At SAMS today we read with some amusement the blog from the head of the HSE Judith Hackitt concerning the views of Bear Grylls (Chief Scout) over the refusal of the administrators of an allotment to allow scouts to be allocated one on the basis of health and safety. Mr Grylls felt so strongly about… Read More
Employing the services of a contractor is a little bit like marriage – you don’t really know what you are getting until 12 months later! On many occasions, issues reported by the HSE on where something has gone wrong involve an external contractor. Take for example the recent incident where a construction project had to… Read More
Why on earth would I voluntarily put my company through an audit? Well the answer may surprise. At SAMS we are happy to have had our CHAS registration renewed for 2014 in respect of our CDM services to construction projects. Although some may shudder at the thought of being audited, we have found that being… Read More
We are pleased to announce that SAMS Ltd have just launched a range of e learning courses which may be of interest to you. All courses can be viewed at www.samsltd.co.uk/e-learning and include: UKATA – Asbestos Awareness CIEH – Introduction to Environmental Awareness CIEH – Introduction to First Aid CIEH – Level 1 Food Safety… Read More
SAMS Ltd were interested to note that a company from Scotland was heavily fined for an incident involving a forklift truck following a fatality in 2013 having been fined for an incident in 2011. The comments made following the course was that there was no safe system of work in place and that operators were… Read More
Less than 2 years after the Government made significant cuts to the HSE a small article in the press nearly passed us by at SAMS Ltd. The article stated that the HSE was about to launch a recruiting drive for Inspectors and given the recent round of cuts the question of why this was happening… Read More
Making any change can often be seen as disruptive but at SAMS Ltd we see it more as creating an opportunity to reflect of what is happening and then improving it. At SAMS Ltd this has certainly been the case in respect of our new web site which we have just launched. In particular we… Read More
Wandering through the various web pages today we came across the following question placed on a forum… “Hi I have been out of work for 5 months and getting a job in the architecture profession is proving very difficult. Am considering doing a course to get my NEBOSH General Certificate and doing the National Certificate… Read More
The exams are marked and the results are in for the NEBOSH General Certificate exams taken in June 2013. SAMS Ltd are delighted to announce that all 7 candidates who sat the June exams passed their NEBOSH course with one candidate achieving a distinction and another candidate a credit. Everyone at SAMS Ltd would like… Read More
At SAMS were are constantly receiving information about private and public sector companies being prosecuted for failing to manage asbestos containing materials (ACM) on their premises. It is certainly towards the top of the issues that is causing a problem for building and facilities operators particularly within buildings constructed post war. The level of information… Read More