31 December 2008
- New downloads have been added to the Downloads pages.
- Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 by HSfB
- Toolbox Talk - Winter Hazards by John Thorley of Bardsley Construction Ltd (.doc)
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
HSfB Site News - 31 December 2008
Tuesday, December 09, 2008
HSfB Site News - 9 December 2008
9 December 2008
- Prize Draw 2 - winners announced! Congratulations to the following:
- John Lyons wins the NEBOSH Certificate thanks to RRC and he has the choice of the Fire Certificate, General Certificate or Construction Certificate!
- Keith Oddy, Ian Alexander, Dawn, John and Jason Fowler have all won one of RRC's STEP notes as a runner-up prize!
- Further details can be found on our dedicated prize draw webste - Prize Draw Home
Tuesday, December 02, 2008
HSfB Site News - 2 December 2008
2 December 2008
- Prize Draw 1 - re-draw winners announced!
- Due to three winners not claiming their prize, three new winners have been drawn for Draw 1 - Manual Handling Train the Trainer Course with Paul Donaldson.
- Congratulations to Kevin Griffiths, Ben, Michael Fawcett, Omar, Tim Cummings and Kate Blake - please check for your winning notification in your email account.
- Further details can be found on our dedicated prize draw webste - Prize Draw Home
Sunday, November 23, 2008
HSfB Site News - 23 November 2008
23 November 2008
- Prize Draw 1 - re-draw winners announced!
- Due to one winner declining their prize another winner has been drawn for Draw 1 - Manual Handling Train the Trainer Course with Paul Donaldson.
- Congratulations to Kevin Griffiths, Ben, Neil Finean, mcternaghan, Arnold Garrity and Kate Blake - please check for your winning notification in your email account.
- Further details can be found on our dedicated prize draw webste - Prize Draw Home
Monday, November 17, 2008
HSfB Site News - 17 November 2008
17 November 2008
- Prize Draw 1 - re-draw winners announced!
- Due to two winners declining their prize and two winners not claiming their prize within the two weeks, four new winners have been drawn for Draw 1 - Manual Handling Train the Trainer Course with Paul Donaldson.
- Andy Holding, Ben, Neil Finean, mcternaghan, Arnold Garrity and Kate Blake.
- Further details can be found on our dedicated prize draw webste - Prize Draw Home
Tuesday, November 04, 2008
HSfB Site News - 4 November 2008
4 November 2008
- Prize Draw 1 - winners announced!
- Graham Mutch, Ben, Rob Boucher, Rob Barlow, Kenneth Hughes and Kate.
- Further details can be found on our dedicated prize draw webste - Prize Draw Home
3 November 2008
- New article added to Your Articles
- Learn Your Germs by Matthew Crick
Sunday, October 12, 2008
HSfB Site News - 12 October 2008
12 October 2008
- New downloads have been added to the Downloads pages.
- MAC Score Sheet by Tony Upton
- HSE Integrated Management System - Internal Audit Guidance.doc by Amjad Al Ata
- New articles added to Your Articles
Sunday, October 05, 2008
HSfB Site News - 5 October 2008
5 October 2008
- Since HSfB was created in 2004, there have been many changes to UK health and safety legislation. This means that one or two of the freely available download materials on the site have become a little out-dated and need 'tweaked' in order to bring them back into line with the changes over the years. Although all of the materials on the site are taken 'as is', inaccuracies or not, a site audit has begun for the majority of materials available for download.
- This task huge task has been taken on by a group of discussion forum volunteers - HSfB Audit Team. You can view the progress of the audit in the new dedicated forum section here - HSfB Site Audit.
- The benefit to you is that our downloads stay as up-to-date as can be reasonably expected from a site with hundreds of contributors. Something which has never been done before on any site like ours!
- If you would like to be part of the audit team, please have a read here for instructions.
