RESPONSIBILITIES
Overall and final responsibility for health and safety is that of:-
Dr Pauline Farmer
(General Secretary/Treasurer & Acting Retriever Secretary)
In addition, to ensure that health and safety standards are maintained/improved the
following people have responsibility in the following areas:-
Name(s) Responsibility
Dr Pauline
Farmer
Carrying out risk assessments, reporting to the person with overall
responsibility for health and safety, removal of hazard or the
implementation of hazard controls, regular review of procedures
Dr Pauline
Farmer
The arrangements for monitoring the supervision of young people,
developing and maintaining the child protection policy
Mr Robert
Mitchell
First aid personnel/appointed person; first aid boxes and their
replenishment; recording accidents in the accident book; carrying
out accident investigations and reporting injuries, disease and
dangerous occurrences under RIDDOR
Dr Pauline
Farmer
Ensure that appropriate action is taken, i.e. that the police or other
appropriate authority is called, where there is a risk of malevolent
action from anti fieldsports lobbyists. Inform BASC of the activities
of anti fieldsports lobbyists
Dr Pauline
Formalising procedure(s)/protocol for conservation activities (how
people should behave, what PPE should be worn, what to do in an
Farmer emergency and who is responsible for
basic gun safety etc, what to do in an emergency and who is re-
sponsible) and for producing the ‘pre shoot talk’
All members of the Grampian Gundog Club
All those involved with Field Trial activities have legal responsibilities
to take care of the health and safety of themselves and those who
may be affected by what they do, and to co-operate in order to
comply with the law. ALL those involved with the Trial should:-
• Co-operate on health and safety matters.
• Not interfere with anything provided to safeguard health and
safety.
• Take reasonable care of their own health and safety.
• Report all health and safety concerns to an appropriate
person (as detailed in this policy statement).
• Be observant at all times of the risk of malevolent action
from anti fieldsports lobbyists. If anything unusual is
observed, the circumstances should immediately be
reported to:-
Health & Safety Chain of Command
Dr Pauline Farmer has overall responsibility. (Mob: 07967100930)
However, if cannot be contacted then you must contact:
Mr Robert Mitchell (Mob: 07708 928670)