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present a one-day conference on

Electrical Safety Seminar for ‘Duty Holders’

held on

Friday, 25th April 2008
at

THE CONFERENCE CENTRE,
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Trust, Wrightington Hospital,
Hall Lane, Appley Bridge, Near Wigan

The NEW 17th Edition Wiring Regulations – What’s new?

If you are designated a ‘Duty Holder’ or you are responsible for electrical safety at one or more sites then you cannot afford to take any chances.  This seminar aims to give delegates a better understanding of the elements of the new 17th Edition Wiring Regulations that are necessary to provide an electrically safe working environment for their own staff, contractors and visitors to their premises.  It is also intended to clearly identify the significant changes from the previous edition of the Wiring Regulations.

The seminar speakers, all highly experienced in the field of electrical safety, will be presenting their views on the Electricity at Work Regulations 1989, the changes in the 17th Edition Regulations and how it will affect the duty holder, the role of the Health & Safety Executive in the enforcement of current legislation, insurance issues, how to defend your position, the levels of competence required in electrical installation and electrical maintenance as well as the need to implement electrical safety programmes in order to satisfy the demands of the law.

This seminar is a ‘must see’ for ‘DUTY HOLDERS,’ effectively individuals who must comply with the Electricity at Work Regulations 1989 in respect of matters within their control, or any manager or employee who may be nominated for that role and how the 17th Edition Wiring Regulations should be applied.

Stay safe. Stay legal. Stay in control.

THIS IS AN ESSENTIAL CONFERENCE FOR MANAGERS AND RESPONSIBLE PERSONS WHO HAVE BEEN NOMINATED TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS.
THIS COURSE WILL BE OF SPECIAL INTEREST TO CHIEF EXECUTIVES – MANAGERS - SENIOR ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING STAFF – RESPONSIBLE PERSONS

WE ARE EXPECTING THIS CONFERENCE TO BE EXTREMELY POPULAR.
PLEASE RESERVE YOUR PLACE EARLY!

The cost of attending the conference is £100.00 per person.  This includes attendance at the conference, course handouts, coffee/tea/bacon roll on arrival, mid morning coffee/tea and a two course buffet lunch.

PROGRAMME

9.00 am  Registration. Coffee/Tea/Bacon Roll

9.30 am  WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION

Chairman – Howard Jackson
(Chairman of the Estates TAG)
Assistant Director – Estates Operations, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

9.50 am THE ELECTRICITY AT WORK REGULATIONS 1989

An overview and how they can affect you

Presenter – Ernie Walker
Chartered Electrical Engineer and former Senior Electrical Inspector for the HSE

10.50 am  Morning Coffee / Tea

11.10 am THE 17TH EDITION WIRING REGULATIONS – WHAT’S NEW?

Presenter – Chris Johnston
Senior Electrical Tutor and Chief Examinations Officer

12.10 am INSURING THE WORKPLACE

Presenter – Douglas Dale,
Senior Technical Liability Manager, AXA Insurance

12.45 pm  BUFFET LUNCH

1.45 pm   THE NEW CORPORATE MANSLAUGHTER AND CORPORATE HOMICIDE ACTS 2007

An overview and how they can affect you

Presenter – John Quick
Group Managing Director, NECTA

2.15 pm   DUTY HOLDERS’ – PRACTICALLY DISCHARGING YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES

Presenter – Ian Carnell
Managing Director, NECTA

2.45 pm  INFORMAL QUESTION & ANSWER SESSION WITH THE SPEAKERS

3.30 pm CLOSE OF CONFERENCE

SAFE JOURNEY HOME

Please Note - Although every attempt will be made to adhere to the published programme, the TAG reserves the right to make changes to the speakers or programme should this be necessary

ABOUT THE SPEAKERS

HOWARD JACKSON
Chairman of the Estates TAG and Assistant Director – Estates Operations, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Howard is Facilities Manager for Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.  He has been employed in the Health Services since 1974.  Howard is a member of both the Chartered Management Institute and British Institute of Facilities Management and is registered with the Engineering Council.  He is the Chairman of the Northern NHS Estates Training Advisory Group and is also an active member of the Northern NHS Facilities Management Training Advisory Group and member of the Professional Advisory Group.

ERNIE WALKER Dip.EE, C.Eng, MIEE, MIOSH
Electrical Consultant

A former Senior Electrical Inspector for the HSE, Ernie Walker is an Electrical Consultant with a long and distinguished career in and around the electrical industry. He now divides his time between providing technical and safety consultancy and lecturing on Health & Safety law, electrical safety and machine safety.

CHRIS JOHNSTON
Senior Electrical Tutor and Chief  Examinations Officer

Chris is a Senior Electrical Tutor for The National Electrical Certification and Training Alliance Limited (NECTA). He is the head of NECTA’s internal verification team for examinations and assessments and also Chief Examinations Officer for City & Guilds.

DOUGLAS DALE
Senior Technical Liability Manager, AXA Insurance

Douglas Dale is a Senior Technical Liability Manager for AXA Insurance, one of the world’s largest insurers with more than 50 million customers across the globe. He has a wealth of experience as an engineer and manager in the heavy engineering and engineering construction industries. In recent years he has been employed in the insurance industry, providing advice and guidance on risk management to AXA’s U.K. Head Office Commercial Underwriting function.

JOHN QUICK
Group Managing Director, The National Electrical Certification and Training Alliance Limited (NECTA)

John has been in the Electrical Industry for over 35 years and joined the Lowe Group as it was called then as Group Managing Director in 1999.  In that time he has worked closely with Ian Carnall and his team in advising Blue Chip clients and major end-users in meeting their legal obligations in the matter of workplace safety.  He has lectured throughout the country on this and other related subjects and has represented clients in HSE investigations, helping devise corrective and preventive action programmes.

IAN CARNALL I.Eng, MIIET (Elec)
Managing Director, NECTA

Ian is the Managing Director of The National Electrical Certification and Training Alliance Ltd (NECTA).  This organisation provides comprehensive electrical inspection and testing programmes as well as a wide range of electrical training courses and safe working procedures to numerous organisations across the UK.

Further Information

VENUE:
THE CONFERENCE CENTRE,
LONG DRAWING ROOM,
WRIGHTINGTON, WIGAN AND LEIGH NHS TRUST,
WRIGHTINGTON HOSPITAL, HALL LANE,
APPLEY BRIDGE, NEAR WIGAN

Wrightington Hospital is located ½ mile from Junction 27 of the M6 on the A5209 towards Parbold.