Association of Colleges

The AoC National Health & Safety Conference 2007 took place at Sheffield Park Hotel on Wednesday 20 June 2007.

 

AoC’s aim for the 2007 conference was to give delegates the opportunity to hear from valuable stakeholders in sector organisations and colleges.

 

The programme was focused on current workplace issues from college and client approach, risk education management and managing HSE claims and outcomes.

 

Organisations and Colleges both had an equal presence on the conference programme with seminars being held by Barnsley College and Deeside College, and keynote addresses from Eversheds, IOSH and RoSPA.

 

Plenary Presentations

• Welcome & Opening Remarks
  Chair for the Day:  Martin Pritchett, Estates Network Manager, Association of Colleges
• Developments in College Health & Safety
  Stephen Green, Health & Safety Consultant, Association of Colleges
• Health and Safety Champion of the Year 2006
  David Simons, Head of Central Services, North Lindsey College
• Slips in Education
  Mark Thomas, Policy Advisor for HSE's Slips and Trips Programme, HSE
• A Risky Business - safety education for 16+
  Jenny McWhirter, Risk Education Adviser, RoSPA
• Risk Management
  Gavin Chalmers and Paul Dean, Risk Management Consultant, Zurich Municipal
• Helping the Youngsters of Today Become  Safe Workers of the Future
  Lisa Fowlie, President, IOSH
• CRB Issues
  Sue Lynch, Registration Manager, and Gary Hutchins, Registration Manager, CRB
• "Crisis!  What Crisis?" -  Managing HSE Investigations
  Katharine Vickery, Associate, Eversheds

Seminars:

• Workplace vetting, a College’s approach
  Rick Bedson, Facilities Manager and Niki Shuttleworth, Health, Safety & Environment Officer, Deeside College
• Revitalising Occupational Health
  Melanie Whitmore and Donna Dixon, Occupational Health Practitioners, Yorkshire Occupational Health Consultancy
• AIMS version 2
  Terry Stevenson, H&S Manager and Mia Wesson, Administrative Assistant, Barnsley College
• CDM 2007, client’s responsibilities
  Tim Britton, H&S Consultant, AA Projects     

 

Delegates from the 2007 conference listed these comments with their conference evaluation

“Overall, the conference was successful, well attended and upbeat. Delegates seemed relatively happy with the venue and programme. General sentiment was the conference was useful, very relevant and good value for money”

“The content was varied and covered some very interesting subjects. The final session was very thought provoking”

“This was my first AoC Health and Safety conference and I found it very interesting and worthwhile”
“I feel the presentations were useful on the whole and generally well delivered.

“Both workshops were excellent, both engaging and informative. The entire conference was well paced with excellent speakers”

“Excellent day with very informative presentations. The aims 2 presentations was practical and precise
Good choice of speakers and topics”

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