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Posted By Phillip Collins
Hi Folks
Could anyone point me in the right direction for working overseas (some place tax free would be nice). I have a background in Safety (Degree in Safety). Experienced auditor and some Training/Assessor specially within Chemical Plant & Power Stations
Any advise would be appreciated thanks Phill
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Posted By Robert Kingston
Phillip, I can point you in the right direction, get to Dover and go straight. Not what you was looking for, but you are heading in the right direction. To be serious, I post often on here for overseas HSE advisors and managers. I don't mind giving people their first chance in what is a difficult area to break in to. If you e-mail me your CV I will look you up next time I have an opening, we are currently operating in West and Central Africa.
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Posted By Darren Bates
Can I have your autograph please.
Sorry, couldn't resist!!!!!
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Posted By Phillip Collins
And there's me thinking this was a serious site for professionals. Got to tell you I hadnt heard that one Darren - well not today (but it is early).
And another clow suggests the pathway to a career is pointing out to sea.
I give up!!
Never mind I guess they will go back to looking at page three of the Sun paper to stimulate their brain or whatever. Heaven help us.
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Posted By Rob T
Phillip,
Purely based on your lack of a sense of humour and the fact that you didn't read the first reply through, I'd suggest that those may be reasons why you are still (and may be for some time)looking for a job!
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Posted By DW
Suppose thats one way to impress a potential employer, by calling them a clown!!
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Posted By Robert Kingston
Phillip, Yes I did start off with a "funny" but if you read the rest of it you will see I offered you advice and a possible opening. The fact that you chose to pick up on the negative, well I guess that is you feeling sorry for yourself. If you need to insult potential employers by calling them a clown, get your spelling right.... it does not look good to a prospective employer when you cannot spell insults correctly. As for reading the Sun, chance would be a fine thing, but here in West Africa we prefer to lay under the sun and not read it. Now where is my copy of Coconut Times.
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Posted By Louis Cooper
Mr Collins
If you get a job with your previous respondee it will be against all odds.
Just a word of warning, I worked overseas as a safety rep in Hawaii and, missing England, I realised that I couldn’t spend another day in paradise. Not even one more night. I suppose, looking back I could feel it coming in the air. So I got a flight straight away to take me home because I was constantly sick of the heat and wishing it would rain down like it does here.
If you are going to work overseas make sure your not of two hearts. Have a good think, because these decisions you can’t hurry, love.
Hope this helps
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Posted By Jeff
Robert
Personally, as a resident of East Anglia, I would always support Harwich rather than Dover and I'm deeply upset by your partisan approach.
Jeff
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Posted By Adrian Clifton Phillip If you on www.shpmags.com and scroll through, you may find what you are looking for. I have seen a vacancy in Bahrain ($66,00). There may be others. Good luck. Adrian
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Posted By Stacey R Collins
Sorry some of the responses you got recently haven't been entirely helpful, Phillip. As one Collins to another, I can suggest a tactic. IOSH has connections with a number of overseas professional associations including ASSE (American Society of Safety Engineers). IOSH can no doubt provide you with contacts for many overseas organisations of health and safety professionals. Some practitioners I know have applied for and obtained membership of those other organisations based on existing IOSH membership, experience and qualifications. As with IOSH, those other organisations are often also very helpful in providing access to Careers Advice and vacancies. I would also advise contacting the embassy or consulate of the country you're proposing to work in to find out about visa's, employment rights and restrictions, immigration policy and some of the cultural and social information you'll need to survive working abroad. The FCO (Foreign and Commonwealth office) are also a very good source of basic advice for British nationals working abroad.
Good luck
Stacey
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Posted By Phillip Collins
I would like to thank you all for taking the effort in posting your comments here. I have had some very useful guidance and will be persuing some options in the near future.
I take your point regarding heat Louis. I have lived in Western Australia for some years and some of the remote mining locations here are extreme. Flies, bordom, heat and dust and thats in the capitol city - Perth - slight exageration there !
Thanks to you too Robert for your comments. You might be pleased to know I have finished with my Psych sessions now, didn't come from a broken home and have even learn to be moderatly happy with my humble life(you are in Safety arnt you? or was it psychology?) I beleive that you will get paid better anyway.
Intestingly my name caught someones attention who I used to work with in Australia (now a Safety Manager in the UK) so it was good to hear from him
Once again thankyou all for your support. Take care Phill
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