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New HSA course on construction safety for small contractors

Richard Wynne — Thu, 19 Jul 2018 13:53:04 GMT

The Health and Safety Authority (HSA) has launched a short, interactive on-line course titled ‘An Introduction to Construction Safety for Small Contractors and the Self-Employed’. The course has been developed by the HSA with the support of the Construction Industry Federation (CIF), in order to provide relevant health and safety information to small construction contractors and to raise awareness of the importance of occupational safety, health and welfare in construction. The 30-minute course is free and can be accessed through the Authority’s e-learning portal, http://hsalearning.ie. The course is aimed at construction contractors: in particular small contractors and the self-employed. It is also suitable for employers and employees working in the construction sector, key duty holders, or those employing small contractors to carry out work.

FitWork Project conference

Richard Wynne — Thu, 19 Jul 2018 13:52:38 GMT

Methods for workplace health promotion

System Administrator — Thu, 31 May 2018 08:21:25 GMT

The implementation cycle

Implementing Workplace Health Promotion (WHP) is best done by following an implementation cycle like the one below:

Getting started: Preparing the ground for the exercise intervention with the main stakeholders – employers, employees and others
Understanding needs: Finding out stakeholders needs with regard to the exercise intervention. A recent tool to support needs analysis has been developed in the UK by Public Health England:

Workplace health needs assessment. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/workplace-health-needs-assessment.

Programming: Deciding on the nature and setting up of the exercise intervention
Implementing: Running and monitoring the programme
Evaluation: Analysing monitoring data, identifying improvement measures

Principles of approach

Implementing exercise programmes in the workplace should incorporate a number of principles that will guarantee an ethical approach as well as increasing the chances of having a successful exercise programme. These principles are:

Support from all levels of the organisation – WHP initiatives need to be supported by staff from all levels of the organisation. Where support from either management or employees is lacking, it becomes difficult or impossible to implement a programme. This means that effort that is spent gathering support before the programme commences is essential.
Voluntary participation – Workers must be able to participate in in the WHP programme on a voluntary basis. They must be able to opt in or opt out of the programme at any stage. No sanctions should apply to any worker who does not participate or who opts out.
Anonymity and confidentiality – Any data that is collected as part of the programme must be treated anonymously. Information on individuals should not be disclosed to any third party without the permission of the individual who has provided the data.
Needs based programming – WHP should be based on the needs of individuals or groups. Tailoring interventions in this way improves their chances of successful take-up.
Continuous improvement – Gathering information about the performance of the intervention provides a sound basis for improving its performance the next time. The intervention should take place within a continuous improvement cycle.
Communications and feedback – communications and feedback are required at all stages of the programme with both the participants and the wider workforce in the organisation and with management. This enables expectations to be managed and provides feedback to all who have provided information to the project. Reporting on a formal basis to management allows for the programme to be embedded within the normal functioning of the organisation.

Why do workplace health promotion?

Content Manager — Tue, 29 May 2018 13:07:41 GMT

Many employers and others ask the question about why they should undertake WHP activities if they are not obliged to. Research has shown that there are many reasons why they might do so, for example:

It is consistent with their company philosophy
It provides a good return on investment
It improves the health and wellbeing of their employees
It helps create better awareness of health and safety practices
It contributes positively to workforce morale
It gives a good public image for the company

Essentially, there are 2 types of reasons for doing so – the benefits that will result from doing so, or because employers believed that it is the right thing to do.

The ENWHP was one of the first organisations to construct the European business case for doing WHP:

For general health - http://www.enwhp.org/fileadmin/downloads/report_business_case.pdf
For mental health - http://www.enwhp.org/fileadmin/downloads/8th_Initiative/MentalHealth_Broschuere_businesscase.pdf

Others have also made the case in more recent times, for example:

The British Heart Foundation – https://www.bhf.org.uk/health-at-work/get-started
Health and Safety Ontario - https://www.wsps.ca/WSPS/media/Site/Resources/Downloads/BusinessCaseHW_Final.pdf?ext=.pdf
The Government of Western Australia - http://healthierworkplacewa.com.au/media/52257/business-case-for-workplace-health-and-wellbeing.pdf
The European Agency for Safety and Health at Work - https://osha.europa.eu/en/tools-and-publications/publications/literature_reviews/motivation-for-employers-to-carry-out-workplace-health-promotion/view

What is workplace health promotion?

