Date: 8 June 2011, 1:00 - 12:00

Location: Crowne Plaza City, 70 Shudehill, Manchester M4 4AF

Email: conferences@rics.org

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RICS Health and Safety seminars 2011

Date: 8 June 2011, 1:00 - 12:00

Location: Crowne Plaza City, 70 Shudehill, Manchester M4 4AF

Email: conferences@rics.org

The RICS Health & Safety guide has been used by the property industry to promote best practice for a decade. This summer the new RICS Surveying Safely Guidance Note will be launched in June.

Make sure you are aware of your duties and responsibilities both as an individual and as a business, by attending the seminars. Speakers at the seminar will advise you how to ensure your workplace is safe, whether it is an office or a building site.

You will also hear the latest asbestos guidance from both RICS and HSE.

Find out the practicalities of working with asbestos and the changes to the Government regulations.

A complimentary copy of the RICS Surveying Safely Guidance Note will be available to take with you.

RICS members can obtain 2 1/2 hours of RICS CPD hours by attending the half day seminar.

How to book

You can download the booking form or you can book your place online with a credit or debit card – see links to locations and dates below:

08 June 2011- Manchester

Who should attend?

Building Surveyors

Contractors

Those who work on building sites

Why should you attend?

Be the first to hear about the new RICS Surveying Safely Guidance Note

Ensure you are aware of your responsibilities

Learn about the changes to Asbestos guidance

Find out how non-compliance impacts your business

Programme

1300 Registration and refreshments

1330 Welcome and introduction
Ian Watson, Chair, RICS Health & Safety Advisory Group and Senior Project Director, Confluence Management Ltd

1340 Surveying Safely: in the office

Personal and corporate responsibility for property professionals

Legal considerations and duties

Assessing hazards and risks

Property professionals' places of work

Occupational health
Ian Watson, Chair, RICS Health & Safety Advisory Group and Senior Project Director, Confluence Management Ltd

1440 Networking refreshments

1455 RICS Asbestos guidance

What and where is asbestos?

How to manage, work with and remove asbestos
Speakers will include:
Paul Winstone, Director, Watts Group PLC
and other members of the RICS Asbestos Working Group

1520 HSE Asbestos guidance

Recent changes

New Government directives

Obligations and compliance requirements of the Asbestos at Work Regulations
Representative from Health & Safety Executive

1540 Surveying Safely: on site

Visiting premises and sites

Procurement and management of contractors and construction work

The costs of compliance and noncompliance with H & S regulations

Ian Watson, Chair, RICS Health & Safety Advisory Group and Senior Project Director, Confluence Management Ltd

1620 Summing up

Ian Watson, Chair, RICS Health & Safety Advisory Group and Senior Project Director, Confluence Management Ltd

1630 Close of seminar

Prices

Price

VAT

Total

RICS members

£150.00

£30.00

£180.00

Non RICS members

£180.00

£36.00

£216.00

RICS Conferences

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