health and Safety Alerts No Comments »Workplace Death more likely in Northern Ireland
Posted by Safety Wise Advice Services on September 10th, 2010
“Death in the workplace is twice as likely to occur in Northern Ireland than in any other UK region, a report has revealed. The audit office has said that this may be because there are a larger number of tradesmen doing more dangerous jobs in Nor…
