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Archives for January 2024

Help to Showcase the Glass and Glazing Industry at a Building Our Skills Career Fair: 50 Careers in One Day

Events, Members News, News, Training |

The GGF are pleased to be able to offer our full, committed support to Building Our Skills – Making Fenestration, Glass and Glazing a Career of Choice and their campaign to successfully take our industry to the education sector, as the starting point for creating a workforce of tomorrow.

In March 2024 Building Our Skills (BOS) will host two dedicated industry careers fairs for the education sector as a part of National Careers Week, designed to showcase the extensive range of career options in the Fenestration, Glass and Glazing industry. Working in conjunction with South Yorkshire and Greater Manchester Combined Education Authorities to bring these two events to fruition, with the target audience being school age children 14+.

The Aims

The aim of these fairs is to introduce the industry to over 1,000 school children over the course of the two events. If successful, these two regional events will be hosted annually enabling BOS to keep in touch with attendees as they get closer to thinking about their career choices.

Showcasing the Industry Together

Accordingly, exhibitors will be highlighting the following values in the build up to, and on the day of the events:

  • As a truly diverse industry open to everybody
  • The industry as being aware of and committed to its environmental responsibilities
  • Supportive of training, qualifications and career progression
  • Leading the way in terms of innovation and the use of technology

You can read further information by clicking on the button below,

Building Our Skills Flipbook

You Can Get Involved Too!

In partnership with industry experts and collaborators, Building Our Skills intend to showcase 50 distinct career options that are available within the Fenestration, Glass and Glazing industry.

The two events will be at the Barnsley FC Oakwell Stadium on 5th March 2024 and at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester on 7th March. The events will be open 9am.

There’s no cost to be an ‘exhibitor’ at these events. Ideally, industry colleagues will come together to help showcase the industry as an outstanding place for young people to forge a career. We’re asking employers to give up their time and energy now, to help attract and benefit from a new workforce in years to come.

If you’d like to get involved, please click the button below to complete the very simple expression of interest form.

Building Our Skills

Alternatively, please email Building Our Skills at sayhello@buildingourskills.co.uk or phone us on 0114 553 6066.

You can ring Mark Handley directly on 07860 844296 or email him via markhandley@buildingourskills.co.uk.

New HSE Campaign: Your Legal Duty to Manage Asbestos

Health, Safety and Environment, Members News, News |

With approximately 5,000 work-related deaths per year due to previous exposure to asbestos, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) want to alert businesses of the dangers of asbestos and remind them of their legal duty to manage the risks.

Asbestos is a material used in thousands of building products from the 1950s until 1985, before being fully banned in 1999. It can still be found in a large number of buildings built or refurbished before the year 2000.

While asbestos that has been disturbed or damaged can pose a serious risk to health, asbestos that is left alone and is in good condition isn’t dangerous.

The new campaign targets dutyholders under the control of asbestos regulations and is intended to make sure that workers and others are protected.

Who are the dutyholders?

The dutyholder could be the building owner, the landlord for the premises, the business owner, or the person or organisation with clear responsibility for the building’s maintenance or repair.

Who’s affected?

Anyone who works in a building built or refurbished before the year 2000, or those whose work may lead to exposure to asbestos. This could include:

– Tradespeople (e.g. plumbers, plasterers, electricians or engineers).

– Staff who work in the building, or visitors to the building.

– Family members of people who have been in contact with asbestos (who can be affected by dust brought home on clothes).

What Do You Need to Do?

There are responsibilities on both the dutyholder of the building and anyone who may come into contact with asbestos as part of their work (e.g. tradespeople). Dutyholders in control of a premises will also need to comply with the recommendations of their asbestos survey, including any management and monitoring requirements.

To read further information on dutyholder responsibilities, please visit our Partner Citations website by clicking here.

Some Handy Resources

If you’re a Health & Safety client, we have some useful resources in Atlas for you:

Please also check out the new resources the HSE has released as part of the “Asbestos: Your Duty” campaign here.

Got any questions?

If you would like more information or support, Health & Safety clients can call Citation’s 24/7 advice line and speak to one of their experts on 0345 844 4848.

Brand New Training Course on the GGF Training Academy: Regulation 14 Training

Members News, News, Training |

This course is delivered in two parts with a 4 hour classroom based session in Milton Keynes, followed by assessment.

Course Description

The purpose of the course is to provide knowledge needed to understand the requirements for safety glass in buildings with particular emphasis given to Regulation 14 of the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992, leading to how to identify the possible need for the application of safety film and safety glass and how to carry out a Regulation 14 survey.

The Course Covers:

• Introduction to Architectural Glass
• Glass & Safety Glass
• Understanding Glass Markings
• Understanding Markings for Applied Safety Film
• Brief Overview of Regulations
• Responsibilities for Glass in Buildings
• Testing and Measuring Equipment
• How to Conduct a Glazing Survey
• Other useful references needed to succeed

Who is the Course For?

The course is for those who want to understand the need for safety glass, and marking of safety glass in a range of locations and the requirements under the Workplace Regulations 1992. Those who complete the course would then be able to carry out on site inspections of glass and provide relevant information in regards to its risk.

The course costs £155.00 + VAT, and to book or find out more, please contact us on 020 3026 4165, or email us at training@ggf.org.uk

Throughout the whole of March, we’re offering a 10% discount on remote courses via the GGF Training Academy! Simply use code: remote10 at checkout to start learning at a discounted rate.

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