Day 2 - Wednesday 07 March 2012

Key learning outcomes
 Making the decision to become a consultant – what questions must you ask yourself? Understanding the practicalities of setting up and running your own business
 Strategies for successfully marketing yourself and convincing potential clients they need your services
 Sharing best practice strategies for handling a variety of specific situations a consultant may face

Workshop led by: IOSH Consultancy Group Representatives

With a surprisingly high number of employees driving in the course of their work, it’s little surprise that accident rates, and the costs of claims, are rising. This workshop focuses on helping health and safety practitioners reduce occupational road risk.

Key learning outcomes
 Understanding the scale of vehicle use at work in the UK and impact on health and safety and insurance premiums
 Best practice examples of health and safety approaches to both traditional fleet management and so-called 'grey fleets'
 Evaluating practical approaches to introducing driver safety measures

Workshop led by: Martin ‘Nobby’ Clark, Driver Development Manager, Balfour Beatty Plant and Fleet Services

Health and safety professionals are increasingly being called upon to contribute to the assessing, preparing and planning related to a range of hazards in organisations. This workshop will consider how to support and integrate with the process of emergency plan development and develop your thinking on the scenarios you may need to prepare for.

Key learning outcomes
 Understanding the role of health and safety professionals in developing business continuity plans – how and where should you feed in?
 Best practice approaches to developing an emergency plan – what you need to consider and the risks you will need to manage
 Considering a range of emergency scenarios and thinking through the required operational responses
 Evaluating the advice, guidance and tools available to assist you

Across a range of industries, the practicalities of safely working at height are a perennial challenge. This workshop will offer a refresher session, as well as the opportunity to share ideas and best practice.

Key learning outcomes
 Defining ‘working at height’, examining current regulations and the obligations of health and safety professionals
 Understanding the practicalities of working at height – risks that can be eliminated, avoided and managed
 Best practice approaches to producing an suitable  risk assessment
 Understanding how working at height is approached in a variety of industries – sharing ideas that have worked and understanding particular challenges that have been faced

Workshop led by: Malcolm James, Principle, Malcolm James Consultancy 

Your technical skills may count for little if you can’t get your message across effectively to those you work with. This practical workshop offers the opportunity to develop a toolkit of communication approaches you can apply in your own workplace interactions.

Key learning objectives
 Understanding the importance of successfully motivating people to listen to your messages – what skills are required?
 Sharing practice and devising a communication model that can be applied when delivering messages at any level of an organisation - the role of assumptions, perceptions and emotions
 Best practice strategies for productively challenging people or delivering difficult messages

Workshop led by: Liz Skelton, Senior Consultant , System Concepts

In all industries, failing to effectively control contractors leads to accidents and injuries. This workshop will quickly bring you up to speed with what you need to know and do to keep contractors operating safely.

Key learning objectives
 Understanding current regulations and organisations’ obligations towards contractors
 Sharing best practice approaches to demonstrate the competence of contractors
 Effectively incorporating contractors into your risk assessments
 Considering the role and competence of primary contractors – focusing on lessons being learned in the construction industry

Many see behavioural safety as the way forward for the industry, but putting theory into practice can often be challenging. This interactive workshop offers the opportunity to learn from the experiences of those who've already tried it and develop ideas you can apply in your own work.

Key learning objectives

 Evaluating the basics of a behavioural safety approach– why bother with it?
 Understanding how behavioural safety has been approached in a variety of organisations – sharing ideas that have worked and understanding particular challenges that have been faced
 Considering specific scenarios and devising appropriate approaches to ensure you get your message across
 Building a toolkit of approaches to ensure engagement and information sharing at all levels of the organisation

Workshop led by: Tim Marsh, Managing Director, Ryder Marsh

While the investigation of certain workplace accidents is mandatory, the way it's approached can vary hugely. This interactive workshop offers the opportunity to consider the practicalities of investigation, evaluate approaches and gather ideas to try in your own practice.

Key learning objectives
 Exploring the benefits of investigating incidents and accidents from a regulatory and business perspective - what needs to happen and when
 Understanding various approaches to investigation and drawing lessons from a range of examples
 Evaluating and sharing effective interviewing techniques to promote information sharing and get to the root cause of an incident
 Effectively consolidating and implementing the outcomes of an incident investigation

Workshop led by: Mark Burton, HM Inspector of Health and Safety, Hazardous Installations Directorate, Health and Safety Executive