28th April 2006, 02:57 PM
Just to answer Peter's point on costs. I am not able to disclose the costs of the deal we have, suffice to say that it does represent good value for money. We find Target 100 is cost effective, and we share it with other departments within a larger Museum. I am not sure where Peter's figure of five employees comes from; Target 100 website says costs 'less than ?1000...for up to 20 employees', our archaeology team currently has 12 employees.
The Target system is an interactive system of checks with detailed reporting options. We have found it very useful and has saved time and money in producing H&S documentation. It is more than just a manual. However I take your point about specificity to archaeology, we have had to make a number of modifications to the system. Grid pegs I am well aware of having been present in South Yorkshire when the 'man with two arseholes' was himself somewhat modified.
However this is a bit of a red herring. Whether you chose to use an 'off the peg' system like the Target one we have chosen, or the SCAUM manual... or whether you devise your own system from scratch is not the point here. The original theme of this thread was the availability of H&S material to all staff and its usefulness. I think we have achieved this by having individual H&S folders for each member of staff as described earlier.
The Target system is an interactive system of checks with detailed reporting options. We have found it very useful and has saved time and money in producing H&S documentation. It is more than just a manual. However I take your point about specificity to archaeology, we have had to make a number of modifications to the system. Grid pegs I am well aware of having been present in South Yorkshire when the 'man with two arseholes' was himself somewhat modified.
However this is a bit of a red herring. Whether you chose to use an 'off the peg' system like the Target one we have chosen, or the SCAUM manual... or whether you devise your own system from scratch is not the point here. The original theme of this thread was the availability of H&S material to all staff and its usefulness. I think we have achieved this by having individual H&S folders for each member of staff as described earlier.