The benefits of BSIF membership for professionals

FOR THE first time BSIF are now asking health and safety professionals/duty holders/category managers/buyers, employers and or employees to become members of BSIF in their own right.

To facilitate this, BSIF have launched a free membership pilot. The Pilot seeks to deliver a structure by which BSIF can engage, embrace and support duty holders and safety professionals / compliance managers in all things in PPE/Safety products.

There is no cost for Pilot membership, during the Pilot we will forge a form of membership that works for you, the BSIF and the wider safety industry within the UK.

The British Safety Industry Federation (BSIF) is the Trade Association for the safety industry and acts as a leading voice for the sector. Set up in 1994 the Federation has some 400 members representing the complete supply chain including manufacturers, importers and distributors of personal protective equipment (PPE) and safety products, through to test houses, certification bodies and specialist safety service providers.

The following give a brief overview of the Pilot membership benefits.

PPE Helpline

The BSIF Members PPE Helpline has been set up to reduce the complexities of PPE & Safety Products and to become the ’Go To’ for information not always easily obtainable in the market place.

The BSIF PPE Helpline is administered by PPE & Safety experts ready to assist with any questions relating to a variety of areas including product queries, standards information and help in understanding compliance of different products.

The pandemic shone a light on the need for people to be able to access free non commercially biased information. BSIF’s new helpline will cover areas such as:

• PPE Regulation 2016/425 
• Respiratory face fit testing 
• PPE EN standards 
• Product/documentation compliance checking 
• Height Safety 
• Non-compliance reporting 
• Membership enquiries/help

ACCESS TO BSIF MAILINGS

BSIF communicate information that keeps you ahead of the curve. Our mailers arrive into your inbox and cover:

• Government updates
• European PPE/Safety Information
• Standard changes
• BSIF member events
• Industry opportunities

BSIF INDUSTRY CAMPAIGNS

BSIF have produced campaigns to raise awareness of H&S issues. They highlight what can happen when personal safety is not taken into account. BSIF want to engage with Pilot members to develop new campaigns and posters to help people avoid hazards that can affect their life now and in the future.

BSIF SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS (SIG’s)

BSIF have a structure of PPE/ Safety product SIGs focusing on all relevant issues within the sector. Working directly with Pilot members we will be introducing a new user group to collaborate and support the existing. The user group will receive pertinent information from the SIG’s and feedback valuable opinion and industry experience.

BSIF QUALIFICATIONS

BSIF Pilot membership gives access to industry courses & qualifications at discounted rates. For example a new publicly recognised qualification for specifiers/buyers of PPE/Safety products. This qualification will help provide the tools needed to procure compliant & safe product. It includes:

• Legal requirements
• Standardisation processes (EN/ISO standards) for PPE/Safety Products
• Market Surveillance
• Safety In the Workplace
• PPE EN standards information

BSIF EVENTS

BSIF will run Pilot member events designed to inform, educate and network. Giving the opportunity to meet with BSIF Economic Operator members from within the supply chain and other HSEQ members and Duty Holder (Pilot) members.

BSi COMMITTEES

BSIF are a nominating body for BSI. We can refer our members directly into BSI PH/Horizonal committees. These committees plug into CEN/ CENELEC/ISO working groups. If you want to get more involved in technical standards in PPE you can do so through a BSIF – Bsi referral.

If the BSIF Pilot Scheme sounds of interest to you please contact us by email to enquiries@bsif.co.uk

For more information: 

www.bsif.co.uk

Tel: 01442 248744