The British Safety Council, a registered charity founded by James Tye in 1957, is one of the world's leading

health and safety Occupational safety and health (OSH), also commonly referred to as occupational health and safety (OHS), occupational health, or occupational safety, is a multidisciplinary field concerned with the safety, health, and welfare of people at wo ...

organisations alongside the likes of

Institution of Occupational Safety and Health The Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) is a global organisation for health and safety professionals, based in UK. Structure IOSH is the chartered professional body for health and safety in the workplace. It acts as a champion, ...

and

International Institute of Risk & Safety Management The International Institute of Risk & Safety Management (IIRSM) is a non-profit professional organization for occupational health and safety practitioners worldwide, based in the United Kingdom. It provides education, training, advice, resources ...

. The British Safety Council covers a variety of health and safety issues such as occupational health and safety, construction health and safety, environmental sustainability, COSHH, risk assessment, fire safety and environmental management. Unlike these the council's members are mostly companies. Safety practitioners the world over use the services and training they provide. The

London London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary dow ...

-based charity provides training in over 50 countries. The British Safety Council is also a partner in the development of the

Occupational Safety and Health Consultants Register The Occupational Safety and Health Consultants Register (OSHCR) is a public register of UK-based health and safety advice consultants, set up to assist UK employers and business owners with general advice on workplace health and safety issues. T ...

scheme (OSHCR), a centrally held register of registered health and safety consultants within the United Kingdom.

The British Safety Council as a government awarding body

The British Safety Council is a government-regulated awarding body that complies with a wide range of conditions set by the regulator so that rigor and consistency in the awarding of qualifications is maintained. They are a UK awarding body that provide a complete suite of health and safety qualifications from Entry Level to Level 6 in the national framework. They provide qualifications from international organizations, including

NEBOSH The National Examination Board in Occupational Safety and Health (NEBOSH ( )) is a UK-based examination board offering qualifications and courses in health, safety, environment and well-being management. It was founded in 1979 and has charita ...

, IEMA and IOSH.

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