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Independent
Asbestos
Training
Providers
Demonstrating Auditing and Regulatory Requirements for
Independent Asbestos Training Providers
ITN Issue 31
is sponsored by
asbestosinsure.co.uk
Independent Training News (ITN)
asbestos awareness training and management is within their
workplaces. This includes all workplaces covering schools
and local government buildings. From the initial response it
is obvious that some are excellent but others have little or
no knowledge, or interest in the problem. Most cite the lack
of effective budgets for safety committees to enact controls.
Those who do not have a supported infrastructure for health
and safety are able to call on our regional and national
officers and reps for expert advice and information.
Finally prospects for the industry in 2013 look very gloomy
and with government contracts drying up and refurbishment
work slowing down prospects are bleak. As far as the
HSE are concerned there will be a small amount of public
campaigning on awareness and their activities will be more
focussed on providing a web based service. The cuts in their
funding will see the closure of even more offices and the
staff continue to haemorrhage away leaving a skeleton of its
former self. One thing you can be certain of is that the GMB
will continue to campaign and work to protect its members
and the public from asbestos contamination and harm. I also
know that IATP will also grow and continue to support its
membership.
Safety regulator charging regime starts to bite in
construction
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E:iatp@live.co.uk E: christine@iatp.org.uk W: www.iatp.org.uk 01325 520477
On that cheerful note it only remains for me to congratulate
IATP for the way you have grown and developed and to
thank you all again for supporting DAST.
1 The APPG report – Asbestos in Schools – the need for
action was published on Wednesday 1st February 2012 and is
now available to download.
Asbestos In Schools The Need For Action
All - Party Parliamentary Group On Occupational Health
& Sa fety
2 The APPG Group on Asbestos is a Sub Group of the APPG
on Occupational Health. http://ibasecretariat.org/lkachristmas-insult-to-dying-victims.php
Richard Morgan, GMB Derby Office
W: http://www.gmb.org.uk/home.aspx E: info@gmb.org.uk
HSE RECOVER OVER £750,000 IN TWO MONTHS OF FFI
The first Fee for Intervention (FFI) bills went out from HSE in
week commencing 21 January 2013. The total sum invoiced
for the two months from October to November was £727
644.81. This sum arose from 1418 FFI Invoices.
An earlier Freedom of Information request revealed that
that 373 construction sites were visited under the scheme
between October 1 and November 30 2012 and that
construction made up more than a third of the 903 visits
which could result in a “Notification of Contravention.”
The HSE Board has heard (30 Jan) that a “broad breakdown”
of the invoices shows:
• 10% of invoices are for values greater than £1,000;
• 70% of the invoices are for less than £500;
• 30% less than £200.
The independent members of the disputes panel will be
selected on 6 February and then invited to agree their terms
and conditions so that the first panel can be in pace by the
end of March if needed
Source: http://forum.iosh.co.uk/default.
aspx?g=posts&t=108117
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