Health & Safety Week - 23 to 27 October

The Ministry of Employment in collaboration with the Health and Safety Advisory Council will be holding a number of events to mark the occasion of European Week for Safety and Health at Work 2006.

This year’s campaign slogan is ‘Safe Start’ and is dedicated to the occupational safety and health of young people.

Seminar
The main event will be a half-day seminar to be held at the John Mackintosh Hall on Monday 23rd October.

The seminar will start at 9.30am and will be officially opened by the Minister for Employment, The Hon. Joe Holliday.

The main speaker will be Mr Neil Budsworth, President of the Institution of Safety and Health of the UK.

Other speakers include Mr John Robba, a member of the Health & Safety Advisory Council, who will be presenting the H&S Report 2005, Mr Peter Latin, Managing Director of AquaGib, who will address the issue of ‘The Application of Health & Safety in a Utility’, Dr Vijay Kumar, Director of Public Health, who will give a presentation on ‘Occupational Illnesses of Public Health Importance’ and Mr Richard Labrador, Chartered Health and Safety Practitioner, who will address the topic of ‘Rights and Responsibilities – Employers and Employees - in Occupational Health and Safety’.

The general public is cordially invited to attend.

Schools
Senior students from Westside and Bayside Schools, as well as those from the Gibraltar College of Further Education, have been invited to attend the seminar.

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