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Accessibility statement


We're committed to making our websites and applications accessible to all our users and have an ongoing programme of making useful updates and improvements. We're always happy to receive feedback by email to our Web team or via the helpline:

 +44 (0)116 257 3247

Code

The Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) website has been developed to best practice coding conventions corresponding with guidelines stipulated by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 (WCAG 1.0) and is XHTML 1.0 strict valid. Our site complies with the regulations of the report at the level of AA.

Text size

You can change the text size on this application to make it either larger or smaller via your browser settings. Some browsers will allow you to magnify the whole page. To change the text size, follow the instructions below:

Internet Explorer

  • Click View to open the View menu or press Alt and V
  • Select the Text Size option or select by pressing X
  • Choose your preferred text size using your mouse or use the up and down arrow keys
  • Click to select the size or press Enter
  • The text size should change to reflect your choice
  • To zoom in on the page hold the Control key down and press + until you're happy with the size of the page
  • Zoom out by holding the Control key down and pressing -, or hold Control and 0 to get back to your standard setting

Firefox

  • Click View to open the View menu
  • Select the Text Size option
  • Select Increase or Decrease
  • The text on our site should change to reflect your choice
  • To zoom in on the page hold the Control key down and press + until you're happy with the size of the page
  • Zoom out by holding the Control key down and pressing -, or hold Control and 0 to get back to your standard setting

Safari

  • Click View to open the View menu
  • Click on the Make Text Bigger or Make Text Smaller or to use the keyboard shortcuts select Apple and + (plus) or Apple and - (minus)
  • The text size on our site should change to reflect your choice.

Windows

Some versions of Windows have Accessibility options that will help you change text size and other accessibility options.


Consistent page headings and titles

A consistent heading structure has been used so that page information is compatible with access technology.

Browsers

The following browsers have been tested for compatibility:

  • Internet Explorer (Windows) v8.0, v7.0 and v6.0
  • Firefox (Windows and Mac) v3.0 and v2.0
  • Safari (Mac) v2.0
  • Google Chrome v1.0 

 

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