Posted By Tony Gibson Jason I don't know if this helps! A friend of mine gained Tech Spec status without an employment record, as such. He worked occasionally with me on the projects to which I was assigned but was not 'employed' as a safety officer at this time. He had gained experience of risk assessment, training and some limited report writing skills. He had the Nebosh general and construction certificates and his application was largely subject to verification by IOSH via his 'sponser'.He has since gone on to employment within the construction industry. Regards Tony Gibson MIOSH

Posted By Hazel Harvey A general requirement for progression into the TechSP category, as well as the academic requirement, is two years pro rata expereince in health and safety issues. This does not necessarily mean that someone in this grade has to be employed as a full-time safety officer or similar. Particularly with the TUC qualification, most people coming to IOSH for membership are not full-time, as they are safety reps. This effectively means that someone involved in safety duties for say approximately 50% of their time, would need to have four years experience. This can be acquired both before and after gaining the qualification, so we do find most people with the TUC Certificate have sufficient experience when they apply. Currently 132 people have progressed to TechSP membership with the TUC Certificate, which is something both IOSH and TUC are pleased to see. Many of these people are now progressing with higher level qualifictions with the expectation of progressing into full-time safety positions.