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Event name:	IOSH Presidents Address - Branch Meeting
Location:	K2 Crawley, Pease Pottage Hill, Crawley. RH11 9BQ
Date/Time:	07/12/2010 19:00:00
End Date/Time:	07/12/2010 21:00:00
Organised by:	South Downs Branch
Event type:	Branch Meeting

The meeting tonight will be going ahead. The weather conditions have turned out not as bad as first thought. We look forward to seeing you all this evening.

Overview

Steve Granger IOSH President Elect (currently) is returning to his roots and will be taking the podium once again in his new role of IOSH President. No doubt he will be explaining what his plans are for his term in office.

What's in it for me?

Steve is a very competent speaker and always worth turning out for.

Who should attend?

All health and safety practitioners.

Speakers

Steve Granger from Midhurst, West Sussex, IOSH President of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH), which has over 35,000 members in 85 countries worldwide.

Steve, who is the director of his own health and safety consultancy, The Granger Partnership, is a Chartered Member of IOSH. He said of his election:

“It’s obviously a massive honour to have been elected as President Elect of a body like IOSH, and I hope that I’ll be able to play my part in helping to keep people free from harm in workplaces, not just in the UK, but worldwide.

“Health and safety is about keeping workplaces free from harm and ill-health. Around 200 people are killed, 136,000 suffer terrible injuries and over 2 million have debilitating illnesses from unnecessary accidents and incidents in the workplace. That’s why health and safety is something that needs to be taken seriously, not ridiculed.”

Steve added:

“Health and safety is something many organisations get wrong because they fail to get the expert advice they need. They assume its all “common sense”, or something they don’t really have to bother about. It’s only when something goes wrong, that they realise how important health and safety actually is. It prevents lives being destroyed.”

During his three-year stint on the IOSH presidential team, Steve said his intentions are to “help demonstrate the value of health and safety professionals and the advice they give”.

“I want to show that the newspaper headlines about health and safety professionals being killjoys are not true,” Steve said, adding: “Professional health and safety advice is critical to a well-run, profitable business which people actually want to work for.”

Steve began his career by joining the Royal Navy aged 18, and it was this that gave him an insight into the management and maintenance of industrial plant, machinery and electrical systems, refrigeration, pressurised systems, hazardous fluid handling, emergency procedures and fire prevention, all of which have been critical to the development of his career.

In 1991, Steve joined Water Training International (WTI) as a safety training officer, before joining Highbury College in Portsmouth in 1993 as a lecturer in occupational safety and health. His career then took him to Chichester District Council in 2000 as facilities, safety and health and business continuity manager, where he managed a team of 24 staff.

Steve Granger with Badger Steve was the founding chairman of the IOSH South Downs Branch, is a curriculum manager for health and safety training at the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) and is a moderator and examinations marker for the National Examinations Board for Occupational Safety and Health (NEBOSH).

Away from the workplace, Steve is married to Carol and has an active interest in wildlife and is a member of a Badger Protection Group, regularly undertaking wildlife and conservation work. With his wife, he owns and runs an organic shop. He also enjoys skiing, windsurfing and motorcycling.