From all of us here at JPD we would like to wish you a very Happy New Year for 2008.
We have now realeased our new Essesental Training & Development Brochure giving full details of our public course schedule for the whole year and don’t forget if you can’t find the course you’re looking […]

On the 27th November 2007 the Chancellor Alistair Darling launched a major review of business health and safety laws.
The review, announced in a speech at the Confederation of British Industry, will ask employers, workers and experts for their views on how the health and safety system can be revamped, focussing on small and low […]

With ever increasing demand for legislation updates our sister company NIC Certification have published In Touch for Gas, Electrical, Water and Solar energy legislation.
In an ever increasing climate of having to demonstrate competence, NIC Certification can help you or the people in your business achieve the required competency of individuals through our personnel certification schemes.
NIC […]

The Health and Safety Commission (HSC) has launched a 12 week consultation on the proposed European Regulation on the classification, labelling and packaging of chemicals, based on the United Nation’s Globally Harmonised System (GHS).
The Regulation, which is currently being negotiated by European Union Member States, will eventually replace the existing classification and […]

A consultation on a new policy to improve the bulk storage of dangerous liquids has been released by the Competent Authority (CA). The policy applies to oil and fuel storage installations across Britain covered by the Control of Major Accident Hazards (COMAH) regulations.
The CA is comprised of the Environment Agency (EA), the Health and […]

As detailed within June’s In Touch a new edition of OHSAS 18001 Occupational health and safety management systems - Requirements standard was published at the beginning of July 2007.
The first edition was published in 1999 and there have been a number of significant changes since this date. The changes reflect the widespread use and […]

The Controls on Dangerous Substances and Preparations (Amendment) Regulations 2007 (Statutory Instrument 2007 No. 1596), were laid before Parliament 6th June and enter into force on 30th June. Amendments relate to the use of arsenic compounds. Arsenic compounds may not be used as substances and constituents of preparations intended for use :
(a) to […]

The new European law on chemicals, REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals), entered into force on 1 June 2007. This has been established through EC Regulation (No 1907/2006) concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) establishing a European Chemicals Agency with EC Directive 2006/121/EC.
The European Chemicals Agency in […]

OHSAS18001 1999 is to be re-issued as a British Standard, BS OHSAS 18001 2007, due for publication on 2nd July 2007.
Following the issue of Working Draft 2 in December 2006, several changes have been introduced, including:
- Change from ‘Specification’ to ‘Standard’
- More closely aligned with ISO 9001:2000 and ISO 14001:2004
- ‘Personnel’ replaced with ‘persons working for or […]

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has issued a reminder to those working in the licensed asbestos industry. The Control of Asbestos Regulations 2006 were further strengthened on 6 April 2007 by the requirement that anyone who certifies premises to be safe to be re-occupied following asbestos work must be accredited.
Regulation 20(4) of […]