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NEBOSH publish a quarterly newsletter. Their latest edition includes new research, conducted earlier this year, which shows that any person looking for a health and safety job without suitable qualifications “need not apply”.

The 2011 NEBOSH Jobs survey found that:

• Just three of 100 nationally (i.e., UK) advertised health and safety vacancies failed to specify an appropriate level qualification or professional status.
• In 93 job adverts, a NEBOSH qualification and/or Technician Membership of IOSH or higher was specified.
• 66 of the 100 job adverts mentioned at least one NEBOSH qualification.
• A NEBOSH Diploma was specified in 45 cases and a NEBOSH Certificate level qualification 37 times.
• Membership of IOSH (The Institution of Occupational Safety and Health) was mentioned in 48 job adverts. 5 mentioned ‘Tech IOSH’, 17 mentioned ‘Grad IOSH’, and 26 mentioned Chartered Membership (CMIOSH).

More information here

We are taking bookings on NEBOSH Certificate commencing in October and NEBOSH Diploma courses commencing in September.

The NEBOSH Certificate meets the academic requirements for Technician Membership of IOSH (Tech IOSH) and Associate membership (AIIRSM) of the International Institute of Risk and Safety Management (IIRSM).

The NEBOSH Diploma holder may apply for Graduate membership of IOSH (Grad IOSH). This is the first step to becoming a Chartered Member (CMIOSH). This qualification is also accepted as meeting the academic requirements for full membership of IIRSM (MIIRSM).

Finally data compiled by NEBOSH shows that pass rates for SQT candidates consistently out-perform NEBOSH averages on both Certificate and Diploma courses.

Contact Jean on 061 339040 or jfeehan@sqt.ie for more information.

Food safety is back very much on the front pages with this E. coli outbreak in Germany. It brings into focus the importance of the HACCP methodology (Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point) in food safety management.

With all this current worry about ‘normal’ food safety threats, it seems almost wrong to be thinking of another threat in the area of  food safety  for food and drinks businesses – the threat from ideologically motivated individuals and/or groups. We have just launched a new training course entitled TACCP, Defence, Biovigilance & Bioterrorism.

TACCP is the acronym for Threat Assessment Critical Control Point.

PAS 96 provides guidelines for food and drinks businesses which should help them assess and reduce the risk to their businesses and to mitigate the consequences of an attack.

The first course on TACCP will be held on 27-28 July in Dublin