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Posted By Zoe Barnett
My team is competing to do some work in one of our schools. Last week I went there to have a chat with the head about what we could offer and he showed me the card of one of the contractors the school has approached. I was unfamiliar with the designatory letters after the consultant's name - instead of the usual IOSH or BSC abbreviations there was a string of initials, the only ones of which I can remember were F.Inst.
Is this another way of writing FIOSH? Or could I perhaps be justified in wondering whether the gentleman is strictly speaking a safety specialist?
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Posted By Hazel Harvey
Zoe,
The only designatory letters permitted by IOSH are FIOSH,RSP; FIOSH; MIOSH,RSP; MIOSH; GradOSH and TechSP. Other designations could well relate to other Institutions and may well be genuine but not necessary relevant to OSH practice.
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Posted By Merv Newman
Zoe,
anyone who has F.inst after his name could well be a F.ink
I have no doubt that your presentation was much the most professional.
I keep reminiscing (or is it deliquescing)on this forum - I used to be a SIST, aiming to be a MIST, hoping to become a FIST
Student, Member and Fellow of the Institute of Science Technicians. Does it still exist without me, I wonder ?
Merv
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Posted By Nick Higginson
Zoe
I work for a consultancy and so come across this sort of thing quite often.
Potential clients often show me business cards of H&S Consultants who have offered their "services". Often, there is no mention of IOSH, or even IIRSM (Should I have said "even"? Oh let's not start that again!).
I am amazed how many print their name and then "NEBOSH Certified"!
Kind regards
Nick Higginson BMX BO PMT MInce
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Posted By Peter Lee
Nick,
Perhaps you should be "certified" after that!
I once met a girl who was a BOBFOC....
Body Off Baywatch Face Off Crimewatch.
(I'll get me coat)
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Posted By Arran Linton - Smith
Nick,
I have come across one of those cards with N.E.B.O.S.H.Cert on it.
The person who issuing this card, after seeing my card with FOISH RSP asked me if I had ever had any safety training.
The unfortunate thing was they were being serious.
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Posted By Paul Murphy
I'm not surprised, what's a FOISH??????
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Posted By Arran Linton - Smith
Sorry I mistyped it. It should read FIOSH.
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