Content Manager — Tue, 29 May 2018 13:03:58 GMT

Workplace health promotion has been defined in many ways and has been linked to other workplace health strategies over the years. It has been called at various times health promotion in the workplace, workplace health promotion, workplace wellbeing, maintenance of work ability for example.

Regardless of the label, there is a common thread running through these approaches – taking action to address general health issues within the workplace. These are usually related to the major public health concerns about lifestyle – exercise, diet, smoking, alcohol consumption and increasingly mental health issues. In some cases, these actions are limited to the issue at hand, with no obvious relationship to health and safety actions in the workplace. Here the workplace is used as just one more setting to implement public health campaigns.

In other cases however, there are also more integrated approaches such as the maintenance of work ability programme in Finland, where occupational health, health and safety and health promotion actions are delivered in a single programme.

The Luxembourg Declaration of the ENWHP takes such an integrated approach when it states that:

Workplace health promotion is the combined efforts of employers, employees and society to improve the health and wellbeing of people at work. This can be achieved through a combination of:

– Improving work organisation and the work environment

– Promoting active participation

– Encouraging personal development

This definition of WHP contains a number of important principles. It should include actions directed at both the workplace and the individual, it should be participative and that it seeks to develop the individual worker. It also notes that it is the responsibility of three stakeholders to implement – workers, employers and also external agencies such as public health authorities.

You can find the full text of the Luxembourg Declaration here:

http://www.enwhp.org/fileadmin/rs-dokumente/dateien/Luxembourg_Declaration.pdf

Steps to return to work

Content Manager — Tue, 29 May 2018 12:53:22 GMT

Successfully managing employees with chronic illnesses depends on good practice. To help you, the following section has steps which you may wish to follow. Responsibility for managing employees varies from business-to-business depending on the size and type of company. However, as previously stated, chronic illnesses last a long time and are progressive. Accurate reporting of absences is therefore key to good management and is best addressed by installing a monitoring and reporting system, which also makes sharing information for health insurance purposes easier.

Step 1: Get in touch – establish dialogue with the person

Step 2: Initial meeting - Assess willingness and ability to participate in a return to work process

Step 3: Case review – keep in contact to see how the circumstances of the individual are progressing

Step 4: Develop a ‘get back to work’ programme – this involves making concrete plans for return to work. It may involve some combination of workplace adjustments, changes to work organisation and assistive technology. One useful resource that details what can be done in relation to specific health conditions is:

https://askjan.org/soar/disabilities.html

Step 6: Keep the plan under review – keep monitoring the progress of the plan and make changes as needed.

(These steps are based on ‘Promoting healthy work for workers with chronic illness: a guide to good practice’ by the ENWHP. http://www.enwhp.org/uploads/media/ENWHP_Guide_PH_Work_final.pdf)

Useful organisations

Content Manager — Fri, 20 Apr 2018 08:06:00 GMT

This website is being supported by the following organisations:

Useful resources

Richard Wynne — Tue, 24 Oct 2017 12:07:11 GMT

There are many useful resources to help employers develop and implement an effective approach to mental health issues. These include training and information, tools to support implementation and a range of organisations that can provide support. Some examples of these resources are provided below.

Supporting organisations

Mental Health Ireland provide training and awareness raising activities

Pieta House provide counselling servic\es to individuals and advice on suicide prevention -

The Health Services Executive (HSE) provide general advice and information on mental health services.

Tools for mental health promotion at work

ProMenPol toolkit - http://www.mentalhealthpromotion.net/?i=promenpol.en.toolkittab

Training for mental health promotion at work

MindHealth online training - http://www.mentalhealthpromotion.net/?i=training

Return to work

Richard Wynne — Mon, 23 Oct 2017 14:37:25 GMT

The causes of absence from work vary and include health related issues, social issues such as family demands and personal issues or some combination of these. This part of the website deals with specifically with health related causes of absence and what can be done by employers to manage and improve their practice in relation to this issue.

It provides a number of resources:

Access to an online training course on managing return to work
An introduction to good practice in managing health related absence
Links to Irish resources that support employers and employees in managing absence and returning to work in an optimal way

The information here is particularly relevant for longer term absence, but it also contains advice on what is good practice in managing short term absence.

