BAE Systems is giving a helping hand to schools and businesses in Cumbria as they examine how they can safely reopen after the COVID-19 lockdown.
Safety, Health and Environment (SHE) professionals from BAE Systems Submarines, in Barrow, are sharing what they have learned about best practice for keeping workplaces COVID-19 secure.
Christian Reeve, Head of SHE Operations and Improvement at the Barrow site, will chair two online advice clinics being organised by Cumbria Local Enterprise Partnership.
Schools are being offered BAE Systems’ help via Cumbria County Council. The first to take up the offer has been Vickerstown School, on Walney, which benefited from an in-depth risk assessment.
Christian said: “Our business prides itself on being at the heart of the community in which we operate.
“We have learned a huge amount about how workplaces can be made safe and it’s absolutely right that our SHE team is now able to share that advice to enable schools and businesses as we move towards resuming normal life.”
Vickerstown School headteacher David Holmes said: “The assessment was very useful. It confirmed that many of the things we already had in place are good practice.
“It was particularly helpful to get a perspective from outside the world of education.”
