Posted By May Warley Hi everybody Need your opinion. I hv just been a Quality Controller for my organisation for 7 months and yesterday my boss told me that he would eventually pass the H&S responsibilities to me. He told me to look out for relevant courses to take and let him know. The trouble is I don't know which course to go for first. Like all employees in the company, I hv attended our in-house manual handling course. We have our in-house H&S procedures and a policy as well. Should I enrol myself on a part time graduate course at a uni? Thanks in advance.

Posted By Marcus74 Judging you have no H & S experience, maybe you could start with the IOSH Working Safely - Managing Safely course. Info here: http://www.iosh.co.uk/in...go=courses.workingSafely And here: http://www.iosh.co.uk/in...o=courses.managingSafely I did this in house with my company through our Union but im sure its available externally. The course I did was 3 days long and provided a good foundation on which to build on. From there you could move on to The Nebosh General Certificate in Occupational Health & Safety, or equivalent. I chose the BSC level 3 CertOsh course which is pretty much the same as Nebosh Gen Cert but run by the British Safety Council. No particular reason why I picked the BSC it just suited my needs. Im only half way through it though so I can't comment too much but the tutors seem excellent. Info on Nebosh can be found here: http://www.nebosh.org.uk/awardsnew.asp?ID=5 And BSC CertOsh here: http://www.britishsafety...ourses/certosh/index.htm Hope this helps and good luck in your forthcoming H & S role

Posted By Darren J Fraser Start with the Nebosh General Cert or equivalent, the General is hard work ending in two 3 hour exams and a practical, but I believe for someone with no experience it is the most beneficial, my understanding is that NVQ's require evidence from the workplace. However you must choose which is the best option for you, no-one else can decide that for you. Whichever option you choose good luck, visit the forums regularly and you will pick up advice, tips and hints. Welcome to the wonderful world of H&S

Posted By Gareth W Jones May, I have been in the Health and Safety profession for over 12 years, I am also an nvq assessor and verifier, my route was the IOSH managing safely and then the Nebosh general certificate,followed by the nvq level 4 in occupational Health, between these and after I have attended a number of Health and Safety work related courses, I chose the nvq 4 rather than the diploma as I could provide a lot of evidence, which I had collected over the past years. Hope this helps and all the best for your career. Gareth

Posted By May Warley I'm tired of waiting, so I thought I better check the courses out myself. I hv already taken up ISO9001, ISO14001 and Internal Auditor courses with BSI so far. I did all the 'research' myself, with a lot of help fr BSI staff, of course and just passed the POs for my boss to sign. I'm currently updating the Manual Hamdling Assessment and find that I have still got a lot and I mean, a lottttttt to learn about H&S!!!!!

Posted By May Warley I need the Auditing course for the QMS/EMS purposes. My boss is going to pass the H&S role to me eventually after I hv completed relevant courses. Like I said before, I have to look for my own training courses and I must hv probably made mistakes in setting my priorities right.

Posted By May Warley Thanks alot everybody. At least I know which direction I should go. If any of you guys have read my previous posts in this forum, you'll know that I still hv a very long way to go in H&S.