Posted By JT I've been an inspector with the HSE for the past 6 years +, but am considering a move to the 'real world' to broaden my experience and develop my skills as an H&S practitioner. I'd be interested to hear the viewpoints of: a) ex-inspectors who have made the move (positive and negative experiences!) b)those in industry (ie. whether as an ex-inspector I'd be considered too brainwashed to function in the real world!)

Posted By peter gotch JT I did 12 years in HSE, and have been in a multi-disciplinary consultancy for 13 years since. Working in a wide variety of sectors, when I was an Inspector gave me good grounding, expert understanding of H&S law, and vast experience of incident investigation. However, much prefer spending time advising clients as to how they can avoid the accidents and occupational ill health. Now spend very little time on reactive work, except expert witness commissions [including to help the defence to HSE prosecutions!!] If you decide to make the move make sure your CV sets out the range of sectors you have worked with and the breadth of your incident investigation especially any fatals [that are not sub judice]. Good luck. Peter