Posted By Dav Philip If i was looking for someone it would be the lack of experience rather than the qualification that would be the biggest barrier. However, character of the person would be one of the biggest factors for me. I have met people who have had no formal qualifications or experience safety wise in construction but because they have excellent people and organisational skills and a drive to suceed they have been a success at their job. A NEBOSH cert can be obtained in a few weeks, the other things i mentioned are not so easy to obtain. I have also met people who have all the qualifications under the sun but were not 'competent' to do their job as they had no idea how to deal with people. Should you bother with the construction cert if you have already started the diploma? I personally probably wouldnt and thats nothing to do with the fact that doing both at the same time sounds like a very difficult ask to me. However, if you had two candidates that were exactly the same in everything else and one had it and one didnt the one with it would get the job.

Posted By PL I've 10 years H & S Experience (DipSHEM and GradIOSH), a further 10 years man management experience (with a good rep) and am currently looking to get into Construction H & S. I keep getting knocked back from both companies and agencies because I haven't got the construction cert. I'm just about to take this too and will let you know if it makes a difference.