Jersey Safety Council: Report and Audited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31st December 2019

STATES OF JERSEY

JERSEY SAFETY COUNCIL: REPORT AND AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2019

Presented to the States on 12th October 2020 by the Minister for Social Security

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The Jersey Safety Council Annual Repo rt 2019

Jersey Safety Council Committee

Mr Paul Richardson  (Chairman; until 3016/2019) Dr Steve Taylor (Chairman; wef Ll7l20l9l Mr Mike Osborne Mr Mike Osborne

Mr Adrian de Gruchy Mr Adrian de Gruchy

Dr Steve Taylor Dr MichaelCash  (wef Llglz0l9l

Mr Simon Boarder (Until 31/10/20191 Mr Bob Matthews lwet LlLllz0lgl

Mrs Tammy Fage (HSl)

The Jersey Safety Council welcomed new members during the course af ZOL9. Mr Simon Boarder resigned after providing valuable service for a number of years. Adverts for vacancies attracted applications from a number of high calibre individuals and Council was pleased to invite Dr Michael Cash and Mr Bob Matthews to join Council. Similarly, Dr Steve Taylor was selected to lead Council following Mr Paul Richardson having reached the end of his third three-year term.

Chairman's Report Summary

2019 saw Council continue to deliver key products requested b.y industry whilst also seeking to both develop new products and to reach out and build relationships with sectors outwith construction.

Council recognises  the importance of engagement  and dialogue about health and safety with business across all sectors and is excited by the progress made on re-launching  JOSHA.

Council also believes that a step change on safety performance can be achieved in Jersey through the development of a culture combining Safety Leadership and Behavioural Safety. Work on this is commencing.

The JSC has had another successful year working in partnership with the Health and Safety lnspectorate raising awareness and understanding to employees and employers.

The Council remains actively in contact with the working population throughout the year via email, website searches, awareness campaigns and delivery of training courses.

zOLg Activity Competence Development

Throughout 2019 the Council continued to provide opportunities for employees to develop their competencies  in a cost-effective and timely manner. ln accordance with the its references and objectives, the Council continues to focus on the provision of courses that would either be impractical or uneconomic  for others to provide and to provide them at just

above a'break even' point.

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The iSAT (Construction) is well established in Jersey as a key test that enables construction workers to demonstrate a solid understanding of basic safety requirements in the industry in Jersey. lt is now widely supported with 128 companies having signed up by year-end, 4,381 delegates having registered and 3,694 having successfully completed the test using 8

registered testing stations.

Following the success of JSAT, Council developed a sister course, JSAT Advanced (Construction),  which is designed for those in supervisory or managerial roles who are responsible for the management of construction sites. This on-line course was launched in Q1 2020.

As part of a drive to encourage basic safety awareness competence  assessment across sectors outwith construction, the Council worked with the Jersey Hospitality Association to identify a suitable existing test and agreed to provide seed funding to promote the course across the

hospitality sector.

Practical Health & Safety Project Coordinator and Applied Design Risk Management Course This is, in essence, a new course with a strong practical emphasis, melding classroom tuition

with a site visit and practical workbook and written assessment.

The course is recognised by the Health and Safety at Work lnspectorate and highlights the best practises developed through the practical application of the Health and Safety

{Management in Construction) (Jersey) Regulations 2016 (MlC 2016) since 2016.

The course is of great benefit to Commercial  Clients, Developers,  Builders, Designers, Architects, Contractors, Principal Contractors and the Health and Safety Project Coordinator

by explaining their respective duties as defined in the regulations, and how to discharge them appropriately.

The Council engaged with an off-lsland training provider to develop and deliver the initial course to 8 individuals  in Q4 2019. The course was very well received and there was sufficient demand to enable a subsequent course to be scheduled for early March 2020.

Website

Following the launch of the new website in September  2018, the Council has continued to use it as a vehicle to support the work of HSI and promote training courses and services of health and safety professionals  across various sectors.

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Following re-printing, this critical Health and Safety tool is now available from both the Health and Safety lnspectorate at Maritime House and SocialSecurity.

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The Council continues to hold a stock of these free handouts which comply with Construction (Jersey) Regulations  2016. These useful toolkits are displayed at Social Services and

distributed  at training courses, the HSI and at JSAT Testing Stations.

This 5s.or { ir:: book, id i n s Fe developed cti *r." il3i:erh;by the Council, enables scaffold inspections to be recorded in accordance with the legal requirements.  This tool is promoted on HSI website, Social Security

concourse and at Maritime House.

Promotion

Council promoted the new JSC website and JSAT in the Future Jersey supplement of December 2018 and January 2019.

The JSC website and JSAT was also promoted in the JEP as part of World Health Day in April 2019.

Financials

The 2019 audited accounts are attached in appendix A.

Key points to note are that:

o The JSAT Basic test generated a steady income stream throughout the year due to continued demand for the test.

o The HSPC course generated  f5,350 income. Whilst the cost of developing and holding the course was in excess of f 14000, it is expected that the development costs will be partially recovered in 2020 and beyond.

a Similarly, the "JSAT expenses" associated with developing the JSAT Advanced test will

be recovered when the test is fully rolled out.

o Administration services have been provided on an hourly basis and delivered a cost saving of 75% on the budgeted costs.

2O2O and Beyond

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information in connection with COVlDlg and the recent COP "Working Safely on Jersey Roads"

The second focus area is to promote a culture of Safety Leadership and Behavioural  Safety. The former will give business leaders the tools to be able to visibly demonstrate that you care

about the wellbeing of your staff. Behavioural Safety aims to develop a culture where individuals not only think about their own actions, but also look out for actions and behaviours of their work colleagues which could, if unchecked, cause harm to themselves  or others. lmplementation  of Safety Leadership and Behaviouralsafety cultures has led to a step change improvement  in safety performance elsewhere  in the world.

Council is also working to re-launch the Jersey Occupational Safety & Health Association; JOSHA was highly successful for a number of years but ceased operations some 3 years ago. Council has built a steering committee comprising representatives  from a number of industry sectors. The launch has been deferred due to COVID19.

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We would like to express our thanks to the Minister for Social Security for her decision to continue to support the work undertaken by Council.

Thanks also go to the Director of the Health and Safety lnspectorate for the advice and support from the Director and her team throughout the year.

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Auditors

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