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RoSPA is pleased to introduce the Hazard Perception Challenge to the portfolio of MORR (Management of Occupational Road Risk) and driver education products and services. It is designed to enhance scanning and awareness skills in drivers.

Launched today (Nov 1st), the Hazard Perception Challenge is made up of a series of short video clips, which show real life driving and riding situations and examples of hazards on the road.

The task for the users is to test their ability to recognise these hazards and use the tool to learn from unsuccessful attempts.

The Hazard Perception Challenge is an excellent tool, which can reduce the risk that your employees face when driving for work. In addition, it can be used in preparation for anyone revising for his or her Learner Driver theory test.

With over 250,000 reported casualties on our roads each year, the management of occupational road risk is more important than ever.

To find out more information on the Hazard Perception Challenge, please contact Jayne Atkinson on 0121 248 2084 or email jatkinson@rospa.com

Workplace transport is the second largest cause of accidents in the workplace. Each year approximately 70 people are killed and 2000 seriously injured in accidents involving vehicles in and around workplaces.

In addition there are around 5000 injuries that cause people to be off work for more than three days.

RoSPA has developed a briefing, which will take place on 3rd December at the RoSPA Training Centre in Birmingham. It covers the HSE injuries reduction programme, the ‘Route Map’ tool as well as issues that inspectors look for, such as driver competence and site layout.

Visit our website for a full programme.

Book online, or call our events hotline on 0121 248 2120.

Places are limited to 35 per session so, to guarantee your place, call the bookings hotline on 0121 248 2120 today or book online at www.rospa.com/events.

RoSPA works hard to support all your health and safety needs. Visit our website to view Workplace Transport courses that can help support your need for improved workplace transport safety.

Have you passed Paper A1 on your way to a NEBOSH qualification?

. . . If so you can take advantage of our flexible course structures and use your successful exam result to convert onto a NEBOSH National Certificate in Construction.

You can enter this 3-week construction course in its second week, saving you valuable time and money.

This course is ideal for those with construction management responsibilities and for those who are required to provide routine, day-to-day advice on health, safety and welfare in construction work.

With RoSPA you need not re-sit any units already successfully achieved providing they were gained within the five-year period for each qualification.

Book before December 1st and this 10-day conversion course early bird discount rate will be:
£1350 - Members
£1500 - Non – Members

For more detail and/or to book this special conversion course call: 0121 248 2033

If you haven’t started on this route yet and wish to take this Construction Certificate from the beginning:

Call 0121 248 2033 for details and early bird prices before December 1st.

For the full course outline, visit our website.

New HSE/Institute Of Directors guidelines on this key area have been released this Monday 29th October and RoSPA can guide you through them. HSE inspectors have been instructed to use the new guidelines in enforcement activities.

We are pleased to announce an additional date and venue for our leading Directors’ Health and Safety Responsibilities Conference.

This event will offer directors, senior managers and health and safety professionals the chance to explore recent developments.

Don’t miss this unique opportunity for your organisation to hear from our nationally recognised speakers on key dimensions of this challenging subject including:

Places at our Directors’ Health and Safety Responsibilities events are in high demand so we recommend that you secure your place today. Bookings received before 21st December will save 20% from an early bird discount.

Don’t forget - RoSPA Members will also receive additional discounts.

As the demand for quality and more specific training courses grows, RoSPA has utilised its resources and experienced staff to offer training courses with added value.

RoSPA’s in-company training caters for the health and safety training needs within organisations. The benefits of in-company training are:

Many training providers may claim to have the expertise to tailor training courses to companies, yet only when they have the experience and breadth of knowledge that RoSPA has, can they truly create bespoke in-company training, which produces real results.

The ability to match training to individual business issues is a skill in which RoSPA excels, having experienced staff and resources.

We would like to introduce you to our new in-company training course, ‘Safety Essentials’ in Waste Management and Recycling.

This is an interactive in-company training course that ensures that delegates can contribute to improvements in health and safety performance when they have finished the course. It covers the following key areas and relates to the primary causes of accidents in this industry:

Far from being theoretical, this is a delegate-centred course, tailored to meet your specific requirements. Tutor-led discussions, supported by syndicate exercises, facilitate the exploration of the above topics.

There is also scope to incorporate an on-site risk assessment within this programme.

FACT: There are currently around 162,500 people employed in the waste management industry.

FACT: The number of fatal incidents in the waste management industry is over ten times the national average.

FACT: Accident rates are four times the national average.

RoSPA’s in-company training can be the solution to improved health and safety. We employ a number of consultants with extensive experience of the waste and recycling industries, who can also undertake site-based observations and provide feedback on necessary remedial measures.

For more details contact: OSH@rospa.com or call: 0121 248 2233.

National Stress Awareness Day is an annual event organized by the International Stress Management Association.

The campaign aims to present a more positive, proactive and manageable approach to stress management. There are many causes of stress and when these build up they undermine our natural ability to cope, leaving us tired, and anxious, irritable and making stress more infectious.

Why not use this opportunity to demonstrate to your staff your commitment to tackling this widespread problem?

Here at RoSPA we offer training courses around this area, in particular Managing Stress and Violence. Not only do negative effects of stress cost the UK an estimated £3.7 billion a year; the HSE also requires that employers conduct risk assessments for all hazards, including work related stress.

This one-day course, aims to empower managers to tackle the root causes of stress, including the role played by actual or threatened violence in the workplace. It adopts a risk assessment approach, with an emphasis on tackling stress and violence within existing health and safety management systems.

For more details visit our website or call 0121 248 2233.

A new poster promoting safety when using a Sat Nav while driving is now available from our web shop.

You’re In Charge . . . Not The Sat Nav is an addition to our road safety posters that aim to support you to raise awareness of safety on our roads.

For more details and to purchase this product, call the RoSPA team on 0121 248 2233.

The new Occupational catalogue, due for release in early 2008, will feature many additional products. Safety Connections will offer special previews and opportunities to purchase the new resources as soon as they are available.