The Sefton Group’s Health and Safety Manager has become the first Isle of Man recipient of a prestigious national award for occupational health and safety.
Julie Joyce was presented this week with her City & Guilds Medal for Excellence for outstanding performance in Level 4 National Vocational Qualification (NVQ) in Occupational Health and Safety Practice.
Having started with The Sefton in 1984, Julie has held a variety of positions during her time with the Group, including several management posts.
Julie explained: ‘I took responsibility for health and safety at The Sefton in 2008 as an integral part of my role as House Manager. I’d recently undertaken the Institute of Occupational Safety and Health Managing Safely course and found I enjoyed the subject and, as a natural advancement, I went on to take the National Examination Board in Occupational Safety and Health National General Certificate, which in turn led to achieving this nationally recognised qualification for occupational safety and health practitioners.
‘The role of health and safety grew to encompass all of the Group’s hotels, cinema and other properties until I took on the role as Group Health and Safety Manager in January 2009.’
She added: ‘The programme entailed completion of 13 units, and each unit comprised of required performance criteria suitably endorsed by appropriate knowledge requirements and measured against industry lead body standards.’
Julie’s assessor, Stan Yellop of Safety Management Services (IoM) Limited, said: ‘The combination of sustained committed effort and continuing enthusiasm in generating the evidence required for each of the units has resulted in Julie achieving the City & Guilds Medal of Excellence. Julie’s portfolio had to undergo rigorous independent assessment, together with third party professional endorsement in order to be considered for the award in the first instance.’
Sefton Group Chief Executive Brett Martin said: ‘We’re delighted for Julie and very proud of her achievements. For the Sefton Group as a whole, her award demonstrates how strong our commitment to health and safety is throughout the organisation.’
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