Is your shoot safe?

30 July 2010

 

If your shoot has five or more people working for it at any one time including keepers, beaters and pickers-up, it is a legal requirement to have a written Health and Safety Policy.

Gamekeepers, shoot managers and shoot captains in the South East of England will have a chance to learn about health and safety at an event run by the UK’s largest shooting organisation, the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC).

The event will be held at the Chilton Estate in Buckinghamshire on 17th August. Participants will be helped to assess the day-to-day considerations of running a shoot and be given guidance on welfare and risk reduction and advice.
 
Jenni Thompson, BASC’s regional officer for the South East, said: “As shoots are releasing pheasants and the shooting season is just around the corner it is important to remember that health and safety plays a huge part on the shoot."

"BASC has run a number of events targeting health and safety on the shoot aimed at cutting through the red tape and helping gamekeepers, shoot captains and shoot managers to draw up their health and safety management plans.”

Places cost £20, which includes lunch. To book, phone 01798 865165 or visit www.basc.org.uk

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