Dave wrote:
Just watching the program on CH4 about the farce that has become H&Safety.
I couldn't believe it when they shown us someone who went into a window
making company in a full suit and tie, gathered the staff around and
proceded to show them how to pick up (in slowmo) a very small box + contents
weighing no more than, I guess, 3lb in weight. He then packed up and went.
For that 10 minute farce, he was paid £400 A DAY......
MADNESS, MADNESS.
Dave



Certainly a very superficial programme....
Having worked in a similar role (BS5750 / ISO 9000 Quality Consultancy)
the man they filmed had clearly been chosen as a 'typical' example of
a consultant (retired from full-time employment, bit on the pedantic
side, easy to poke fun at after selective editing... etc)

Thing is - just as in the Quality business - the basic principle is
perfectly fine, and needs to be highlighted.
Sometimes, the way it's implemented isn't perfect - but that doesn't
mean that the principle is wrong. People do get injured (lifting things)
at work, and familiarity breeds contempt - but this particular fellow's
'delivery' left a little to be desired...

On the infrequent occasions where people have one-on-one training in my
stained glass workshop - the very first thing that we do is a 5-minute
briefing on potential hazards (of which there are quite a few).
I'd rather be thought of as pedantic than have to take people to
casualty for stitches / wash glass splinters out of their eyes / etc.

You need to treat people like adults though .... and the way some of
this programme was shown the fellow appeared to miss this a little..

As to £400 a day - (not per 10 minutes!) - if you think it's easy money
then give it a try.... g - trust me - it's not!

Adrian