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Dale Barton

Healthy and Safety Risk Manager HANDS, NYES

Dale Barton has worked in education for over 30 years and has led the NYES Health and Safety service for over 20 years, he manages the delivery of Health and Safety to over 500 schools. Dale spends most of his time supporting schools to ensure they are the safest possible environment for the staff and pupils acting as each school’s Reg. 7 competent person, advising on all things Health and Safety.

During the COVID 19 pandemic, Dale was an instrumental part of the COVID task force ensuring all schools were kept as safe as possible, he digested the government guidance quickly and translated this into an easy-to-understand format for our schools, as well as producing a new generic risk assessment each time! Dale is the lead Radiation Protection Officer for both North Yorkshire Council and City of York Council.

Dale is NEBOSH Diploma trained, a member of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health, a member of the International Institute of Risk and Safety Management, alongside being a member of the Institute of Fire Safety Managers and a Tiered 2 fire risk assessor on the IFSM Tiered Fire Risk Assessment Register.