17.11.03
Michael
Buerk speaks out at WOLCE on health and safety
BBC
news presenter Michael Buerk makes a special appearance at this
year's World of Learning Conference and Exhibition (WOLCE), at the
National Exhibition Centre (NEC) in Birmingham, on 18th November
- principally to raise awareness, among visitors to this event,
of the vital issue of ensuring that the working environment is both
healthy and safe.
Mr
Buerk, who hosts 'Health & Safety - Safety at Work', an online
learning resource produced by BBC Worldwide Learning, part of BBC
Worldwide, the commercial consumer arm of the BBC, will be speaking
at WOLCE about the importance of maintaining a healthy and safe
workplace. He will stress not only organisations' moral and legal
duties relating to health and safety for their employees but also
that accidents cost British firms up to ten per cent of their profits
annually.
BBC
Worldwide Learning's 'Health & Safety - Safety at Work', which
is available on CD-ROM as well as online, is approved by the Institute
of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) and those who successfully
complete the interactive exercises within the programme can be assessed
for IOSH's 'Safety at Work' certificate.
In
eight modules - covering fire, office safety, display screen equipment,
lifting and carrying, hazardous substances, driving, other risks
and security - the programme provides users with key information
and techniques to ensure that workplace life continues safely.
"From
employers' point of view, this resource offers a convenient and
- at some £30 per user - affordable solution to maintaining
health and safety standards in their organisation," commented
BBC Worldwide's Director of Adult Learning, Jonathan Drake. "Users
have all the advantages of online learning - its accessibility,
flexibility and availability - combined with the BBC's high production
values, illustrated by the inclusion of dramatic footage from BBC
television in the programme."
All
of BBC Worldwide Learning's online learning programmes - including
'Health & Safety - Safety at Work' - are 'personalisable', allowing
purchasers to use BBC material to produce programmes tailored to
their special needs.
Notes
to Editors:
Details
of BBC Worldwide Learning's 'Health & Safety - Safety at Work'
- which costs approximately £30 per user - along with other
BBC Worldwide Learning products can be found at www.bbcbusinesslearning.com.
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