Health promotion

Content Manager — Mon, 23 Oct 2017 14:37:25 GMT

Workplace health promotion has emerged in the 20 years as a major approach to managing the health of the workforce in many European countries. Originating in the US in the late 1970s and 1980s the approach to has grown and developed to take many forms especially in Europe throughout the past 20 years. In most countries workplace health promotion is a voluntary activity for workplaces, but in some such as Germany and Finland, there are obligations on employers and others to become implement various health promotion activities in the workplace. In Ireland, there are currently (May 2018) no such obligations, though the workplace Healthy Ireland healthy workplace initiative http://www.healthyireland.ie/health-initiatives/workplaces/ may change that for public sector employers at least.

This website takes as its starting point the work of the European Network for Workplace Health Promotion in the area. This network of stakeholders from all of the EU Member States agreed a comprehensive definition of workplace health promotion (the Luxembourg Declaration) which stakeholders in many countries use as the basis for policy and practice.

5 main areas of workplace health promotion are covered:

Health and safety

Content Manager — Mon, 23 Oct 2017 14:37:25 GMT

All employers are obliged by law to protect the health, safety and welfare of their employees. In addition, they are obliged to do so for visitors to their premises and to ensure that the products they produce are safe. The best source for ensuring that these issues are managed well is the Health and Safety Authority website [www.hsa.ie]. This provides comprehensive coverage of all health and safety issues. It also provides a set of useful tools that can be used for training, risk assessment and other important elements of a functioning health and safety system.

Key issues covered on this website include:

Risk assessment tools for different sectors (https://www.besmart.ie/)
Legislation in the area
Tools for addressing psychosocial stress
Industry/sector specific issues
Notification of accidents
Education and training
Small business and health and safety
Workplace health
Vehicles at work

The HSA website also refers you on to a wide range of publications and other resources for health, safety and welfare at work.

A new development in 2018 has been the adoption of an ISO standard on occupational health and safety (ISO 45001). This deals with the design of occupational health and safety systems, both at national level and enterprise level. It is expected that this standard will be rolled out over a 3 year period.

Further information on the standard can be found on the NSAI (National Standards Authority of Ireland) website at: https://www.nsai.ie/About-NSAI-(1)/News-Docs/2017-News-Docs/ISO-45001-NSAI-Certification-Presentation.aspx

New website on workplace health and wellbeing launched!

System Administrator — Mon, 23 Oct 2017 13:49:00 GMT

A new website that addresses workplace health and wellbeing was launched on October 26^th as part of the Construction Safety week in 2017. Building on previous European and Irish work, it addresses all of the ways which worker health can impact on the individual employee and on the workplace. It organises material on health and safety, occupational health, workplace health promotion and return to work.

The website is being built by the Work Research Centre, it will comprehensively address these issues over the coming months. It will draw on the best research and practice from across Europe and beyond and will give users an integrated overview of key developments as well as providing access to a huge range of material to improve workplace health and wellbeing.

Terms of Use

Richard Wynne — Wed, 13 Sep 2017 13:15:11 GMT

The information on this site is subject to a disclaimer and a copyright notice.

The site includes information which is made available by Work Research Centre Ireland Ltd. (WRC)

WRC accepts no responsibility or liability whatsoever with regard to the content on this site. This content is:

Information of a general nature which is not intended to address the specific circumstances of any particular individual or entity;
Not necessarily comprehensive, complete, accurate or up to date;
Sometimes linked to external sites over which WRC has no control and for which WRC assumes no responsibility for either content or functionality;
Not professional or legal advice (if you need specific advice, you should always consult a suitably qualified professional).

Legislation

System Administrator — Wed, 13 Sep 2017 13:14:42 GMT

Workplace health and safety and occupational health are important features of any considered approach to managing workplace health and wellbeing. In Ireland, there is a well-developed legislative base for health and safety that has been developed on the basis of collaboration with the European Commission. The Health and Safety Authority provides a comprehensive overview of current and forthcoming health and safety legislation (http://www.hsa.ie/eng/Legislation/), while the Health and Safety Review (https://www.healthandsafetyreview.ie/) provides an up-to-date commentary on developments in the area.

