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BRITISH SAFETY COUNCIL
British Safety Council continues
to evolve to support organisations
during the Coronavirus pandemic
“The coronavirus pandemic is not an excuse to let
health safety and environmental standards slip”
says the British Safety Council
The British Safety Council
has made radical changes
to its processes to ensure
that organisations can still
access the information
and resources they need to
maintain and develop high
standards of health and
safety practices during the
Coronavirus lockdown.
In major changes to the delivery of health
and safety audits, the British Safety Council
has launched a new two-phased approach to
its ISO 45001 and 14001 certification
audits, together with its unique suite of 5-star
best practice audit services. British Safety
Council’s world class auditors can now carry
out the first stage of the audits remotely. This
will enable organisations to proceed with
planned or newly required audits before the
easing of lockdown restrictions. Similarly,
remote consultancy services are also now
available. Both remote audit and consultancy
services are using similar technology,
meaning that you can have confidential and
structured verbal and visual conversations
with experts whenever convenient.
Speaking from his home office today, the
Chief Executive of the British Safety Council,
Mike Robinson said:
“During these uncertain times it is important
that we back our members and the public in
any way we can. We are proud to offer these
remote services to support organisations
maintain high health and safety standards
throughout this difficult time. It’s not helpful
to speculate as to when the current
restrictions will be eased, but we want to help
our members and customers get ahead and
maintain the high standards they have
achieved.”
British Safety Council is also leading the way
in delivering training via fully interactive Live
Online courses, connecting students to a
virtual classroom with the same access to
tutors who deliver British Safety Council
face-to-face training. The courses are
planned and structured to fully replicate a
real classroom setting.
Tom Kent from Nuffield Health who
participated in the NEBOSH National
Diploma Live Online session said:
“Surprisingly engaging. It was just like being
in a real classroom and there was no
commute.”
Mike Robinson continued:
“Live Online is another example of our
commitment to ensure that organisations,
employers and employees feel fully supported
in developing and maintaining vital health
and safety practices.
From the start of this challenging time we
have been providing certain resources for
free. Free access to remote working courses,
free webinars and setting up new ways to
share our insights, are just some of the ways
we have aligned with our belief that no-one
is made ill through their work. Now more
than ever it is important to maintain and
develop health and safety best practice.
British Safety Council is proud to be at the
forefront of the continuously evolving
situation.”
Links:
Remote Auditing: https://www.britsafe.
org/audit-and-consultancy/newremote-audits-and-consultancy/
Live Online: https://www.britsafe.org/
training-and-learning/how-can-i-study/
live-online/
Free resources: https://www.britsafe.
org/about-us/coronavirus-resourcedatabase/
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