Events

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Summary: 

This webinar continues our free-to-access series on "Basics in OH". It will cover critical new developments in Respiratory Crystalline Silica and Asbestos control. In addition, it will be recap on key occupational health practices and duties which support prevention and anticipation of harm arising from the two major causes of serious occupational respiratory disease. It will anticipate some developments to keep an eye out for in these areas which will be of interest to occupational health specialists.

Speaker Bio: Jason Hodgkiss, BOHS Honorary Treasurer, Specialist Member of the Faculty of Occupational Hygiene (MFOH(S), Managing Director On Advice Limited

Jason is a Qualified Occupational Hygienist with a specialist interest in Asbestos.

He is currently a member of the BOHS International Engagement Group, a Trustee of the UK Branch of Workplace Health Without Borders (WHWB-UK), and on the advisory committee and communications team for Occupational Hygiene Training Association (OHTA).

Jason has been the Occupational Hygienist on one of the largest construction projects happening in the UK, hopefully making a difference on the ground, and encouraging the Construction Industry contractors to focus, to a greater extent, on worker health protection.  His challenge is to at least get ‘Health’ equal billing to the more immediate and obvious ‘Safety’ in the ‘Health and Safety’ equation.”

Chair: Professor Kaveh Asanati

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FREE WEBINAR

In this webinar Paul Nicholson will discuss 12 works of art that will appear in future issues of Art and Occupation in the journal Occupational Medicine. He will also share plans for a book to be launched in 2025 to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the SOM. The book will include 100 works of art created between the prehistoric and the present (c.5500BCE to 2021).

Speaker:

Paul Nicholson is a Past President of the SOM and a former Honorary Assistant Editor of the Society’s journal Occupational Medicine. He has been writing articles for the Art and Occupation series since October 2017.

Paul trained in occupational medicine in the RAF and with ICI, Chemicals and Polymers. He spent most of his career with P&G, his last job being Associate Medical Director for Global Medical Operations. Before retiring, he was a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (London), the Faculty of Occupational Medicine, the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health and the British Medical Association (BMA). He was elected to the board of the Faculty of Occupational Medicine three times, and was Chair of the BMA Occupational Medicine Committee for 8 years. He was awarded an OBE for services to occupational medicine in 2006.

Chair: tbc

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£200 for SOM Members (please log in on the SOM website first). Non-members £250. There is a maximum of 20 places.

Conducting and interpreting audiograms under CNWR2005 (Reference L108)

Trainer - Melanie Brewster, Clinical Physiologist (Audiology)

For OH technicians and OH nurses undertaking and/or reviewing audiograms conducted under a CNWR 2005 statutory health surveillance programme.

A one-day course (6 hours attendance certificate) with a suggested post course requirement to provide 100 anonymised audiograms and to categorize competently in accordance with L108.

Provides the required technical knowledge for both conducting an accurate audiogram and identifying potential NIHL and / or the requirement to refer to general practice at the point of health surveillance.

4 CPD points accredited by the Faculty of Occupational Medicine (FOM) and SOM Certificate of attendance. Post course certificate of competency if >/80% scored in the post course assessment.

Delegate fee - £200.00 SOM member £250 non SOM member

Duration 4 hours (4 CPD points)

Trainer Melanie Brewster

Clinical Physiologist (Audiology) RCCP 1529, Dip Safety Management, Cert OH Law

Melanie Brewster is an NHS trained Clinical Physiologist specialising in audiology. Alongside private and medico-legal practice she provided the assessment service for the claimants from the NCB and war pension directorate in the early 1990’s and branched out into occupational health in 1996 setting up her own Occupational Health company which specialises in noise. Melanie was instrumental in the 2021 changes in CNWR 2005 guidance and still works in the NHS part time as an external consultant.  

Melanie is an advocate for the correct identification of noise-induced hearing loss and has over 35 years’ experience in interpreting audiograms in industry. She provides specialist Occupational Health risk assessment and reports for employees identified as having hearing loss including advising on the compatibility of hearing aids and hearing protection and the management of safety critical workers with hearing loss.

Melanie has a trainer for many years alongside advising major insurance companies on NIHL claims, validating medico-legal audiograms and several papers published in her subject.

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Registration is now open for Occupational Health 2024, with the theme of “Leading OH into the Future”.  

There are some great speakers covering respiratory, cardiology, neurology, diabetes, travel health, toxicology and leadership issues. View the Day 1 programme here and Day 2 here. Workplace visits to Coca Cola, Translink Rail Engineering, Titanic Distillers and Spirit Aero systems are on the afternoon of June 19th.

The venue location is Titanic Belfast. Hotel information is here.

On the 20th June, there will be a Gala Dinner and Dance held in the Drawing Office One at the Titanic Hotel, where the world’s most famous ocean liners - including Titanic - were designed.

Register here.

Any organisation interested in exhibiting should contact Rebecca at oh@indexcommunications.com