Health and safety role advice
Discussion
Which actual industry will you been in OP? If it's construction related I can maybe advise..
As a graduate role it could be good, H&S is always relevant in the these sort of industries, and the company I work for has a permanent H&S team managing the policies, compliance and whatnot.
I assume as a graduate you'll enter under a training agreement?
As a graduate role it could be good, H&S is always relevant in the these sort of industries, and the company I work for has a permanent H&S team managing the policies, compliance and whatnot.
I assume as a graduate you'll enter under a training agreement?
Salary varies widely, it's a profession with a lot of different roles you can end up in.
Highest paid would be independent consultant, but it sounds like you're a ways off that.
Generally two streams- advisory, or in-house.
Advisory would be anything from telehelp (firms like Peninsula), to the larger consultancy firms. Both have space in their organization for graduates.
In-house is where you're "the safety guy". Other than very large sites, you're likely to be on yer own, or in a very small team.
Advisory will have much more variety, and is great for getting exposure to different industries. In-house is very rewarding, as you're in sole charge (usually)
For technical qualifications, your goals are the same either way:
-you need a formal h&s qualification these days. Initial level doesn't matter, but you should be progressing professionally to degree level. There's plenty without, but if you want to progress, it's essential
-professional certification. In the uk, you should be aiming to go from grad or tech IOSH to CMIOSH.
It's also a profession where extra training can be very useful. Environmental stuff for in-house, auditing (such as ISO45k, ISO14k, etc)
M.
Highest paid would be independent consultant, but it sounds like you're a ways off that.
Generally two streams- advisory, or in-house.
Advisory would be anything from telehelp (firms like Peninsula), to the larger consultancy firms. Both have space in their organization for graduates.
In-house is where you're "the safety guy". Other than very large sites, you're likely to be on yer own, or in a very small team.
Advisory will have much more variety, and is great for getting exposure to different industries. In-house is very rewarding, as you're in sole charge (usually)
For technical qualifications, your goals are the same either way:
-you need a formal h&s qualification these days. Initial level doesn't matter, but you should be progressing professionally to degree level. There's plenty without, but if you want to progress, it's essential
-professional certification. In the uk, you should be aiming to go from grad or tech IOSH to CMIOSH.
It's also a profession where extra training can be very useful. Environmental stuff for in-house, auditing (such as ISO45k, ISO14k, etc)
M.
Do you currently work in an automotive industry - car or other? On the tools or behind a desk?
I ask this because if you have only ever been outside the industry and behind a desk you might not like the job or (don’t know how to say this without it sounding rude) be good at the job. I’ve worked heavy industry for years now and have to deal with health and safety manager a few times, most have fallen into the role rather than wanted to do the role (storeman into site h&s for example) so no real world experience of the work the workforce does so everything looks dangerous. Secondly, because of this attitude you don’t make friends in the company - yes sad as it is it happens. Lastly and this is something that is always forgotten by the h&s department (but did have experience of see by a guy who was training to set up his own h&s consultancy business), h&s does go both ways so looking up to management and forcing them to buy the expensive equipment or change policy to make the work take longer. No one wants to ask what if this goes wrong, how can we make it saver.
Industry is changing and will include metal health and other personal health as were.
I ask this because if you have only ever been outside the industry and behind a desk you might not like the job or (don’t know how to say this without it sounding rude) be good at the job. I’ve worked heavy industry for years now and have to deal with health and safety manager a few times, most have fallen into the role rather than wanted to do the role (storeman into site h&s for example) so no real world experience of the work the workforce does so everything looks dangerous. Secondly, because of this attitude you don’t make friends in the company - yes sad as it is it happens. Lastly and this is something that is always forgotten by the h&s department (but did have experience of see by a guy who was training to set up his own h&s consultancy business), h&s does go both ways so looking up to management and forcing them to buy the expensive equipment or change policy to make the work take longer. No one wants to ask what if this goes wrong, how can we make it saver.
Industry is changing and will include metal health and other personal health as were.
As a graduate/in a graduate role, their first job will be to be "the safety cop"- i.e. audit and apply existing controls and rules. Independent thinking won't be required just yet.
Thinks like making sure someone hasn't cut an access panel into the safety cage, so they can go in while it's running (fatality in elsmere port, for example)
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-merseyside-236...
M.
Thinks like making sure someone hasn't cut an access panel into the safety cage, so they can go in while it's running (fatality in elsmere port, for example)
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-merseyside-236...
M.
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