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
HSfB Site News - 16 September 2008
15 September 2008
- At Health and Safety for Beginners we are committed to protecting the privacy of our customers and website visitors. Our relationship with you is valuable and we understand the importance you place on the privacy and security of information which personally identifies you. In that respect, and whether you are a first time visitor to our website or a regular user, we take your privacy seriously. Our Privacy Policy has been updated, please read the policy in order to learn more about our information gathering and dissemination practices.
Friday, September 05, 2008
HSfB Site News - 5 September 2008
5 September 2008
- New downloads have been added to the Downloads pages.
- Sharps Awareness Non-Medical by Kite1035 (PowerPoint) 589KB
- New articles added to Your Articles
- A Week in the Life...Self-Employed Health and Safety Consultant
Saturday, August 09, 2008
HSfB Site News - 9 August 2008
Site News
9 August 2008
- New downloads have been added to the Downloads pages.
- Manual Handling Assessment by Captdiggo (.doc)
- Risk Assessment by Captdiggo (.doc)
- Asbestos Awareness Training Presentation by Gorgeous-Girl (PowerPoint) 2.9MB
- Maintenance Housekeeping Audit by Vegiman (.xls)
- Yard Housekeeping Audit Sheet by Vegiman (.doc)
- Quick Hitch Register by John Thorley of Bardsley Construction Ltd (.xls)
- New articles added to Your Articles
Sunday, July 13, 2008
HSfB - Site News 13 July 2008
Site News
13 July 2008
- You will now be able to keep up to date with the latest HS&E news articles through the www.healthandsafetyprofessional.co.uk RSS news feed on our home page. The RSS feed has up to the minute information and can be viewed in our 'Site News' box in the middle of the home page.
- New industry specific networking discussion forum section created on our Health and Safety Discussion Forums
- What is the Networking Forum?
The Networking Forum section does what it says on the tin. You can network with other HS&E professionals in your industry sector using the various forum sections and by using the various user groups set up to help keep in touch with each other.
Networking User Groups
Each networking forum section will have a user group set up in which you can request to join. You can view all user groups from within your user control panel where you can request to join a user group of your choice. Video guides on how to do this will be created soon.
Your request will be sent to the individual user group leader for approval and once they have approved your request, you will be added to the group.
The beauty of the user groups is that people can see at a glance who on the forums works in the same industry, so you can private message or email each other with industry specific queries etc. You can also send a private message to an entire user group if you like.
User Group Leaders
Each user group will have a leader and where there is no leader, the forum administrator will be the default group leader until somebody requests they want to take leadership on.
Can I suggest a new networking section and user group?
Absolutely! If you would like to create a new user group and networking forum section, just let the forum administrator know and it will be added for you.
You don't necessarily need to become the group leader if you request a new user group.
Networking Moderators are volunteers who will moderate the networking forum section. They will not be full HSfB Moderators for the rest of the discussion forums, but they won't mind you asking for help if you get stuck anywhere along the line.
- What is the Networking Forum?
Unique Health and Safety Courses Giveaway
2008 Prize Draw Coming Soon!
NO Catch – NO Fee
IT’S FREE!!
It's coming around again!
HSfB's fantastic prize draw is in the making again with more great prizes to give away. All for FREE!
Keep your eyes peeled on the home page for updates and for a launch date for your chance to win!
Why not subscribe to our newsletter to be notified when the prize draw is ready for launch? Click the link or newsletter logo below to sign up...
Not sure what it's all about? Have a look at our previous prize draw competition and check out the fantastic prizes that were donated all for FREE!
Click here to see the fantastic prizes given away in the last prize draw
Sunday, July 06, 2008
HSfB Site News - 6 July 2008
6 July 2008
New article added to Your Articles
- Exam Tip – Take Your Personal Advisors with You! by John Johnston of HSfB
Unique Health and Safety Courses Giveaway
2008 Prize Draw Coming Soon!
NO Catch – NO Fee
IT’S FREE!!
