Bitsize training: key changes to HHSRS guidance

Overview

A summary of the changes to the range of Hazards within the HHSRS.  Understanding the revised likelihood and harm outcome tables of Representative Scale Points and Banding of Hazards.

A guide to the updated Hazard Profiles within Part 2 and Part 3 of the Operating Guidance
Changes to the Enforcement Guidance and the application of Financial penalties for Category 1 Hazards

Learning objectives

  • Understanding the types of asbestos and its health effects 
  • Explore the occurrence of asbestos in domestic premises
  • An overview of the legislation and guidance notes
  • Learn how to safely treat or remove asbestos

Why should you attend:

  • To understand implications of the updated Operating Guidance for completing assessments
  • To appreciate the additional tools provided in the Hazard Profiles
  • To understand changes to the Enforcement Guidance, with particular reference to the use of Financial Penalties for Category 1 Hazards

Who should attend:

  • Private Sector Housing enforcement officers and property managers with previous experience of using and applying the HHSRS

CPD: 2 hours

John Easey

John Easey, Environmental Health Practitioner 

John has worked in the field of housing standards for the last 20+ years, both in private practice providing consultancy, survey and training services, and more recently as an enforcement officer within local authority private sector housing teams. He has also been a member of the English Housing Survey team since 2001 and has used the HHSRS in survey work from 2002.

He has been involved in training local authority and housing association officers on the provisions of the Housing Act 2004, either through the various initial government funded training schemes or by direct commission from clients, since the mid-2000s.

He recently retired from his part time role in a local authority as a senior private sector housing officer with responsibilities including general complaints, HMO licensing and enforcement, caravan site licensing, DFGs, and the development of policy and procedures, to concentrate on his housing consultancy practice and on training provision.

Date

Time

Venue

Online, Zoom

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Price

CIEH member: £59
CIEH Associate member: £59
CIEH Affiliate member: £119
Non-member: £119
CIEH student member: £119

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