Following the announcement by the BESA (Building Engineering Services Association) of a major initiative on occupational health (http://bit.ly/1o5YJqQ) in collaboration with the Electrical Contractors' Association (ECA) and Constructing Better Health, leading organisations in the building engineering sector have offered their full support for the survey.

The ‘Occupational Health in Building Services Engineering Survey’ now has six additional industry supporters: The Specialist Engineering Contractors’ Group (SEC Group); The Institution of Occupational Safety and Health’s (IOSH) Construction Group; SELECT (Scotland’s electrical trade association); The Fire and Security Association (FSA) – a specialist group of the ECA; The Joint Industry Board (JIB) and Voltimum (the electrical industry portal).

ECA director of business services, Paul Reeve, said: “We are very pleased that these bodies are supporting our sector-wide occupational health survey. The survey is open to everyone in the sector, and we are particularly inviting responses from senior and operational managers and professionals. The results will provide the information needed to develop a more cost-effective approach to occupational health management.”

In addition, BESA’s technical director Tim Rook said: “We’re really encouraged to see growing support from the industry and good uptake so far for the survey. Health is the next really major issue for the industry to address and we need a baseline starting point.”

The overall survey findings will be shared with key stakeholders across the industry in the second quarter of this year. The occupational health survey, which typically takes five to ten minutes to complete, can be viewed here, and is open until Wednesday April 13.