Useful information

SHEP member BESA has developed an online Health and Safety Environment course and test which meets the H&S requirements for all Craft and Operative SKILLcards. This course is designed for those within the heating, ventilating, air conditioning and refrigeration industries. The course enables those working on site a minimum level of health and safety awareness and is a really useful resource if employees need site cards, but cannot get to a test site or travelling to a test centre is not possible.

H&S Course
https://www.thebesa.com/academycourse?eventtemplate=9-health-and-safety-environment

BESA Academy
https://www.thebesa.com/academy/

The Construction Industry Coronavirus Forum (CICV) is a collective of trade and professional bodies gathering intelligence, sharing advice and speaking directly with  government on issues affecting members in the current COVID-19 crisis: http://cicvforum.co.uk/

These links provide a wide range of information that SHEP members may find useful:

HSE Manufacturing Sector Plan: http://www.hse.gov.uk/aboutus/strategiesandplans/sector-plans/manufacturing.pdf

Guidance on face fit testing: http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg479.pdf

Welding Fume Control COSHH Essentials Sheets: Click here.

Good Practice Guide for Safe Handling and Disposal of Metalworking Fluids: http://www.ukla.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/UKLA-HSE-Good-Practice-Guide-for-Safe-Handling-and-Disposal-of-Metalworking-Fluids.pdf

Metalworking Fluid Control COSHH Essentials Sheets: www.hse.gov.uk/metalworking/ecoshh.htm

Welding fume safety alert – February 2019: http://www.hse.gov.uk/safetybulletins/mild-steel-welding-fume.htm

Welding Fume and Metalworking Fluid Seminar: Download information here

Filmed interview of Dr David Fishwick interviewing former plate welder, Phil Hynes. Phil developed occupational asthma as a result of exposure to weld fume: https://www.hse.gov.uk/mvr/assets/videos/dr-david-fishwick-interviews-phil-Hynes.mp4