Team members at a Driffield poultry business are celebrating the successful completion of a safety management course.
The management team at Soanes Poultry in Middleton on the Wolds invested in the Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) Managing Safely course for nine members of staff, from Team Leaders to Senior Management.
The delegates on the three-day course represented all departments of the business, including farms, lairage, operations, despatch and transport. The course provided essential, practical health and safety skills, focusing on risk assessment, control measures, legal responsibilities, and incident investigation to improve workplace safety performance.
MD Ben Lee is proud of the team’s success: “The course is designed to provide practical, immediate tools for safety management rather than just theoretical knowledge. While health and safety has always been a shared responsibility across the management team, the wider team now has the knowledge and skills to strengthen compliance and further develop a proactive safety culture across every department, alongside our NEBOSH-accredited health and safety manager, Kevin Holderness.”
Delegate Piotr Trzeciak, Operations Liaison Manager, found the course both interesting and useful: “I now feel confident to assess and control risks and have a greater understanding of hazards, responsibilities and using data to measure and improve performance.”
IOSH is the voice of the occupational health and safety profession and supports its members to make the world of work safer and healthier.
Established in 1947, Soanes Poultry sells chicken to butchers and independent retailers throughout Yorkshire and to wholesalers, catering butchers and restaurants nationwide.