Birmingham Health Safety and Environment Association

Aim of the Seminar

To provide delegates with information, tools, techniques and confidence to achieve safety during maintenance activities.

Seminar Content

Delegates will be given practical guidance, together with case studies so that the learning experience is reinforced.

Who should attend?

Anyone with an interest in, or responsibility for, procuring, planning, controlling or reviewing maintenance activities, including.

• Company Owners

• Directors

• Managers

• Supervisors

• Safety Representatives

• H & S Professionals

• HR Professionals

• Training Providers

• Procurement Officers

• Contractors

• Insurance Assessors

It is important to recognise that, even in normally low risk working environments, maintenance activities may introduce high risks that can be difficult to identify and control

Programme

Location of the Birmingham Medical Institute

36 Harborne Road, Birmingham B15 3AF Reception Tel: 0121 454 5007

There is a free car park available at this venue

About the Speakers

Peter Galsworthy, HSE Head of Operations, Midlands Region

Peter is the HSE's Head of Operations for the West Midlands. He joined HSE is 1993 and, after completing training as an Inspector, has undertaken a variety of operational and policy roles. He has have inspected in most work sectors and, in policy roles, has developed guidance on crowd safety and led for HSE on negotiations on chemicals legislation (including REACH). Prior to coming to Birmingham in 2009, he managed a HSE Construction team working in the Home Counties. His background before joining HSE was in chemistry and education and he is a Chartered Chemist and Scientist and is a Chartered Member of the Institute of Occupational Health & Safety.

Peter Try, Unionlearn, Regional Education Officer, Midlands TUC

Peter is the Unionlearn Education and Training Officer for the TUC Midland Region since 2003. Prior to that worked for 18 years as a trade union educator and union activist within NATFHE (now UCU), the main union for college lecturers. He left school in 1965 to complete an engineering apprenticeship, gained an Open University BA degree whilst working in manufacturing industry during the 1970’s and went on to receive a Masters Degree in industrial relations with the University of Warwick in 1985.

Ed Friend, BSc., AIIRSM, Consultant

Ed served as an HSE Inspector from 1965 to 2004, when he retired from his appointment as Head of Operations, HSE Field Operations Directorate, Midlands Division. In addition to his vast experience as an inspector in all industrial sectors, he has served as Chairman of Foundry Industry Advisory Committee, Chairman of Ceramics Industry Advisory Committee, Chairman of ILO committee of experts drafting ILO Guidance forthe Iron & Steel Industry, Joint author of Health & Safety training Solutions published by Jordans and as a Judge in the Mineral Products National Health & Safety Best Practice Awards 2005-10.

George Allcock, CMIOSH, BSc

George has over 30 years health and safety management, consultancy, training and engineering experience in a wide range of automotive, aerospace, engineering and service businesses. His last full time position (1997 – 2008) was Group Safety Adviser for GKN plc, a company operating in 40 countries and employing 40,000 people. Whilst at GKN he guided the development of health and safety management with a focus on leadership. During this period the Group’s accident rates fell in each and every year to a point where they bettered the performance of many benchmark companies in each of the main countries and industries in which GKN operates.

Mark Hoare

Mark is the Health and Safety Manager at the University of Birmingham, where he has been since 1994. Previously he was an engineer with British Coal. Mark uses his experience and knowledge to promote health and safety beyond the University and is involved with other health and safety organisations, being the current chair (until July 2011) in the Institute of Safety in Technology and Research (ISTR) and a past chairman of the Birmingham Health and Safety Association.

Tim Prestage, Consultant, Tim Prestage Ltd.

Tim Prestage has been in Health and Safety since 1977, both as a Company Safety Officer and since 1981 as the Principal Consultant of Health and Safety Consultants Tim Prestage Ltd. The company is based in Hall Green Birmingham and has Clients in Engineering, Food Industry, Construction, Local Authorities, and the National Health Service. They were one of the first companies to be appointed Training Providers for the NEBOSH General Certificate Courses in 1989. As Safety Consultants they also carry out Engineering and Building Inspections, design Safety Systems, carry out Air Sampling and Noise Measurements.

Neil Hancox CMIOSH, SHEQ Manager Infrastructure, Morgan Sindall

Experienced in all aspects of civil engineering and tunnelling works, Neil has been involved in some of Europe’s largest construction projects. These include the Channel Tunnel Rail Link, Kárahnjúkar Hydroelectric Project in Iceland and the Heathrow T5 development. The Heathrow project involved managing the health, safety and environmental compliance for the road, rail and storm water tunnels in a joint venture and multi contractor environment. His current role with Morgan Sindall involves leading a team of safety, health, environmental and quality advisers to support infrastructure projects across the UK.