Has anyone got any experience of Chilean personnel working as safety advisers in Chile on projects managed from the UK, and therefore required to conform to UK and local standards. I ask this as we have been requested by our client, for a forthcoming contract, to employ locals in certain functions, HSE being one. I believe there will be up front investment, with a UK National spending time in country to mentor the individual. I was just wondering what I could expect as a "base product" should I advertise the role. (There is an expectation that the individual will speak English). I recognise salary amongst other variants will influence the quality. I think I'm just after your general thoughts brought about through your experiences of working in Chile. Thank you in advance Mining not surprisingly is the industry, more specifically exploration.

How did I know that would be the type of answer I would get. What if I was to say the MS is written in English, the employees line manager is English, the employees employing entity will be English, the client will be English, Project Management will be English.... Do you sort of get the gist. The expectation is that the individual will be bi lingual. But you knew that anyway didn't you? Where did I say there would be no respect. Or should my post have spelled out the companies code of business conduct in the small print. How do you think we will communicate to Chilean Miners who all speak Chilean. I take it you haven't worked in Chile but felt compelled to provide a response offering no value whatsoever. Thanks all the same

Chris Thanks for your input. Without wanting to take the thread down the road of English/not English, respect no respect, I lead a team that has contracts throughout the world. I have an Afghanistani HSE adviser in Afghanistan whose only competence when he was recruited was that he spoke a number of the local dialects, as well as English. He works within a team led by a UK National who has invested time into him. The question I'm seeking some input to is, what standard of safety competence could I expect from a local safety adviser in Chile who will lead the HSE team. Is the International NEBOSH certificate prevalent, are the mines in Chile generally managed to US OSHA etc?