Risk assessments are a legal obligation for all businesses. If you have five or more employees then the findings must be recorded in writing. The creation, review and updating of risk assessments is a huge burden to businesses. Most health & safety prosecutions include charges relating to risk assessment and recent legislation in the form of the Health & Safety Offences and Penalties Act 2008. Also, the sentencing guidelines issued by the High Court as part of two recent Appeal Cases have increased penalties for health and safety offences.

Are you fully aware of your legal obligations?

Are you recording risk assessment data accurately enough to remain compliant?

We would like to invite you to this lunchtime seminar, hosted by leading law firm Burness and technology specialists eSquiggles. The seminar will outline the legislative framework surrounding risk assessment, the steps required for legal compliance and the consequences of failure. Attendees will also gain an insight into how technology can improve your data collection, enhance management reporting and help achieve legislative compliance.

Relevant for: individuals with building management, facilities management, health & safety, environmental and legionella risk assessment responsibilities.

Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technologies are used for automatic identification and data capture covering a wide range of industries from manufacturing, warehousing and distribution, healthcare security and the Offshore Industry. This one-day seminar/workshop will look at the RFID technologies that are available today and the potential future product developments.

Whilst there are many high-volume applications for electronic ticket, passport or security purposes, RFID technologies are also being widely deployed across many industries for asset management, tracking and control solutions. These solutions are now applicable to a much wider range of businesses and the number and range of RFID technologies are growing each year as companies realise the benefits of using them to improve manufacturing efficiency, manage assets and save time and money.

ITF and EDTC Technology Gateway will take a proactive stance in helping the output from this workshop become a reality.

The confrenece will draw together clinicians, IT, Academia, Informatics, developers and industry from across Scotland and the wider UK and Europe.