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Posted By thebean75
I'm currently employed by a large Anglo Dutch firm(no prizes for guessing)and am looking to make the step,jump! from shopfloor to a postition in health and safety.Unfortunately for me even tho i've joined in in several H&E projects at work my employers seem very reluctant to help me further my career.So heres hoping some one can help answer a few questions.
Should i take any other courses before taking the NEBOSH course?
Would it matter if i was to study full/part time?
How far can i go academically i.e degree/diploma courses?
Should i be thinking about a specific career path or will NEBOSH allow me to chose what i want?
Many thanks and what a informative site
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Posted By Steve Champley
Hi 'thebean',
I think that the IOSH Managing Safely is a good course to cut your teeth on and it will probably set you back around £500 or so for the full week. As for studying full or part time, this is completely up to yourself and employer, I personally found it better to do the Nat Cert in two one week blocks. You can go as far as you like with H&S education and I think that the NEBOSH Diploma Level 6 is the 'norm', however, it is expensive so it may be an idea to listen to all the feedback you get in respect to this. As an asside, the H&S field is one where continual development is a must and any decent empolyer will push you in this direction. The NEBOSH Nat Cert will give you an insite into many aspects of H&S, however, I would not rely on this to decide on a specialist field, get more information and then make an educated decision. What I will say is that if you have decided that H&S is the field for you, keep on plugging away ----- something will turn up and it will be worth all the effort you put into finding it.
Good luck in your quest, Steve
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Posted By Paul Oliver
If your looking for a career in H&S, then the NEBOSH cert is the starting point.
IOSH Managing safley is ok for improving the competence of line managers and those with limited responsibility for H&S.
Local colleges provide the NEBOSH cert for a few hundred quid, so its very good value for money.
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Posted By gham
Bean
Is it your employers as far as the site your working at or are you getting this rejection from the group.... maby you could go a step further in trying to get assisstance
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Posted By Paul Young
Bean
I started out a few years ago in H&S with no qualifications and only a little experience. Over a few years I kept plugging away and gradually getting more and more experience in different area's of H&S in different industries i worked in. I managed to convince one company that i worked for to pay for me to do the Nat Cert which helped me no end. Since then my career in H&S has rocketed....I'm currently a H&S Manager for a Kitchens Manufacturing Company and liking every minute of it. I've also just completed a course in Fire Risk Assessment which is an area that i would like to specialise in.
My advice...get as much experience in as many area's of Health and Safety as you can get in the short term. I guarantee that you will eventually find an area that you will want to specialise in....but be patient.
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Posted By thebean75
Cheers for the response,I,ve just had a indepth meeting with my op's manager and he told me as my job description does'nt require Nebosch the compmany wont pay for me to take the course.I did have some positive feedback off him tho,but i hold my breathe to see what happens.So in a nutshell it looks like i have to go solo as it where,so i've set myself a 2 year masterplan to get trained up.If anyone wants to post any usefull hints or tips that would be great help and i'll be continuing to use this site as a source of help/information.Once again cheers!!!
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Posted By garyh Your can do "Managing Safely" by distance learning using a training compnay called RRC LINK http://www.rrc.co.uk/iosh%20courses.aspx As part of this you do some work based case studies but I can't see you employer refusing! You also need a work place mentor, I believe. If you haven't already join IOSH ASAP Good luck.
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Posted By Paul Patrick Gildernew
If I was in your position i would pay the money to the do the NEBOSH cert.
It was the first course i did when i started out in HS and found it invaluable.
You may not need to do any further study depending on the industry sector you wish to work in.
However,The next step would to be a post grad course such as a PGc or MSC in Safety there a number of universities in the UK offering them via distance learning cost from £ 2000 duration : 2-3 years part time.
You could do a NEBOSH diploma instead but this seems to be less popular due to cost, time and difficulty of exams
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Posted By Joe McCluskey
Dont know how useful this info is but, I took the NEBOSH then the PG cert - and found it a really good route. If you do the manageing safely the NEBOSH cert I think youd'e be wasting cash. NEbosh would be the starter.
JOe
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Posted By Booney
Bean,
I took my general cert at a dedicated college at a cost of about £1100 some 5 years ago. As for using the certificate as a starting point for h & s, I personally found it invaluable and while my employer didn't specifically offer any work, when they were aware that I had the certificate, I started to get more and more involved in h & s to the point where I eventually became their health & safety officer.
I note now that there are a lot of general certificate course providers and prices vary quite considerably (anything from £1100 to £2000) however, I recently found a college in Mansfield that were doing a 1-year course as an evening class for less than £500!!!
If I could offer any advice, I would say take either the general or construction certificate; it can be very intense but it is a real eye-opener and I promise you, you will not get bored!
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