Posted By Dave Hodgson I would like to take the opportunity to introduce myself. My name is David Hodgson; I am 42 years old and have worked within the Oil & Gas Exploration Industry for 12 years. I am now very keen to expand on my Risk & Safety Management expertise gained as a Vessel Manager running exploration projects. An important part of my role was the management of Health & Safety within the project and Vessel Operations. To that end I received formal training in Hazard/Risk Assessment and Safety Management, and have regular experience of Risk Assessment and Audits, both internal and external. Writing safety cases and procedures; promoting a safety culture and driving that culture forward were part of my responsibility. My role was also customer focussed, meeting with clients to agree specification and requirements. Also during the life of a project I would work closely with client representatives to meet quality and project targets, all within the HSE framework specified by my company and external legislative bodies. I intend to work towards a NEBOSH qualification, initially starting with the General Certificate, and am looking for a start in this industry to build on my experience. I would be very grateful for any advice that would help me to this end, and my CV is available if required. Kind Regards Dave Hodgson

Posted By John Mackessack Hi Dave, If I were you, I would go straight for part 1 of the diploma if at all possible. I have recently done Dip1 and realised in hindsight) that I have wasted time by doing the certificate first. Don't get me wrong, the certificate is a worthy qualification, but frankly, if you are pursuing a good level of competence and professional accreditation, I'd give the certificate a miss. There are/were many of us out there with loads of experience that naively thought that you had to do certificate before the diploma. This is not the case. Good luck in your efforts. John