Health and Safety Advisor nominated for SHP award

Peter Wilson, UCATT Health and Safety Advisor of the Northern Region, has been nominated for this year’s SHP Award in Construction. The SHP Awards are launched for the first time this year by the Safety & Health Practitioner, which is the official magazine of the Chartered Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH).

Peter was nominated by the National Federation of Builders (NFB) for providing high-class consultancy advice for health and safety issues in the Worker’s Safety Advisor Challenge Fund (WSA). UCATT, NFB and Construction Confederation had secured a share of the fund in April 2004.  The project was funded by the DWP and aimed at improving the management of health and safety amongst the NFB’s members in the North East through the active participation of the workforce. Peter Wilson took on the role of Workers Safety Advisor providing a range of services to the NFB’s member companies and their employees. The awards ceremony will be taking place on 2 October in London.

UCATT creates regional Partnerships to promote safety.

The Northern Region of construction union UCATT has formed a unique partnership with the National Federation of Builders and Northern Counties Builders Federation to improve local health and safety.

John Scott, Regional Secretary of UCATT, said: “I am delighted the partnership project has come to fruition. Construction workers will be actively encouraged to become involved in health and safety, which will increase the safety of their working environment.”

UCATT will provide a Workers Safety Advisor to provide free services and support to companies and their employees on matters ranging from designing health and safety action plans, training workplace health and safety reps and other practical advice.

John Scott, also said: “This partnership arrangement comes on the back of our recent successful Train to Gain contract for UCATT in the North East to support our target of a qualified and registered construction workforce, the Construction Skills Certification Scheme, the qualification is a minimum of NVQ level two. UCATT can provide it free of charge to companies and individuals.”

John Scott, added: “At a time when the construction industry is claiming too many lives and witnessing far too many serious accidents it is important we remain focused on ways to improve health and safety and both of these initiatives can help and indeed will help.