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Posted By Jane Watts
Who keeps back logs of SHP? If not, how long do you keep yours for? Thinking of chucking a load away as i'm having a clear out.
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Posted By Jonathan Carrick
We keep a year's worth in the office . . . nerdy I expect, but handy for reference, etc.
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Posted By George Wedgwood
Yes but I periodically throw them away - I wish they produced a useful annual index so that I could request an article via the web anytime, and then I would not need to keep any!
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Posted By Jonathan Breeze
I keep a rolling 12 months worth.
Partly for the articles, but mostly for showing the boss how much similar roles are worth at appraisal time.
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Posted By Andy Petrie
The jobs have generally all gone after a month so no point in keeping it
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Posted By Jonathan Breeze
Yes, but having the salaries they command to hand is always a useful bargaining tool.
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Posted By Jane Watts
Hmm, think i'll go with the year and ditch the rest!
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Posted By Steve T.
Jane
I agree that a year is about right. The problem with keeping them longer is that the information within can become outdated so quickly and quoting that can be dangerous.
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Posted By Stuart Nagle
I pass mine, along with copies of New Civil Engineer, each year to the local secondry school who have a young engineers club.
A quick enquiry with local schools (or colleges) will usually elicit a thankful response as their funds are limited...
Stuart
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Posted By Sheila EJ Keogh
I keep them for a year, but rip out anything of particular interest/relevance. Also, now & then in the inside back page, SHP prints a list of all the topics that have been included within the previous year/two-year + period, and I keep this list also (have never so far needed it however!).
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Posted By Mark Talbot
On the same theme of giving them to schools, putting a note on the study support forum might find a good home for them - they are a good resource for students (I used to quote from SHP all the time) it is good to have a discussion source as well as law sources.
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Posted By Peter MacDonald
I've got just over two years supply and use them to stand on when changing light bulbs. Saves me doing daily inspections of the stilts I used to use.
Pete
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Posted By Andy Smart
A rolling year's worth. Seems to be the norm.
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Posted By Robert K Lewis
Peter
Do you think ten years worth would allow for the changing of church light bulbs?
On a more serious note i tend to take them apart after six months and only file and index the bits that I think worth keeping. The file is still quite slim!
Bob
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Posted By sylvia
I can still recall the irritation I felt on seeing an examiners report of my NEBOSH exams way back in 1990 (?). It was cited that a particular question or case had been "well" covered in a Practitioner from some 2 years previous, and should therefore have been common knowledge!! I had little access to SHP at that novice part of my career, paying for my own training too, but relied on reference books and training course notes. I daresay things have changed, and it was only the one question, but you won't find me chucking anything out less that 3 years old . .
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Posted By Stupendous Man
Perhaps SHP would consider offering a reasonably priced annual CD containing all the previous years' articles in .pdf format?
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Posted By Nigel Hammond
I thought the new SHP web site would have back issues but it appears to only have current articles. This would solve the problem.
My own approach is to scan anything of interest and then file the SHP in the loose standing floor mounted filing cabinet. (i.e. The bin!) Mind you, this is not environmentally friendly. I think I might start giving them to schools to help any children and teachers with insomnia.
I'm sorry. I enjoy my job so I think I'm in the correct profession but I find health & safety journals and videos incredibly boring.
Apparently if you expose the SHP magazine to ultraviolet light you can actually see waves of boredom emanating from the magazine.
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