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February/March 2012 www.esb.ie/em
UCD Certificate in Safety and Health at Work 2011
ESB HAS A proud tradition in setting Safety and Health as core values. The knowledge and competence of our staff and managers is key to assuring the highest standards of safety and health are applied at work.
UCD has provided a course leading to the Certificate in Safety and Health at Work qualification since 1994. This foundation in Occupational Safety and Health has provided many ESB staff and managers from different disciplines in the organisation with a sound appreciation of health and safety principles. These good practices have been transferred successfully to their own work environments. Since 1996 when the ESB intensive course first started a total of 359 ESB staff and managers have successfully participated in it.
The course consists of 10 days tuition from January to March, assigned projects for each module and a multi-choice exam in May.
During 2011, 25 ESB staff and managers successfully completed the UCD Certificates in Safety and Health and Work. Dr. Anne Drummond, Director of the Centre for Safety and Health at Work, UCD presented certificates to the successful candidates at a ceremony in ESB Head Office Conference Centre on Monday December 12th. Also in attendance to recognise their achievement were Sustainability and HR Executive Director John Campion, Services and Electric Ireland Executive Director Brid Horan, ESB Networks Projects Manager Padraig O’Hicheadha, UCD Centre for Safety and Health at Work Manager David O’Dwyer, UCD Certificate Course Administrator Anna Noble, Networks Safety and Health Services Manager Gus Connolly, Generation Operations Training Manager Adrian Carroll, Services and Electric Ireland Safety and Health Manager Jim Murphy, Corporate Safety Health and Wellbeing Coordinator Ronan Collier and the partners of the successful candidates.
The course graduates were William Carrigan, Francis Coyne, Kevin Crowe, Fintan Cudden, Joseph Garvey, Colum Grogan, Richard Hackett, John Hatch, James Healy, Joseph Kiernan, Richard King, Patrick Lelas, Brendan Markey, Ailish McKay Moorhouse, Peter Morgan, George O’Driscoll, Dominic O’Brien, Niamh O’Driscoll, Kenneth Patterson, George Quinn, William Reidy, Eimear Roche, Ciaran Smith, Pat Smith and Stephen Tracey.
The 2012 course has begun with another 21 ESB staff and managers having already completed their first week in UCD in January. We wish them every success with their studies.
We are grateful to our own staff who organise and present at the course each year.
If you would like to know more about this course please contact any of the following: Gus Connolly, Adrian Carroll, George O’Driscoll or Ronan Collier.
Schools Sustainability Tour Programme gains momentum
AS PART OF the Schools Sustainability Tour launched at the end of 2011, two ESB ecars staff, Deirdre Arthur and James Lally, visited the Mercy College in Coolock. Deirdre is a past pupil of Mercy College and she was warmly welcomed on her return, with the visit bringing back many happy memories of the time she spent there.
“I thoroughly enjoyed the experience of meeting the children, seeing their enthusiasm for the ecar and learning about the sustainability initiatives that they are involved in. This was all the more meaningful, as it was the school I had attended some years ago,” explained Deirdre.
The aim of the Schools Sustainability Tour is to encourage Corporate Centre staff to visit primary schools in their locality and give a presentation on topics related to sustainabilty and to demonstrate an electric car. In Coolock, the pupils were very excited about the electric car that was displayed in the school yard and everyone had an opportunity to sit inside and see how it was charged.
If you would like to get involved in the Schools Programme there is a toolbox of resources to support staff interested in participating. The toolbox includes an interactive DVD presentation and a quiz, a Frequently Asked Questions document, ecar brochures and videos, as well as the use of an ecar for visits, depending on the school’s location.
If you are interested in taking part in the Schools Sustainability Tour Programme please contact: sustainability@esb.ie
ELECTRIC IRELAND UNVEILED AS TITLE SPONSOR OF FIH OLYMPIC QUALIFYING TOURNAMENT
THE OLYMPIC countdown continues for the Men’s Irish hockey team as they prepare for the Electric Ireland FIH Road to London tournament, the only direct Olympic Qualifying tournament taking place in Ireland across any discipline and brings six nations together to battle it out for one spot in the London 2012 Olympics.
Electric Ireland has been long term supporters of Irish Hockey through their sponsorship of the national women’s hockey team. Sponsorship of this Olympics Qualification Tournament in UCD in March fits with Electric Ireland’s sponsorship of Team Ireland for the London Olympics.
Chief Executive of the Irish Hockey Association Angus Kirkland was thrilled to be working with Electric Ireland once again. “Electric Ireland has been superb sponsors of Hockey over the last number of years. The fact that they are now extending their involvement with Hockey and their recent sponsorship of Team Ireland for the Olympics is testament to their commitment to sport,” he said.
“We are looking forward to staging this prestigious event with Electric Ireland at our side and both our National sides, are working hard towards their goal of qualifying for the London Games and to be a part of Team Ireland this summer,” he added.
Brid Horan, Executive Director, Electric Ireland said, “Electric Ireland is delighted to sponsor this important tournament given it is the only direct Olympic qualifying tournament taking place in Ireland. We feel it is a good addition to our sponsorship of Team Ireland for the London Olympics and this event will certainly add to the growing excitement around the Olympics. We wish all the players the best in the tournament and obviously we are fully behind our Irish team.”
Participating Teams:
Korea
Malaysia
Ireland
Russia
Chile
Ukraine
Match Schedule: Saturday 10 March 2012
12:00 Malaysia v Chile
14:30 Ireland v Russia
17:00 Korea v Ukraine
Sunday 11 March 2012
12.30 Malaysia v Russia
15:00 Ukraine v Ireland
17:30 Korea v Chile
Tuesday 13 March 2012
13.00 Ukraine v Malaysia
15:30 Russia v Chile
18.00 Ireland v Korea
Thursday 15 March 2012
13:00 Russia v Ukraine
15:30 Malaysia v Korea
18:00 Chile v Ireland
Saturday 17 March 2012
10:00 Korea v Russia
12.30 Chile v Ukraine
15:00 Ireland v Malaysia
Sunday 18 March 2012
11:00 5th in Pool v 6th in Pool
13:30 3rd in Pool v 4th in Pool
16:00 1st in Pool v 2nd in Pool