However, health and safety is not the only area of relevant legislation for workplace health and wellbeing. Legislation in the area of sickness benefits (http://www.welfare.ie) and equality (https://www.ihrec.ie) are also relevant.

Public Health Ireland in conjunction with Healthy Ireland has just published a review of all legislative instruments in Ireland that have relevant to health in the workplace including both health and safety and other sources of legislation. It can be found at https://www.publichealth.ie/healthy-workplaces.

Irish and International sites of interest

Richard Wynne — Wed, 13 Sep 2017 13:14:32 GMT

Irish

There are a wide range of Irish and international websites that provide information on workplace health and wellbeing. These include sites that are dedicated to the area (such as the Health and Safety Authority website) as well as more specialist ones that touch on specific workplace wellbeing issues and sectors.

Health and Safety Authority (HSA) – https://hsa.ie

This website provides comprehensive information on all aspects of health and safety and occupational health in Ireland. It has a specific focus on the legal requirements for health and safety as well as on sectoral issues, accident reporting and on specific topics. It provides a range of useful tools such as a Safety Statement tool (https://www.besmart.ie/) and regular safety alerts. It also provides a psychosocial risk assessment tool (Work Positive - https://www.workpositive.ie/) that can be used to support the process of identifying workplace psychosocial risks and how to deal with them.

Irish Business and Employers Confederation (IBEC) - https://ibec.ie/

IBEC is the largest employer representative body in Ireland. It provides services to its members in relation to employment law, data protection legislation, industrial relations and HR as well as health and safety. Health and safety services include consultancy provision to members in relation to areas such as legislation, health and safety management and a range of workplace hazards and health issues. These largely relate to ‘traditional’ physical and chemical risks.

IBEC also periodically publish policy papers on all issues of interest to employers as well as providing guides on specific topics. IBEC have recently (2016) published a ‘Line manager guide to mental health and wellbeing.

http://www.ibec.ie/IBEC/ES.nsf/vPages/HR_best_practice~Diversity_and_the_integrated_workplace~mental-health-and-wellbeing-a-line-manager's-guide-05-10-2012?OpenDocument

IBEC also organise a national workplace wellbeing day on an annual basis. This campaign encourages employers to improve employee health and wellbeing thorough promoting better exercise and nutrition practices amongst employees.

(http://www.ibec.ie/IBEC/DFB.nsf/vPages/Occupational_Health_and_Safety~News~national-workplace-wellbeing-day-31st-march-2017-29-03-2017?OpenDocument).

Construction Industry Federation (CIF) - https://cif.ie/

The CIF is an organisation representing construction companies in Ireland. A division of IBEC, it provides a wide range of services to its members including information and training on health and safety in construction. It provides access to an extensive range of construction related training in areas such as project management, building control and environmental management. It also runs 10 accredited training courses in their safety management programme (https://ciftraining.ie/?utm_source=cifie&utm_medium=button) that focus on the management of construction safety. It has developed a suite of online training courses as part of its CIF Virtual academy one of which is concerned with safety management.

Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) – https://ictu.ie

ICTU is the representative for Trade Unions in Ireland and as part of its functions it takes an active interest in workplace health issues. It has a Standing Committees on Health and Safety and also on Disability. Amongst its documents on wellbeing is a guide to mental health policy in the workplace. (https://www.ictu.ie/download/pdf/final_mental_health_policy_document_for_the_workplace.pdf)

Healthy Ireland workplace initiative - http://www.healthyireland.ie/health-initiatives/workplaces/

The Healthy Workplace Framework is being developed under the Healthy Ireland initiative of the Department of Health. It promises to be the most significant workplace initiative coming from a public health perspective for more than 15 years.

