Hi All I've my first interview coming up soon for a she advisor for a electricity supply company,the work would involve the laying of new high voltage cables & powerlines any advice on typical Q&A's I might be asked? Warm Regards Linezy.

Hi Linezy Power companies have mature standards for e.g. High Voltage working so that most of the risk profile is contractors. HSE have just amended one of their definitions of sectors in stats from "Electricity, gas, steam and hot water supply" to "Extractive and utility supply", so your potential employer now lumped in with mining, etc etc, so much more difficult to benchmark generation/tranmission operations against contracting. But 2008/09 RIDDOR-reported figures for employees Construction Fatal 33 (53 if include self-employed), Major Injuries 3286 Over 3 day 6789 Electricity, gas etc F 2 MI 138 Over 3 day 363 All RIDDOR reported per 100,000 employed Construction 787.5, Utilities 566.3 Historic HSE research indicates much greater underreporting in construction (approx 50%) than in utilities (approx 20%). Do a google for RR771 "Identifying the incidence of electricity-related accidents in Great Britain". Free download from HSE website. + Shows faraday cage. if not familiar, check out HSG47 re underground services, DTp code of practice on streetworks (the baby brother of "Chapter 8", work at height regs for pylons, consider how to get workforce to any remote locations and how to accommodate them. Do some research into the thorny question of the risks from EMFs. Get up to speed on Construction Better Health. Have a look at the pros and cons of behavioral (with or with a u) safety. See recent thread about this. and as freelance says check out the company. Probably lots about their approach to health and safety. That's lots of bedtime reading. Good luck.

The responses so far have focused on the electrical hazards. Is it possible that a potential employer may be interested to see whether a candidate can see the wider picture? Think also about how people get to the job, how materials get there, how and where the work is done, who else may be affected and how, environmental issues (your title says SHE), including environmental risks to individuals as well as risks to the environment. Good luck and please report back if you are successful.