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10/11/2003
H&S software to reduce training costs
Leading health, safety and environment consultancy Sypol, has launched
‘Personal Safety Advisor’ (PSA), the latest software package in health and safety advice to the business sector in Northern Ireland.
Following attendance at health and safety training courses, PSA drip-feeds a range of information to attendees’ desktops.
PSA has been designed to help organisations meet their statutory obligations by ensuring that employees understand health and safety legislation and how it applies to them and testing this knowledge on a regular basis.
The software also provides a range of management reports that can be used to check employees’ understanding of health and safety matters. Reports can be customised to monitor results for individuals, teams, departments, line managers’ responsibilities or facilities.
Sypol’s Director for UK regions including Northern Ireland, Bill Holmes said: “While most organisations ensure that new employees receive health and safety training, it is important to check that this information is understood and reiterated on a regular basis.
"Our ‘Personal Safety Advisor’ provides a way of doing this without taking staff away from their day-to-day work, so it is an effective and cost-effective way of maintaining employees’ health and safety and ensuring that statutory obligations are met.”
With more than 4,000 reported work-related accidents in Northern Ireland in 2001/2002, of which over 1,000 occurred in the manufacturing sector, PSA is expected to be seen as an essential tool in informing and educating employees.
A significant number of accidents were also recorded in the public administration and defence, compulsory social security and construction industries with more than 1,000 and 200 accidents occurring respectively in the same period.
(MB)
‘Personal Safety Advisor’ (PSA), the latest software package in health and safety advice to the business sector in Northern Ireland.
Following attendance at health and safety training courses, PSA drip-feeds a range of information to attendees’ desktops.
PSA has been designed to help organisations meet their statutory obligations by ensuring that employees understand health and safety legislation and how it applies to them and testing this knowledge on a regular basis.
The software also provides a range of management reports that can be used to check employees’ understanding of health and safety matters. Reports can be customised to monitor results for individuals, teams, departments, line managers’ responsibilities or facilities.
Sypol’s Director for UK regions including Northern Ireland, Bill Holmes said: “While most organisations ensure that new employees receive health and safety training, it is important to check that this information is understood and reiterated on a regular basis.
"Our ‘Personal Safety Advisor’ provides a way of doing this without taking staff away from their day-to-day work, so it is an effective and cost-effective way of maintaining employees’ health and safety and ensuring that statutory obligations are met.”
With more than 4,000 reported work-related accidents in Northern Ireland in 2001/2002, of which over 1,000 occurred in the manufacturing sector, PSA is expected to be seen as an essential tool in informing and educating employees.
A significant number of accidents were also recorded in the public administration and defence, compulsory social security and construction industries with more than 1,000 and 200 accidents occurring respectively in the same period.
(MB)
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