Organisers: IOSH Ireland North West District Speakers: Mary Darlington and Ursula Jordan Hanley Venue: Days Hotel, Castlebar Registration: 6.30 pm Seminar 7-9 pm Topics include: What is Mental well-being? Statistics, Specific Mental health issues, Reco…
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Free Evening Seminar on “Mental Well Being- the next challenge” this Thursday March 25th 2010
Posted by Safety Wise Advice Services on March 23rd, 2010
So Sligo Food & Culture Festival 2010 – this weekend
Posted by Safety Wise Advice Services on March 18th, 2010
Best of Luck to the So Sligo Organising Committee on what promises to be a great event. Safety Wise Advice Services are delighted to be involved in the Festival and helping to manage health and safety effectively and in a practical manner during the we…
What is Patient Handling Training?
Posted by Safety Wise Advice Services on February 9th, 2010
Patient Handling Training is particularly necessary for those working in Nursing Homes, Carers/Personal Assistants in the Home and anyone who works with persons with limited mobility or are recovering from illness and/or injury. Incorrect handling of P…
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Tags: healthcare safety, Patient Handling, training, Training Courses 
No Comments »Safe Hospitality – New HSA Publication
Posted by Safety Wise Advice Services on February 9th, 2010
Safe Hospitality is a practical and easy to use guide to help ensure safe and healthy workplaces for those in the hotel, restaurant, catering and bar trades. You will find simple and easy to implement safeguards that can be put in place easily with imm…
Posted in Uncategorized Tags: Food Hygiene and Safety, Health and safety, Health and Safety Updates No Comments »HSENI Advice Document on Slurry Spreading
Posted by Safety Wise Advice Services on January 29th, 2010
The HSENI have published an advice Document on Slurry Spreading. The Document details how to manage the gas hazard and physical hazard i.e. use of equipment. It is worth noting that absence of smell is not a guide to the absence of gas as the sense of …
Proposed Publication of new ISO Environmental Standards
Posted by Safety Wise Advice Services on January 28th, 2010
The ISO is proposing to publish seven new environmental standards to complement the ISO 14001 management standard and other standards in the ISO 14000 series. A booklet detailing the ISO 14000 series standards and the proposed new standards can be down…
Posted in Uncategorized Tags: Environmental, ISO Standards, Quality & Environmental News No Comments »So Sligo Food & Culture Festival 2010
Posted by Safety Wise Advice Services on January 25th, 2010
Safety Wise Advice Services are pleased to announce that they have been selected to provide their expert Health and Safety Services to the “So Sligo Food & Culture Festival” being held in Sligo and surrounding areas from 19-21 March 201…
Posted in Uncategorized Tags: Event Health and Safety, Events, Festival, Festival Health and Safety, Health and safety, So Sligo No Comments »Duties of the PSCS
Posted by Safety Wise Advice Services on January 22nd, 2010
PSCS stands for the title of the “Project Supervisor Construction Stage” who has many duties in relation to managing health and safety on notifiable Construction Projects carried out in the Republic of Ireland. The PSCS is responsible for m…
New Code of Practice for Avoiding Danger near Underground Services
Posted by Safety Wise Advice Services on January 22nd, 2010
The Health and Safety Authority (HSA) has published a new Code of Practice for Avoiding Danger near Underground Services.
“This Code of Practice is a result of a joint initiative between the Health and Safety Authority, Construction Industry Federation, Irish Congress of Trade Unions, key utility companies/service providers and local authorities that are involved in the [...]
What is Manual Handling Training?
Posted by Safety Wise Advice Services on January 19th, 2010
The aim of Manual Handling Training is to ensure that Employees :
? understand the reasons for doing Manual Handling tasks with the least risk
?Can recognise manual handling risks
?Can decide the best way of carrying out Manual Handling tasks
Can carry out manual handling tasks safely
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?Regulation 68 of the Safety, Health and [...]
