HSE Chair, Judith Hackitt CBE to give keynote at WM Factory Health & Maintenance Conference

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Taking place on 5 June at the Heritage Motor Centre, Gaydon, WM's Factory Health & Maintenance Conference 2014 will tackle the safe implementation of factory maintenance tasks head-on and help you stay on the right side of the law and identify and deploy maintenance best practice in your factory.

A keynote speech to given by chair of the Health and Safety Executive, Judith Hackitt CBE, will set the scene for the Conference which will then go on to cover topics including: maintenance operator safety; organised maintenance and design for safety; outsourced maintenance; occupational risk prevention; Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 (PUWER); efficient maintenance operations; and maintenance and CI: the path to excellence. Effective maintenance is essential to a plant's productivity, quality and competitiveness. Employers and managers also have a legal duty of care to provide a safe working environment and to ensure safe working procedures for their maintenance teams and the protection of employees. The WM Factory Health & Maintenance Conference on 5 June will cover all these issues and more making it a must attend event for anyone responsible for factory maintenance, health & safety and HR. Cost for a place at this one-day conference is £195 (+VAT), with an early bird rate of just £175 (+VAT) for bookings before 30 April. Extra discounts are also available for IPlantE members. To find out more about the event and to book your place, visit the website at: www.maintenance-conference.co.uk