Posted By POC
HI All,
Is it me or are large consultancies always selling new CDMC positions as everything but CDM Coordinator!!

I am looking for a new position and have been to two interviews with companies that have advertised a job as a H&S Consultant/Advisor - however when all the relevant questions are asked it transpires that the position is CDMC.

If this is the case why dont companies just say this instead of wasting peoples time and efforts - its stressful enough moving new jobs but once you start a job and find out its not what you have been told - everyone is unhappy, no one wins and you have to go looking for a new position again!!!

Posted By Glyn Atkinson
I have been caught up before in a role mis description.

The advertised role was for a H&S manager with the local governemt authority, close to home and an excellent salary, whereas the requirement was for an Occupationally trained professional to go through the workforce and develop a health surveillence scheme along with a doctor in practice back up.

The role needed a Nurse qualification to the RCN level of "G" grade minimum, this not being stated on the job description on the website, or in the job advertisement.

I happen to know via an insider at the council concerned that the "lucky" candidate was given a relocation package from Durham to Lincolnshire and only survived in the job for less than three months, when the HR deaprtment realised what qualifications would be required to do the task legally and successfully.

Oh, yes, I also phoned up about the second advert put in later, as they still hadn't put in any of the Occ health requirements.

Posted By Arran Linton - Smith
Alison,

If you look at paragraph 88 of the CDM ACOP L144, this clearly states that "the CDM co-ordinator can be an individual or a company. They can be appointed independently of any other role on the project team, or they may combine this work with another role, for example, project manager, designer or principal contractor".

I believe it is intended to be a task rather than a job title and it does not matter what we are called. I would rather be identified with my professional role rather than the task that I am undertaking. A similar example is that solicitors who practice in conveyancing are not referred to as conveyancing clerks.