Health And Safety

Amateur Radio is a relatively safe hobby; we rarely hear of anybody that is injured as a result of a club operating a special event station, let alone someone dying. However, that doesn’t mean that we should be complacent and ignore the legislation that oversees the operation of events and the safety of its participants. It is our responsibility to ensure that, in everything we set out to do as a club, all potential hazards have been identified as follows:

• Identifying hazards
• Deciding who might be harmed and how
• Evaluating the risks and deciding on precautions
• Recording our findings and implementing them
• Regularly reviewing our assessment and updating it as and when required.

This is set out in a RISK assessment. This assessment ensures that we have given time and thought in laying out any potential risk to anyone at our club house, our Field events or any Special events that we may be attending.

We have ensured that we have followed the Guidance from the RSGB when setting up our Health and Safety Documents, as recommended by the Health & Safety Executive.

To clarify matters...

• A hazard is anything that may cause harm; falling antennas, tent guy ropes, an electrical generator, RF power, petrol for refuelling the generator, tools for erecting an antenna mast, etc.
• A risk is the chance (high or low) that somebody could be harmed by these hazards, together with an indication of how serious the harm could be.

Membership

Clubhouse

Events

Insuance

South Derbyshire and Ashby Woulds Amateur Radio Group's insurance cover for events is managed through the RSGB Affiliated Amateur Radio Clubs scheme and details can be found on the RSGB website.