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Posted By John Ross
Hi;
I've jsut started on the Nebosh Cert and was after some help with an acronym that need to define!
I've found a few useful sites containing the definitions for the other one's i required but still can not find what AFAIRP stands for!
Any help would be much appreciated.
Cheers
John
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Posted By Paul Leadbetter
John
'As far as is reasonably practicable', also known as 'sfairp' for 'so far as is reasonably practicable'.
Paul
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Posted By Descarte
There is also ALARP - as low as reasonably practical / possible
My favourite but not often used is FUBAR :-)
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Posted By Martin Mulholland
..and we all know what RTFM stands for...
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Posted By Jonathan Breeze
Well, we all know who didn't read the memo now!
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Posted By Jonathan Breeze
From my environmental days, I particularly liked BATNEEC.
I remember many a discussion with management over the true meaning of this and how it should not be confused with CATNIP.
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Posted By Ron Young
I do remember the nautical ROMFT and HOOTROTDCOTUD
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Posted By Andrew Beveridge Have a look at www.businessballs.com for a clear explanation of these and plenty of other info. Regards Andy
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Posted By John Ross
Cheers fot that, had already found CAPNIP and BATNEEC...
Have you done the Nebosh course? and if so, how 'bad' where the Exam's and any top tips..!!!
John
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Posted By Jonathan Breeze Brush up on your general exam technique. Ask your lecturer to cover this in a seperate session if possible. I found it easy, but then I'd just left university and knew all the tricks. There's some fantastic advice on the following thread if you can get past the rhetoric: http://www.iosh.co.uk/in...um=3&thread=19118&page=1
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Posted By Ron Young
It's a manual Jonathan...
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Posted By Jonathan Breeze
D'oh!
Well ask Ron then, he seems to know about the course...
And read the thread.
And talk about it in the Study Support forum.
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Posted By Ron Young
Not too sure what you mean Jonathan but I was (tongue in cheek) referring to your post aluding to a memo, I was merely correcting this to manual. So d'oh yourself and see how you like it...
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Posted By Jonathan Breeze
He, he!
Ron, the conversation had moved on so far since then that I assumed you were referring to the post by John Ross at 13:28.
I therefore reasoned that you knew the course John was studying was distance learning and he had been supplied a manual to assist him.
Hence he couldn't ask the lecturer to cover exam technique in a seperate session with the group.
Assuming all of the above (faulty assumptions though they were), I was d'oh'ing my own suggestion which looked rather foolish if the course was a distance learning one.
Oh the joys of the internet - new ways to spread confusion and misunderstanding!
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Posted By Ron Young
I'm getting very old and am now incapable of keeping up with the youngsters... Have a good rest of the day
Ron
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Posted By K S
SKATE always sticks in my mind, Skill, Knowledge, ability, training and experience = a compatant person
It's all flooding back now!!
PEME - People, Equipment, Materials, Enviroment = Safe system of work
ITTS - Information, Instruction, Training and supervision = ref HSAW act
5 C's = Control, co operation, communication, co odernation, compatance = Organisation/Culture implimentation of H&S
One of the biggest fears for me doing the NEBOSH cert was radiation, (a chemist I am not!!), I still smile now remembering the day this was covered - Distance, shield and time that was it!! The only thing needed to know relating to Radiation and the NEBOSH cert questions, it was a relief I can tell you.
Cheers
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Posted By Robert K Lewis
The seven Ps of planning have not yet appeared!!
Bob
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Posted By Paul
I've got a few of these things floating round in my mind, including:
ERICPD (Used to control hazards -Control Risk - Prevent accidents.)
Eliminate -Reduce by substitution -Isolate -Control -Personal Protection -Discipline
SPAME (Personal factors)
Skill-Personality-Attitude-Motivation-Experience
PEME (Safe systems of work)
People- Equipment- Materials-Envirnmental
AID IM
Assess (the job in hand)
Identify(the hazards)
Develop (a system to control the risk)(ie: ERICPD)
Impliment
Monitor
Oh and another on machine hazards: ENTICE
Entanglement
Nips- inrunning and running
Traps
Impact
Contact or Cutting
Ejection
OK I am getting carried away? Sorry, just got my results back and am a 'Happy Bunny'.
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Posted By Jeffrey Watt
NANE
Never Apologise Never Explain
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Posted By Paul Adams
ROMFT I remember, but what on earth is HOOTROTDCOTUD?
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Posted By Patrick Burns CMIOSH - SpDipEM - MIQA
What about TTFN? Does everyone remember that one?
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Posted By Descarte
Tat Ta For Now
Now for one for the internet generation, there must be some of us on here :-)
ROFLMAO - or if your l33t - R()fL/\/\4()
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Posted By Ron Young
Paul
It's what appeared on daily orders on the day of sailing and stands for, I'm sure you know....
Hands out of the rig of the day clear of the upper deck. Usually preceded by "assume NBCD state 3 condition Yankee"
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Posted By Ken Taylor
From my distant NEBOSH day-release days I can still remember TIT (Task, Individual, Team) and A PIE (Assess, Plan, Implement, Evaluate). In fact, I can also remember the mnemonic for participles of irregular French verbs from schooldays. Whilst mnemonics seem to be very good memory aids, acronyms can prove very confusing when you get too many of them. I can recall having to rewrite emergency planning material evidently produced by militarists in order to render it comprehensible to lesser mortals.
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Posted By Jeffrey Watt
DFR
Jeff
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Posted By Paul Adams
Ron,
Aha, thanks for that. I worked small ships (MW), so things were a bit less formal most of the time.
Up Spirits! (No, I am not old enough to remember that!)
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Posted By Martin Ffitch
Talking of boats...
You can sail closer to the wind than CATNIP (Cheapest Available Technology Not Incurring Prosecution)!
Try CATNAP instead! (Cheapest Available Technology Narrowly Avoiding Prosecution)
But be careful of TAMADRIP (Technology And Managment Attitude Definitely Resulting In Prosecution) - There must be some inspectors out there that have seen this!
However as someone with 22 letters after my name (at the last count!)please don't think that I am suggesting such a course of action!!!
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Posted By Lilian McCartney
How about NAFOF - Never Assume, Find Out First
Helps when you only get partial information
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Posted By John Watson
My favourite (From a recent BBC2 Political comedy) is NMFP, prounoucne nmmfup.
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