Mesh-4-Safety Blog
Our health and safety experts share thier advice and opinions on various health and safety matters.
British Safety Council Courses
For years we have been wondering who would turn the right key and find a range of short duration Health & Safety courses to supplement the popular IOSH Managing Safely and Nebosh General Certificate products to assist UK management and workforce develop their Health & Safety Competence, and whilst IOSH have offered a valuable 1-day awareness…more
Classroom based versus on-line Health & Safety training
With the launch of our new Health and Safety Training calendar for 2012 I am anticipating the usual question: “When are you guys at Mesh-4-Safety finally going to embrace on-line training?” Well the answer is that we will probably never offer a full on-line CD or DVD based health and safety course, and the reasons…more
HSE cost recovery proposals - better to get it right
The HSE proposal to replace the Health and Safety (Fees) Regulations 2010 to reinstate existing fees and to extend the range of activities for which HSE recovers costs. In addition to reinstating existing fees the proposed Fees Regulations would place a duty on HSE to recover costs where dutyholders are found to be in material…more
What makes a good trainer?
We have just received the results from our latest NEBOSH General Certificate group which has produced another 100% pass rate. In this there were 5 Distinction passes and 2 Credit passes which add to our exceptional previous results. We believe the key is to not only get our candidates to pass the qualification but to…more
Health & Safety should not be just another tick in the box.
At M4S we have always had the ethos that health and safety should be just one of a number of key business drivers that any business should work towards improving. It does not have to be the number one focus at the expense of all others but it must be given sufficient focus and taken…more
IOSH Managing Safely - 3 day or 4 day course?
Since starting the deliver the IOSH Managing Safely Course back in 2006 Mesh-4-Safety Ltd have stuck for the majority of the time to delivering the course as prescribed by the IOSH Training advisory panel over 4 days. Recently however I have noticed how many a corporate client of mine (wearing my eager-4-excellence or FM Guru Consultancyhats) have taken to running…more
Should H&S consultants be registered to protect innocent clients from incompetence?
Maybe this is a proposal that should be extended to the FM world. We have all witnessed at some stage in our careers ‘consultants’ running million-pound FM tender projects, yet unable to put together a sensible cost submission spreadsheet. Whilst my initial reaction to the original H&S proposal was moderately positive, a feeling deep down…more
A letter to Safety Management Magazine
As director of a small to medium H&S training consultancy operating in the South East of England, I thought you may be interested in my views on the current industry discussions on whether H&S Consultants should be registered to “protect the innocent clients from rogues and incompetent people” out there. Whilst my initial reaction was…more