Posted By jmc Hi Could anyone explain why in recent phone interviews employers are asking what impact cdm-07 has on the construction industry. Do health & safety advisers need to know cdm inside-out. Surely you look any info required up as you would in a normal h&s situation you were not sure about. We cant Know everything. Any responce`s would be appreciated JMC

Posted By Arran Linton - Smith Jmc, Interviewers often ask open type questions in order in order to explore your knowledge around a certain subject area. In my experience this process usually evokes a better response from the candidate and often these question show that the candidate understands that they have a much better understanding of the subject than they first thought. Some of the best candidates that I have interviewed for construction related roles have never worked within construction.

Posted By Chris D I guess if you work in construction you should be able to give a decent answer to this question, clients responsibilities etc, but if your in manufacturing its irrevalant i suppose?

Posted By Arran Linton - Smith Chris, What impact cdm-07 has on the construction industry? In other words this question could be asking the interviewee to demonstrate that they can 'think outside the box'. In other words a good answer could be.....Although arguably I cannot see any significant changes to the CDM regulations, these changes have made the construction industry sit up and review how they manage their Construction, Design and management arrangements. Someone already working within the construction industry could easily get drawn into providing an answer which could have come out of a textbook that they have missed the object of this question.

Posted By jmc Hi Thank You all for Your responce`s As I have been looking over the CDM regs I believe That the construction industry will be safer due to the new regs. As appointing the cdm co-ordinator early may identify safety issues with design and can be rectified/changed Also saving on the overall budget. thanks again JMC

Posted By jmc Hi kevin Thanks very much for your lead I`ll read through hopefully it will help me understand cdm more JMC