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May 4, 2009

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A world leader in safety and health

Having recently become the biggest health and safety professional body in the world, IOSH comes to the Safety & Health Expo keen to demonstrate why more than 35,000 safety and health professionals have joined its ranks.

As the only chartered professional health and safety body, IOSH membership is in heavy demand from employers eager to ensure they get the best health and safety advice in this tough economic climate.

Find out what’s on offer

By visiting our stand, you’ll find out about the support we offer members, the health and safety community we’re helping to build, how we promote best health and safety management, and how we’re leading current thinking on policy and practice. It’s also an opportunity to find out about professional qualifications and IOSH membership, which are essential for individual success and help develop corporate competence.

You can also find out about IOSH’s Continuing Professional Development (CPD) scheme, which helps members maintain and develop their skills and experience, and the Initial Professional Development (IPD) programme, which supports graduate members as they build up the knowledge, skills and experience they need to achieve chartered status.

Among the benefits IOSH offers are:

  • great networking opportunities;
  • more than 300 low-cost, or free events a year; 
  • free technical information and guides; 
  • a research and development resource; 
  • free subscription to the profession’s leading monthly magazine, SHP;
  • thriving online communities at www.iosh.co.uk
  • top-quality professional training; and
  • access to a benevolent fund at times of ill health, disability, or prolonged unemployment.

Need a consultant?

If you’re a client looking for competent advice, IOSH has a register of health and safety consultants, which provides a free link-up service for IOSH members with the right know-how for the job you’ve got.

Advice for business

We’re big on straightforward, easy-to-understand advice for small businesses. That’s why we’ve developed the free, interactive website www.safestartup.org for small-business start-ups, and the Occupational Health Toolkit — guidance, factsheets, case studies, presentations, training material, and more available at www.ohtoolkit.co.uk

Find your risk-assessment way

Designed to help small and medium-sized businesses integrate health and safety into their overall risk management www.ioshroutefinder.co.uk can help businesses identify the hazards they face and the changes needed to deal with them.

Helping teach safety

Free resources for teachers, youth workers and employers to help them bring health and safety alive for young people are available at www.wiseup2work.co.uk

Want a good read?

We publish a range of reader-friendly books — from introductory texts to specialist volumes — on key aspects of health, safety and environmental management. If you visit the IOSH stand at Safety & Health Expo you’ll also benefit from a 15-per-cent discount on the cover price of all IOSH books.

Quality training

IOSH also offers a number of high-quality, certificated health and safety training courses for bosses, managers, and their teams. Delivered by licensed course providers, in-house or on open courses, our training can be tailored to meet your business needs.

IOSH at Safety & Health Expo

Join one of our informal presentation sessions on Stand O90 to get up to speed on the latest developments at IOSH. Find out more about the IOSH Working safely and Managing safely courses, the free IOSH technical tools, online CPD and membership, how IOSH passport cards can benefit you, and IOSH’s new book on corporate social responsibility.

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