Senior manager at an East Yorkshire poultry business celebrates success

A member of the Senior Management Team at a Middleton-on-the-Wolds poultry business is celebrating after gaining membership of a health and safety body.

Soanes Poultry's Health, Safety and Procurement Manager, Kevin Holderness has been admitted to the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) as a Technical Member.

Formerly an Affiliate Member of the IOSH, Mr Holderness had to submit his job description and document his workplace experience to gain full membership. He said: "I'm always looking to improve my skills to maintain Soanes Poultry as a safe place of work. Being an IOSH member demonstrates a commitment to improving your Health and Safety professional development and gives you access to regular updates on changes to legislation plus other work-related information."

Mr Holderness's line manager, Simon Rodgers said: "Kevin has worked hard out to gain IOSH membership and thoroughly deserves his success. IOSH membership will add value to the Senior Management Team and to the business as a whole."

The next stage in the IOSH membership hierarchy is Certified Member, which requires two years of CPD and usually a degree-level qualification like a NEBOSH diploma.

In June 2023 Mr Holderness gained a NEBOSH National General Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety.

Soanes Poultry is a family-owned business which has been rearing and preparing chicken since 1947. It employs 120 people and sells its chicken to butchers, independent retailers and restaurants in Yorkshire and to wholesalers and catering butchers nationwide.

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Photo: Kevin Holderness with his IOSH membership certificate Kevin Holderness

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Notes to editors

For more information about Soanes Poultry, please visit www.soanespoultry.co.uk

For more information about IOSH, please visithttps://iosh.com/