We are glad to welcome PSC as the 90th Member of the ENETOSH network, which now covers 37 countries worldwide.
Pakistan Safety Council under supervision Society of Occupational Health & Safety Professionals was established in the year 2011, and is registered with Government of Pakistan. PSC-SOHSP is to make the Occupational Health Safety training and related programs adaptable, demand based, need oriented and effective in terms of cost-benefit analysis. The health and safety programs are conducted with required involvement and participation of stakeholders and its management team.
PSC-SOHSP is guided and operated with reference to the relevant and applicable Health and Safety laws and regulations and has an association with health and safety professionals in different regions.
The organization is working to promote the safer working environments by promoting the awareness and providing trainings to avoid illness, injuries and accidents, which may occur at the workplaces or work environment.
PSC-SOHSP believes that safer working environment provides benefits, not only to the employees but it also enhances productivity of an organization and ultimately contributes in the economy's growth. Safer working environment also plays a significant role in terms of employees’ job satisfaction, lowering production cost, meeting targets and increasing profitability.
More information in our member's area or on the PSC website.

The deadline for "Images of wellbeing", a competition by the British Safety Council for both moving and static images, aimed at workers with an interest in design and design students, has been prolonged to 19 October.
The competition is encouraging people to explore static posters and the evolving field of moving image posters. It is free to enter and there will be an exhibition.
Submissions from those under 21 years and those 21 and over will have their own prize awards. More information on the website.

Essential Skills and OHS Training: A guide to embedding an essential skills curriculum within an OHS training program provides an overview of the process involved in modifying the curriculum of an existing occupational health and safety (OHS) training program in order to address gaps in essential skills among worker trainees. Essential skills are the foundation for learning all other skills, and include reading, writing, numeracy, document use and more.
The guide was developed through a research collaboration among the Institute for Work & Health, Blueprint ADE, Labourers' International Union of North America (LIUNA) Local 506 Training Centre, Infrastructure Health & Safety Association, Social Research and Demonstration Corporation, SkillPlan, and experts in the design of essential skills curriculum.
Learn more about the guide and download it on the website of the Institute for Work & Health.

The Global Public-Private Knowledge Sharing Platform on Skills for Employment (Global KSP) aims to help strengthen the links between education and training to productive and decent work by sharing approaches, knowledge and experiences that governments, employers, workers and international organizations have found effective in addressing these issues of common concern across the world.
Initiated by the International Labour Organization (ILO), the Global Public-Private Knowledge Sharing Platform on Skills for Employment benefits from the support and collaboration of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the World Bank.
This collaborative platform pools the relevant knowledge products on skills for employment of each of the partner organizations. And it provides an unprecedented opportunity to enhance the exchange of ideas and experiences among policymakers, the private sector, TVET institutions, academic institutions, bilateral agencies, and other international organizations that have experience using skills development to improve employability and productivity, and who are interested in learning from others’ experience.
www.skillsforemployment.org