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WorkRite, Posturite’s specialist e-learning and training division, is enjoying a record year. Turnover is up by almost 90% over the corresponding period in 2010, with several major new contracts in the bag.
These include the company’s biggest ever deal for its market-leading AssessRite DSE training and assessment package which has been licensed by a multinational energy company to be rolled out to more than 12,500 users in 24 different countries.
WorkRite has had to translate the software into a number of different languages including Arabic, Hindi and Gujarati.
National sales manager Ryan Church said: “On its own, this was a fantastic deal for us. But coming on top of several other major contract wins over this year, it means that we are yet again out-performing the market by a considerable distance.
“This is the fifth year in succession that we have seen big turnover increases, though never quite as large as this year. There’s no doubt that all the hard work we put into developing our products and services in the early stages is now paying off.
“Our powerful and intuitive management system, in particular, is a significant factor in winning business for us. Health and safety professionals love it because it makes their lives so much easier.”
Is your workplace ‘Fire Safe’? Applying E-learning Fire Safety training within a working environment is the most efficient way of ensuring your employees are fire smart.
The effect of any accidentally caused fire or explosion within the workplace can be devastating in terms of any lives lost, injuries, damage to property and the environment and also to the business community. Therefore we ask ourselves whether we are set up to manage both the risks and procedures to follow in terms of fire safety within the workplace.
Fires can be caused by many things which we might not necessarily be able to see. Working with flammable liquids, dusts, gases and solids is hazardous and increases the risk of fire and explosions. The implementation of fire safety training will ensure immediate communication of fire safety policies between employees.
Adequate Fire safety training can be completed within minutes
EssentialSkillz (a leading supplier of world-class online Health & Safety training and risk assessment software) offer a short course on Fire Safety, the course is designed to deliver information on this key topic quickly and effectively.
Online Fire Safety training is the most efficient method of training your staff on the facts around Fire Safety in the workplace; the course provides customisable screens allowing the display of organisation specific information, such as locations of fire alarms, escape routes and assembly points.
The Problem
The use of display screen equipment (DSE) is a significant high risk area for an intensive call centre environment. The workstations are used 24/7 by 600 users and service delivery is totally reliant on its use. These call handlers may be at a higher risk from DSE related hazards as they do not always have the same opportunities for regular breaks and by using ‘hot desks’ the risk is further increased.
- Health and safety forum places filled in days
- Industry keen to engage with Lord Young after positive response to his report
LORD Young of Graffham will speak to a packed Great Hall at the Chartered Institute of Insurers on Monday October 25, following the publication of his report into health and safety culture in the UK.
Industry leaders will gather to hear Lord Young, Gerald Forlin QC and David Smith, managing director of Zurich Insurance UK Broker Division at the event, organised by Cardinus Risk Management, in conjunction with International Institute of Risk and Safety Management (IIRSM).
Audience members will have the opportunity to debate Lord Young’s report, Common Sense, Common Safety, which was published on October 15. All seats at the event were filled within a week of invitations being sent out, such is the interest in Lord Young’s proposals.
Prime minister David Cameron, writing in the foreword to the report, said, “Lord Young has come forward with a wide range of far reaching proposals which this government fully supports… Now we need to act on this report and I am delighted that Lord Young has agreed to remain as my advisor on these important issues; to work with departments and all those with an interest in seeing his recommendations put into effect.”
Posturite’s new EvacuRite™ evacuation chair is already proving a winner… with company accountants as much as health and safety professionals. For although the EvacuRite™ is packed with the sort of special features normally only found in evacuation chairs at the top end of the market, its £795 (ex-VAT) price tag puts it squarely in the economy class.
The company is also offering a 25% discount on all EvacuRite™ chairs ordered before the end of September, making it even more exceptional value for money at just £597.
Posturite’s designers, renowned for their expertise in developing products to make the working environment safer and more comfortable, consulted fire industry experts to ensure the EvacuRite™ chair met rigorous standards for ease, comfort and safety of use in emergency situations.
Its features give equal recognition to the health and safety needs of the operator as well as the person needing to be transported down stairs.
Posturite sells hundreds of evacuation chairs each year to businesses keen to ensure they fully meet the requirements of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005. This puts the onus on organisations to take ‘reasonable steps’ to ensure that everyone on their premises, or nearby, can escape in an emergency.
The EvacuRite’s™ easy-to-operate, rapid-deploy system means the chair can be ready for use within seconds of being removed from its supplied wall-mounted storage bracket. No lifting is required by the operator either in preparing the chair for use or in making the evacuation. An ultra-smooth glide track system ensures a safe and comfortable passage down stairs.
The EvacuRite™ comes with a five year guarantee. Full training in the use of evacuation chairs can also be provided by WorkRite, Posturite’s health and safety consultancy, e-learning and training division which is one of the country’s leading independent providers of HSE-approved First Aid at Work courses.
For more information call 0845 345 0010, email support@posturite.co.uk or visit the company website at www.posturite.co.uk.
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