JULY 2010 

A review of clients’ requirements for a new Health and Safety systems (and Occupational Health and Safety Systems) reveals a wide range of opportunities for companies wishing to install new or replace their old systems. Most providers deliver hosted services with a monthly fee that gives access to these systems at an affordable costs. This puts the most comprehensive management and reporting tools at the disposal of even the smallest of SMEs giving them vital control and information in their workplaces.

Perhaps its time for those who treasure their home developed systems to look at what’s on offer and sign up. It is a cost effective way of managing your data and can be a real boost to your reputation as you demonstrate robust Health and Safety management practices.

If you have to have a dedicated system on your site then these companies also provide outright purchase arrangements that are back with an annual maintenance fee to ensure you keep up with the upgrades and developments the supplier is hoping to deliver.

OEF Solutions is ideally placed to advise on options as our experience ranges for the large enterprise applications to the small desktop systems. We are constantly reviewing the new applications and relooking at the tried and tested systems to ensure you get the information to suit your needs.

June 2010

OEF Solutions announces its new training modules for OEF and Safety Incident Investigation. These offer a single day modular approach to ensure that the client can get the information it needs at an affordable price at a time that suits his or her calendar.

Stressing the importance of feedback in improving individual and corporate improvement in performance the OEF For Managers training course explores the ‘Dual Feedback©’ process.

Finally, OEF Solutions now provides advice and consultancy on your SHE systems – helping you to find the best solution for you company.

MAY 2010

OEF Solutions continues to provide consultancy advice to key organisations on improvements to information handling that facilitates a better understanding of what’s happening on their sites. The analysis and trending of incident data is essential to understanding the weaknesses in systems and processes.

OEF Solutions has linked up with TQ Training and the Best Practice Club to offer its training services to their networks and members. This will enable priority access to the courses being offered but will also complement the current portfolios of each company.

For more information go to www.tqtraining.co.uk and www.bpclub.com

APRIL 2010

OEF Solutions gains BTEC Level 4 accreditation for its new Incident Investigation training course from Edexcel

OEF Solutions Ltd is pleased to announce that it can now offer a new training course for staff and managers involved in carrying out incident and accident investigations within companies.

This course is aimed at organsiations who are looking to improve their safety record thorugh learning from incidents and accidents so as to prevent them re-occurring.

The course is accredited to BTEC Level 4. It has been tried and tested within the nuclear industry and is now available to all those companies seeking to improve their response to incidents.

Attendees are taken through a intensive 4 day course which helpes them to refine their understanding of the human side of incidents, gives them to opportunity to practice their intervieweing techniques and their causal analysis skills, and write fact-based high quality reports and formulate relevant recommendations for improvement.

The course can be held on your company's site - given sufficient numbers - and use incident scenarios in familar surroundings to improve understanding and competence.

MARCH 2010

‘OEF Solutions launched its new training course for company incident investigators on the 10th and 11th March – showcasing its approach to gaining an enhanced level of investigative skills for those in a company who will need to carry out this role. With increasing legislation and regulation in incidents and accidents at work, companies should take particular care when they look at incidents to be sure they can learn as much as possible from them to prevent them re-occurring.’

The full course lasts 4 days – preferably on the client’s site – the candidates get a workbook to start before, during and after the course that is independently assessed.

The presentation was given to two Dorset based businessmen, the director of the Best Practice Club, and representatives form the Submarine Safety group of the Royal Navy.

The facilities were provided by IPM of Corfe Mullen

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