External representatives
Help us to widen our influence
Many of our members represent us on national and international external committees. By working with us as official IOSH representatives, you can champion our vision for a safe and healthy world of work, promote our views and ensure our members are represented at all levels.
Who can represent us?
Members who may already sit on an external committee or would like to get involved with this sort of work.
Benefits
- Backing from the largest health and safety membership organisation in the world.
- More influence within your committee and the wider profession.
- Increased scope to drive the health and safety agenda within your organisation and beyond.
- Practical support from us when you are preparing to address committee meetings.
- Opportunities to share and showcase more widely your organisation’s great work in improving occupational safety and health.
- Inspiring and guiding other occupational safety and health professionals to make similar improvements to their standards.
Ready to be an influencer?
We would love to hear from you if you want to represent us on external committees or would like more information about what's involved.
Resources for external representatives
Please refer to these documents for support in your role.
Our external representation
We have representatives on committees across the range of organisations and industries in this list.
Agriculture
- Farm Safety Partnership (Ireland)
- Forestry sub-group
- Farm Safety Partnership Board (England)
- Transport and machinery safety group
- Health and Safety Executive (HSE) Agricultural Industry Advisory Committee (AIAC)
Construction
- Construction Industry Advisory Network (CONIAN) Tackling Ill Health Together Group
- Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority Construction Forum
- HSE Construction Industry Advisory Network (CONIAN)
- Safe-T-Cert Joint Standards Advisory Panel
- Site Safe Scotland
- Construction Industry Council Health and Safety Panel
- UK Metal Decking Association
Education
- European Network Education and Training in Occupational Safety and Health (ENETOSH)
- International Social Security Association (ISSA) Education and Training Section
- ISSA Special Commission for Prevention
Fire safety
- Fire Sector Federation
Food safety
- HSE Food and Drink Health and Safety Manufacturing Forum
Healthcare
- Safer Needles Network
Occupational safety and health – general
- Council for Work and Health Board
- Capitals Coalition
- Forum for Health and Wellbeing
- Hazards Forum Board, including six groups of interest
- HSE Partnership on Health and Safety in Scotland (PHASS)
- International Commission on Occupational Health, Scientific Committee Accident Prevention (SCAP)
- Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET) Health and Safety Policy Advisory Group
- Process Safety Forum
Occupational safety and health – technical
- British Standards Institution (BSI)
- CH212 (biosafety management)
- HS/1 committee
- MHE/4
- PH4, PH4/11, 12, 13
- PH/9 applied ergonomics committee
- European Committee for Standardization (CEN) Technical Committee 79/WG1
- International Organisation for Standardization (ISO)
- Technical Committee 283 work group (ISO 45001)
- Technical Committee 94/SC15/WG6
- Technical Committee 260/WG15
- Technical Committee 283/ TG8 – occupational safety and health risks arising from climate change
- Technical Committee 283/ TB7 – small organisations
- Technical Committee 283/TG4 – emerging themes in occupational safety and health management
- Technical Committee 283/ TG1 – communications
- Joint Standards Committee for AU/NZS: QR-005 Dependability
- Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) National Occupational Safety and Health Committee (NOSHC)
Parliamentary
- Accident Prevention and Safety Awareness Cross-Party Group (Holyrood)
- All-Party Parliamentary Fire Safety and Rescue Group
- All-Party Parliamentary Group on Occupational Safety and Health (observer)
Rail safety
- Office of Rail and Road (ORR) Railway Industry Health and Safety Advisory Committee (RIHSAC)
- Office of Rail and Road Risk Management Maturity Model (RM3) Board
Research
- Affinity Health at Work Research Consortium
- SAF€RA Research Consortium
- Workingonsafety.net (WOSnet)
- European Safety Training and Evaluation supporting European Mobility (ESTEEM)
- Mental Health Promotion and Intervention in Occupational Settings Project EU Horizon 2020
- National Institute for Health Research – Urgent Public Health Task Group – Aerosol Generating Procedures Task and Finish Group
Respiratory
- Asbestos Network
- Construction Dust Partnership
- HSE Healthy Lung Partnership
- HSE Industry and Regulatory Forum on Local Exhaust Ventilation
- Occupational Lung Disease Consultancy sub-group
Umbrella organisations
- Asia Pacific Occupational Safety and Health Organisation (APOSHO) Occupational Safety and Health Management Committee
- European Network of Safety and Health Professional Organisations (ENSHPO)
- International Network of Safety and Health Practitioner Organisations (INSHPO)
- Professional Organisations in Occupational Safety and Health (POOSH) Scotland
- Events Industry Forum