It's coming around again!
HSfB's fantastic prize draw is in the making again with more great prizes to give away. All for FREE!
Keep your eyes peeled on the home page for updates and for a launch date for your chance to win!
Why not subscribe to our newsletter to be notified when the prize draw is ready for launch? Click the link or newsletter logo below to sign up...
Not sure what it's all about? Have a look at our previous prize draw competition and check out the fantastic prizes that were donated all for FREE!
Click here to see the fantastic prizes given away in the last prize draw
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
HSfB Site News - 24 June 2008
Site News
24 June 2008
- New downloads have been added to the Downloads pages.
- Incident Investigation by H&S Newbie
- New article added to Your Articles
- Confused.com tips on what to do in the event of a fire by Confused.com
22 June 2008
- New downloads have been added to the Downloads pages.
- CHIP Information by Fatwolf
- COSHH Assessment Form by Fatwolf
- Risk Assessment Acceptance - Subbies by Nigel Bown
8 June 2008
- New downloads have been added to the Downloads pages.
- Management Model for Health and Safety by Amjad Al Ata
- Personal Protective Equipment by Amjad Al Ata
Tuesday, June 03, 2008
HSfB Site News 3 June 2008
Site News
3 June 2008
- New downloads have been added to the Downloads pages.
- How stressed are you in your daily life? by Paul Donaldson (.doc) (check your scores in Paul's scoring sheet below).
- Stressed Quiz Score by Paul Donaldson
Technical Issues - HSfB Forums Crashing your PC?
- Some of you may be experiencing some difficulty accessing the discussion forums at the moment. This may be causing your internet explorer to freeze and stop responding. There have been a few people comment on this recently and we can only apologise for the inconvenience caused.
The reason for this issue is still unknown, but the support forums may have identified the issue as only affecting people who use Internet Explorer 5 or 6. Firefox users are not affected by this issue. So, if your work computers still use IE 5 or 6 (which they likely are), then you may experience this issue, but if you use IE7 or Firefox at home etc, then you should not experience this issue at all.
Workaround
There are two things to try to allow access to the forums.
1. Access the forums from the link on the home page - http://www.healthandsafetytips.co.uk - http://www.hsfb.co.uk - rather than from a shortcut on your desktop or in your favourites folder.
2. Access the forums using Firefox.
These solutions are not ideal, but this issue is beyond our control at the moment. We will update you all on this issue as it progresses. You can also keep track of the issue on the phpBB3 support forum topic here - http://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=936425&p=5503835#p5503835
If you have any questions, please Contact Us.
Saturday, May 17, 2008
HSfB Site News - 17 May 2008
Site News
- New downloads have been added to the Downloads pages.
- Traffic Management by Philip Baker
- Some of you may be experiencing some difficulty accessing the discussion forums at the moment. This may be causing your internet explorer to freeze and stop responding. There have been a few people comment on this recently and we can only apologise for the inconvenience caused.
The reason for this issue is still unknown, but the support forums may have identified the issue as only affecting people who use Internet Explorer 5 or 6. Firefox users are not affected by this issue. So, if your work computers still use IE 5 or 6 (which they likely are), then you may experience this issue, but if you use IE7 or Firefox at home etc, then you should not experience this issue at all.
Workaround
There are two things to try to allow access to the forums.
1. Access the forums from the link on the home page - http://www.healthandsafetytips.co.uk - http://www.hsfb.co.uk - rather than from a shortcut on your desktop or in your favourites folder.
2. Access the forums using Firefox.
These solutions are not ideal, but this issue is beyond our control at the moment. We will update you all on this issue as it progresses. You can also keep track of the issue on the phpBB3 support forum topic here - http://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=936425&p=5503835#p5503835
If you have any questions, please Contact Us.
