Health and Safety CPD resources

Continuing professional development (CPD) is a vital part of a health and safety professional’s career development process. SHP Online offers numerous ways for you to keep up-to-date with your CPD, including feature length articles, quizzes,webinars, videos and downloads.

Resources and downloads

Putting the ‘Personal’ into PPE – A practical guide to implementing inclusive PPE in the workplace

Explore the critical role of inclusive PPE in promoting equitable workplaces, improving occupational health and safety, and empowering all individuals to perform at their best.

The Compliance Managers Guide: Transition from manual paper-based systems to dedicated software tools

Managing compliance can be time consuming, especially if you’re still using spreadsheets and sharing forms made in word docs, but it doesn’t need to be.

Insight guide: Ending the blame game – Just Culture

Develop a comprehensive understanding of how a Just Culture can drive forward your culture and gain access to deeper insights around why you need a Just Culture

Preventing workplace accidents with Behavioural Based Safety Programmes

Implementing a Behavioural Based Safety (BBS) Programme is an excellent strategy for addressing unsafe behaviours in the workplace. It can engage employees, help you drive a proactive safety culture, and provide a framework for obtaining key safety data to help you get ahead of risks and prevent accidents happening in the future.

Fifty years of the Health and Safety at Work Act

To commemorate half a century of one of the UK’s most important pieces of legislation, SHP has commissioned a collection of short essays from a range of voices from the profession, each asked to reflect on the Act’s impact and its future role.

A guide for the professional who wants to change cultures, shape strategies and build buy-in

Learn from the specialists who share a passion for using occupational safety and health to protect people and improve business performance.

New publication affirms ‘Alarming gap’ in lithium-ion battery fire risk awareness

E-book on the latest developments in reducing risk from fire involving lithium-ion batteries has been published by SHP in conjunction with Firechief Global.

Lithium-Ion batteries. A guide to the fire risk that isn’t going away but can be managed

A guide to the fire risk that isn’t going away but can be managed. An e-book from IFSEC Insider and in association with Firechief® Global

Quizzes

SHP weekly news quiz

Have you been paying attention recently? Test your knowledge of some of the stories which have been published on SHP in the last week.

SHP weekly news quiz

Have you been paying attention recently? Test your knowledge of some of the stories which have been published on SHP in the last week.

SHP weekly news quiz

Have you been paying attention recently? Test your knowledge of some of the stories which have been published on SHP in the last week.

SHP weekly news quiz

Have you been paying attention recently? Test your knowledge of some of the stories which have been published on SHP in the last week.

Videos

VIDEO: What is authentic leadership?

What does it mean to lead authentically? Tribe asked their clients and own consultants what they thought.

Does gender bias and discrimination exist in our professions?

Watch a 60 minute webinar recording on gender equality in safety, fire and security. Plus written answers to audience questions.

Top 10 health & safety prosecutions of 2021

2021 saw some huge fines for the likes of Vue Entertainment, Drayton Manor, British Airways and NHS Trust, a £4m fine for National Grid and a £6.5m fine following the death of an 11-year-old boy at a freight terminal.

Top 10 health & safety prosecutions of 2020

Watch: The 10 most-read health and safety prosecution stories on SHP in 2020…

HSE visual guide on home-workers’ workstation set-up

The HSE has published video guidance on how to set up workstations when working from home. It advises workers not

Medical and fabric masks: Who wears what when?

The World Health Organization (WHO) has published a video outlining when medical masks and fabric masks should be worn in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Top 10 health & safety prosecutions of 2019

2019 saw some huge fines for the likes of Chevron, who were fined £5m, DHL, Celsa, Hampshire Country Council, 2 Sisters Food, Clancy Docwra and Veolia. Watch a summary of SHP’s most-read fines and prosecution stories.

‘People are now looking for professionals that not only have technical skills, but also core skills, and behavioural skills’

The latest Safety Bytes video features IOSH’s Head of Practice Duncan Spencer, who discusses its new Competency Framework.