Elf and safety innit...

[Mich the Tester]

You lot have got me reading the Daily Wail now.

Apparently coastguards must now fill in an elf and safety form before going out on rescues;
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[DimPrawn]

Don't be ridiculous. The Daily Mail just make that tulip up.

[thelace]

It's nuggets like this that give my profession a bad name

The type that want to cover backs, ensure the paperwork is ship shape and proper.

There is a certain amount of risk implied in the job when working for any of the emergency services. For boats and especially helecopters and planes, there will already be checklists that you must complete, devised by people who know their job that can be executed efficiently prior to setting off on their rescue. The elf and safety policeman should let the professionals get on with their job, working with them to iron out the riskier elements of the role where appropriate and focusing at all times on the end purpose, saving the lives of people in distress!

[ratewhore]

It's nuggets like this that give my profession a bad name

The type that want to cover backs, ensure the paperwork is ship shape and proper.

There is a certain amount of risk implied in the job when working for any of the emergency services. For boats and especially helecopters and planes, there will already be checklists that you must complete, devised by people who know their job that can be executed efficiently prior to setting off on their rescue. The elf and safety policeman should let the professionals get on with their job, working with them to iron out the riskier elements of the role where appropriate and focusing at all times on the end purpose, saving the lives of people in distress!

I remember during my military basic training we had a H & S brief before commencing PT. The instructor pointed out that the jump mat represented a trip hazard. Since then I've had absolutely no time for the H & S brigade as it is my experience they are a bunch of muppets stating the bleedin obvious.

Sorry thelace but there you go. Go and get a proper job.

[Mich the Tester]

It's nuggets like this that give my profession a bad name

To be fair they’re to be found in any profession or trade. Testers who sell Clients BS methodologies and expensive but non-profitable test tools just to stick a few semi-permanent consultants on seats at inflated rates. I’ve learnt to recognise them quickly and avoid them like the plague.

[Bagpuss]

I remember during my military basic training we had a H & S brief before commencing PT. The instructor pointed out that the jump mat represented a trip hazard. Since then I've had absolutely no time for the H & S brigade as it is my experience they are a bunch of muppets stating the bleedin obvious.

Sorry thelace but there you go. Go and get a proper job.

And why do they (companies/organisations/councils) have to state the obvious? Could it by all the opportunistic abulance chasing no win no fee personal injury lawyers and compensation culture in "not my fault mate you didn't warn me of the hazzard" Britain.

[AlfredJPruffock]

The Daily Mail - you have to admire they way they pander to the prejudices of Middle England.

[oracleslave]

Don't be ridiculous. The Daily Mail just make that tulip up.

No sign of a coastguards houseprice anywhere in that article. Is it definitely from the Mail

[TimberWolf]

I remember during my military basic training we had a H & S brief before commencing PT. The instructor pointed out that the jump mat represented a trip hazard. Since then I've had absolutely no time for the H & S brigade as it is my experience they are a bunch of muppets stating the bleedin obvious.

Sorry thelace but there you go. Go and get a proper job.

Mats appear to be problematic for the elderly. Someone laid a couple on the ground floor lobby to protect the carpet here and at the first AGM it transpired that every single one of the elderly women had tripped up on them, so we got shot of them. The mats that is.

[Bagpuss]

No sign of a coastguards houseprice anywhere in that article. Is it definitely from the Mail

boat prices