Currently under development following an extensive consultation process, it will produce a number of outputs:

A review of all workplace related health legislation
An evidence based review of what works in relation to workplace wellbeing
A policy framework for supporting action in the workplace
An accreditation scheme for good practice

Publications from this work are being published by the Institute for Public Health (https://www.publichealth.ie/healthy-workplaces )

Department of Employment and Social Protection (DESP) – http://www.welfare.ie/en/Pages/home.aspx

The DESP is set up to provide a range of social welfare benefits to individuals and employers. Sickness and illness are a significant element of these benefits and among the more relevant of these are:

Among the benefits that the DESP offers are a number of supports to employers in relation to the employment of people with disabilities. These include:

Human Rights and Equality Commission - https://www.ihrec.ie/

The Human Rights and Equality Commission (formerly the Equality Authority) have published a guide for employers on what the law means for the workplace in relation to equality and mental health. It covers such areas as:

How reasonable accommodation practices can help both employers and employees
Employers’ obligations under the Employment Equality Acts to employees who experience mental health difficulties
What reasonable accommodation in the workplace means
The role that reasonable accommodation can play in supporting employers to prevent discrimination in the workplace

It can be found at:

https://www.ihrec.ie/app/uploads/download/pdf/equality_and_mental_health___what_the_law_means_for_your_workplace.pdf

Construction Workers Health Trust (CWHT) – https://www.cwht.ie/

The Construction Workers Health Trust is an initiative of the Trade Unions in the Construction Sector. It provides health screening services to people working in the sector as well as providing dietary advice. It also provides welfare supports through its Construction Workers Benevolent Fund.

It publishes occasional reports on specific issues related to the health of workers in the sector. The latest example is an annual report on the findings from health screening activities in 2017. (https://www.cwht.ie/_webedit/uploaded-files/All%20Files/CWHT%20Report%20January%20-%20June%202016.pdf)

Health and Safety Review - https://www.healthandsafetyreview.ie/

This magazine and website is a leading source of news and information on relation to health and safety in Ireland. The magazine is published monthly.

Construction Safety Partnership Advisory Committee (CSPAC) - http://csponline.ie/

This is a collaboration between the major partners in the construction sector (the Construction Industry Federation, the Irish Congress of Trade Unions and the Health and Safety Authority) to promote health and safety throughout the sector. The website provides access to a number of useful tools and publications including a service that enables employers to keep trach of the safety certificates of contractors and a template for undertaking risk assessments. Publications include a range of report s and guidelines on health and safety in the sector.

The Safety Management Accreditation System for the Construction Industry - Safe-t-cert.ie

Safe-T-Cert is a certification scheme designed to certify the Safety Management Systems of contractors working in the construction industry. It is exclusively targeted at the construction sector and is based on the International Labour Office (ILO) Guidelines on Occupational Safety and Health Management Systems.

Mental Health Ireland - http://www.mentalhealthireland.ie/

Mental health Ireland is a national level voluntary organisation that aims to promote good mental wellbeing and an overall better understanding of mental health issues in a range of settings. They recognise the workplace as being an important setting and they provide a number of services and documents addressing mental health issues in the workplace. Amongst these is a 1 day training course aimed at workplaces with the aim of raising awareness of mental health issues and providing tools to trainees for mental wellbeing self-management (http://www.mentalhealthireland.ie/ways-to-take-charge/in-the-workplace/).

Ireland

Work Research Centre - https://www.wrc-research.ie
Construction Industry Federation - https://www.cif.ie
Irish Business and Employers Confederation (IBEC) - https://www.ibec.ie
Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) - https://www.ictu.ie/
Health and Safety Authority - https://www.hsa.ie
Wellbeing at work – Healthy Ireland, Department of Health - http://www.healthyireland.ie/health-initiatives/workplaces/
Department of Social Protection - https://www.welfare.ie/en/Pages/employers_home.aspx
Health and Safety Review - https://www.healthandsafetyreview.ie/
Construction Workers Health Trust - http://www.cwht.ie/
CSPonline.ie - http://csponline.ie/
Safe-t-cert.ie - http://safe-t-cert.ie/
Human Rights and Equality Commission - https://www.ihrec.ie/
Mental Health Ireland - http://www.mentalhealthireland.ie/

International

European Agency for Safety and Health - https://osha.europa.eu/en/

European Network for Workplace Health Promotion - http://www.enwhp.org/

European Network for Mental Health Promotion - http://www.mentalhealthpromotion.net/

