Posted By Trevor Anstey I have 5 years experience in manufacturing & engineering H&S (NEBOSH Dip) & had planned to move into construction in the future Impending redundency may be a good career move. Can anyone advise the best way of transferring into this field? I have no formal construction experience except for labouring many years ago. Are there any courses which are mandatory to get onto site? Any advice on the best route would be appreciated

Posted By Jay Joshi I am not too sure you need to complete the NEBOSH Construction certificate as with your NEBOSH Diploma you have should have covered most of the contents, unless you feel the need for a "refresher". Instead, you may be better off doing the CITB site safety course as that deals more with the details of the site construction processes and safety. However, nothing is better than first hand experience. You could use your local IOSH Branch and network with fellow construction professionals and try to get some work experience. Simultaneously you could increase/refresh you construction safety knowledge by referring to CIP's Construction Health & Safety CD ROM :- http://www.cip-books.com/products.aspx?pid=1270 or CITB's Construction Site Safety - Health, Safety and Environmental Information 2009 Manual & CD-ROM Package http://www.cskills.org/s...ndex.aspx?productid=3590