The health, safety and welfare of all individuals involved with WorldSkills London 2011 are of vital importance.

Safety is a condition of participation with WorldSkills London 2011 and is everyone's responsibility and shall not be sacrificed for the sake of expediency.

It is our belief that all incidents can be prevented and every effort shall be made to:

• Identify hazards
• Inform all about any potential hazards
• Control or reduce the risk of those hazards in every way possible as far as it is reasonably practicable.

Safety is a shared responsibility of WorldSkills London 2011 and WorldSkills International and its Members, as well as these two organisation's all volunteers, delegates, Experts and Competitors involved in this event have an equal responsibility towards OH&S.

Safety shall be an integral component of Competition activities - together we can create a positive safety culture and ensure a successful Competition throughout, with on-going proven practices.

All individuals involved have the Right to Know; Right to Participate and Right to Refuse and will be expected to fulfill their safety responsibilities and to understand and adhere to the United Kingdom's 'Health and Safety Manual'.

All Workshop Supervisors, Technical Committee Members, Experts, Judges, Competitors, WorldSkills International Organisation Members, WorldSkills London 2011 and all volunteers will abide by the United Kingdom's rules and regulations with regards to Health and Safety and our 'Health and Safety Manual' whilst at Excel.