Institute for Work and Health - https://www.iwh.on.ca/

International Social Security Association - https://www.issa.int/en

World Health Organisation - http://www.who.int/topics/occupational_health/en/

Projects

ProMenPol - http://www.mentalhealthpromotion.net/?i=promenpol

MindHealth - http://www.mentalhealthpromotion.net/?i=training

MEPMIS - http://www.alcoholdrugsandwork.eu/

MHP-Hands - http://www.mentalhealthpromotion.net/?i=handbook

Reintegrate - http://www.re-integrate.eu/

Work in tune with life - http://www.enwhp.org/enwhp-initiatives/9th-initiative-ph-work.html

Training and Tools

Richard Wynne — Wed, 13 Sep 2017 13:14:00 GMT

Training and education in Occupational Health and Safety is available from a number of Irish sources. Professional level training is provided by some of the Universities and includes:

Professional level training:

UCD Centre for Safety and Health at Work offer a range of courses at Diploma, Certificate and Degree level in OSH. For more information go to: http://www.ucd.ie/cshw/

NUIG health promotion department have recently established a diploma level course in workplace wellness. Details can be found at: http://www.nuigalway.ie/medicine-nursing-and-health-sciences/health-sciences/disciplines/health-romotion/postgraduatetaughtprogrammes/workplacewellness/

The Royal College of Physicians in Ireland provide a post graduate course for Doctors in Occupational Medicine. Details can be found at: https://www.rcpi.ie/faculties/faculty-of-occupational-medicine/

Vocational level training:

There is a wide range of vocational training available from multiple sources. Some the main sources are:

The Health and Safety Authority, which provides a wide range of short online courses: (https://hsalearning.ie/)
The National Irish Safety Organisation which provides face to face sources for specialists and non-specialists: (https://niso.ie/open-courses/)
The Construction Industry Federation provide training courses (both face to face and online) for the construction sector: (https://ciftraining.ie/?utm_source=cifie&utm_medium=button)

Another useful source of information on training courses is the Health and Safety Review, which publish a directory of training.

A fill list of training sources is outloned below.

Certificate Courses include:

UCC
Certificate in Safety Health & Welfare at Work

UCD
Certificate in Safety and Health at Work (Level 7 NFQ Framework)
Blended Learning - only four days' attendance at UCD
Woodview House, UCD
Belfield
Telephone: 716 3420
www.ucd.ie/cshw/

IBEC
QQI Certificate in Health and Safety
Information Centre
Telephone: 01 6051596
www.ibectraining.ie

Institute of Technology Sligo
Occupational Health & Safety (single subject certified) Course
(validated by Quality & Qualifications Ireland)
Telephone 071- 91 55222
www.itsligo.ie

Diploma Courses include:

UCC
Higher Diploma in Safety Health & Welfare at Work
Diploma in Safety, Health & Welfare at Work (Construction)
Telephone: 021 490300
www.ucc.ie

UCD
Higher Diploma in Safety, Health and Welfare at Work
Centre for Safety and Health
Woodview House, UCD
Belfield
Telephone:716 3420 fax number 716 3421.
www.ucd.ie/cshw/

IBEC
QQI Diploma in Health and Safety
Information Centre/Bookshop/Education
Telephone: 01 6051596
www.ibectraining.ie

NUI Galway
Higher Diploma in Applied Science
(Occupational Health & Safety & Hygiene)
Telephone: 091 524411 Ex. 2745
www.nuigalway.ie/

Institute of Technology Sligo
National Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety (ab initio)
National Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety (add on)
Telephone 071 - 91 55222
www.itsligo.ie

Bachelor’s Degree Courses:

UCD
BSc Occupational Health & Safety Management)
BSc in Occupational Safety and Health
Telephone: 716 3500 / 716 350
www.ucd.ie/cshw/

Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT)
BSc Environmental Health
Telephone: 4023445
http://www.dit.ie/studyatdit/officeofadmissions/

NUI Galway
BSc Health and Safety Systems (GY313)
Telephone: 091 524411 Ex. 2745
http://www.nuigalway.ie/

Institute of Technology Sligo
BSc (Hons) (Occupational Health and Safety)
IT Sligo
Telephone 071 - 91 55222
www.itsligo.ie

Master’s Degree Courses:

UCC

MSc in Occupational Health
Dept. of Epidemiology and Public Health
4th Floor, Western Gateway Building
Western Road, Cork
Telephone: 021 4205521/5520
http://www.ucc.ie/en/epid/postgrad/masters-occupation-health/