Saturday, March 29, 2008
HSfB Site News - 29 March 2008
Site News
29 March 2008
- New article added to Your Articles
- One Day... by Rochelle of Cory Environmental
Sunday, March 16, 2008
HSfB Owner Runs the Edinburgh Marathon for CHAS - 16 March 2008
Site News
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John Johnston, the owner of Health and Safety for Beginners and employee of FMC Technologies, will run the full Edinburgh Marathon on 25 May 2008 with two other colleagues from FMC Technologies - Alan and Sheena - in aid of The Children's Hospice Association Scotland (CHAS). The team building event, which is being backed by FMC Technologies, began in November 2007.
Alan, Sheena and John form the HSE Group at FMC Technologies and are aiming to help raise awareness for healthy living for the 600 strong workforce as well as raise money for a worthy cause.
CHAS is a Scottish charity established to provide hospice services in Scotland for children with life-limiting conditions. The hospice offers professional care, practical help and emotional support to the whole family from the day they are referred until the death of their child and beyond.
A blog has been set up to keep track of the event called First Time Marathon - http://www.firsttimemarathon.blog.co.uk/
The target for fundraising has been set at £3,000. If you would like to make a donation to help meet the target, you can donate securely online using the dedicated fundraising page at JustGiving - http://www.justgiving.com/firsttimemarathon
The First Time Marathon team would like to thank you for your support.
Friday, March 07, 2008
Monday, January 21, 2008
HSfB Site News 21 January 2008
Site News
21 January 2008
- New download page added Culture
- New downloads have been added to the Downloads pages.
- Ladder Register Template by Nigel Bown
- 6 Monthly Scaffold Inspection Report Template by Nigel Bown
Saturday, January 19, 2008
HSfB Site News - 19 January 2008
Site News
19 January 2008
- New download page added Diploma Unit A
- New downloads have been added to the Downloads pages.
- Diploma Unit A Cases Q Cards by Simon Holmes
- Diploma Unit A Revision Cards by Simon Holmes
Thursday, January 17, 2008
HSfB Site News - 17 January 2008
Sunday, January 13, 2008
HSfB Site News - 13 January 2008
Site News
13 January 2008
- The Legislation News pages have been updated where you can read more on the following.
Sunday, January 06, 2008
HSfB - Site News 6 January 2008
Site News
6 January 2008
New Health and Safety Discussion Forums Launched
We are proud to announce that on Thursday 20 December 2007, HSfB launched its new look health, safety and environmental discussion forums which you can view here - Health and Safety Discussion Forums
The new discussion forums are based on the phpBB style which has been vastly improved in many ways by the phpBB team. Both security and functionality have been improved giving our members and visitors an excellent online experience.
A list of new features can be found on the phpBB website here - phpBB3 Gold Features
Here is just a sample of some of the new features and options now available to our members -
- User preferences offering a wide range of user defined customisations.
- Private messaging system which can be fully managed by users, including creating new folders and moving saved messages.
- Various anti-spam techniques have been added to allow administrators to keep our forums a nice place to be, including; CAPTCHA Visual Confirmation; blacklists; banning; warnings; user logging and many more.
- Users can now report individual posts to the moderator team at the touch of a button.
- Users can now attach multiple files to their posts.
- Users can save a draft of their posts allowing the post to be completed at a later time.
- More advanced search facility.
- Unread post flags are not lost after closing browser or logging off.
- Users can bookmark individual topics for future reference.
- Print topic functionality added.
- Email topic to a friend functionality added.
- Add friends/foes to user control panel.
- Users can manage private message and draft posts.
- And many more...
One side effect of the new upgrade is that members may have some difficulty in logging on to the new forums for the first time due to incorrect passwords. This is a known bug with the conversion/upgrade software. If you are affected by this unavoidable side effect, please Contact Us to have your account manually reactivated. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.
Another side effect is that our discussion forums RSS feed is temporarily unavailable for the time being. 
All that remains for us to say is thank you for your continued support and we hope you enjoy your new health, safety and environmental discussion forums.
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