UCD

Degree of Master of Science – Occupational Safety and Health (Taught Masters)

Centre for Safety and Health
Woodview House, UCD
Belfield
Telephone: 716 3420 fax number 716 3421.
www.ucd.ie/cshw/

UCD
Degree of Master of Science – Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Research Masters)

Centre for Safety and Health
Woodview House, UCD
Belfield
Telephone: 716 3420 fax number 716 3421.
www.ucd.ie/cshw/

Master in Applied Science (Safety and Health and Welfare at Work)
UCD and venues throughout the country
Telephone:716 3500 / 716 350
www.ucd.ie/cshw/

DCU
MSc (Safety and Health at Work)
Telephone: 7005566
www.dcu.ie/safety and health at work

Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT)
MSc Environment, Health and Safety Management
Telephone: 4023445
http://www.dit.ie/studyatdit/officeofadmissions/

NUI Galway
M.Sc. in Occupational Health & Safety & Ergonomics
Master of Applied Science (Occupational Safety Engineering & Ergonomics)
Telephone: 091-524411 Ex. 2745
http://www.nuigalway.ie/

Institute of Technology Sligo
MSc (Environment, Health & Safety Management
IT Sligo
Telephone 071 - 91 55222
www.itsligo.ie

Miscellaneous Courses

Construction Federation of Ireland
Industrial First Aid Course - 5 weeks 1-2 times a year
Also update Course available

Managing Safely in Construction Course MSIC– 10weeks
OSH approved (module for Cert/Diploma in Site Management – CIOB)
Administration of Construction Safety, Health and Welfare
Scaffold Inspection Course
Safety Representative Facilitators
Construction Safety Course – 3 day (QQI Certification)

Telephone: 406 6000 Dublin
Telephone: 021 435 1410 Southern Regions
Telephone: 091 502 680 Midland and Western Regions

IBEC
Information Centre/Bookshop/Education

Telephone: 01-6051500

www.ibec.ie
www.ibectraining.ie

ICTU
Telephone. 8897777
Information on various Rights
www.ictu.ie

Irish Small and Medium Enterprises Association (ISME)
17 Kildare Street
Dublin 2
Email:info@isme.ie
Telephone
(01) 662 2755
Fax
(01) 661 2157 or (01) 661 0517
www.isme.ie

National Irish Safety Organisation - NISO
Telephone: 4659760
www.niso.ie

National Standards Authority of Ireland

OHSAS 18001 Health and Safety Registration
ISO 14001/OHSAS 18001 Environment/Health and Safety Registration
ISO 9001/ISO 14001/OHSAS 18001 Quality/Environment/Health and Safety Registration

Contact:
Vincent Delaney
Certification Officer
Telephone: 353 1 807 3800

NSAI offers organisations the following options:

OHSAS 18001 Health and Safety Registration
ISO 14001/OHSAS 18001 Environment/Health and Safety Registration
ISO 9001/ISO 14001/OHSAS 18001 Quality/Environment/Health and Safety Registration
www.nsai.ie

QSA
Telephone: 028 90501160

Partners

System Administrator — Wed, 13 Sep 2017 13:14:00 GMT

Coordinator

Work Reseach Centre WRC
3 Sundrive Road, Dublin 12 - IRELAND
Tel.: +353 1 4927042
Dr. Richard Wynne - Director

Partners

CIF
Construction House, Canal Rd,

Dublin 6, Ireland

Email: info@cif.ie

About

System Administrator — Wed, 13 Sep 2017 13:14:00 GMT

This website is developed from the work of a number of large scale EU funded projects in the area of workplace health and wellbeing in which the Work Research Centre have led or been involved. These have addressed a number of themes:

Mental health and wellbeing at work
Drugs and alcohol
Return to work following illness or injury
Workplace health promotion

We are now integrating these themes into an Irish context – to take account of Irish legislation and policy, resources in Ireland and to adapt European approaches to the circumstances for Irish workplace health practice.

Partners/countries

These projects have involved some of the leading institutes in Europe from Germany, Finland, the Netherlands, the UK, France, Poland, Italy and elsewhere as well as Ireland. Taken together, they represent a significant source of expertise upon which the current website is based.

Projects