http://www.shp4jobs.co.uk/ Worth a look here Michael !

Thank you for the assistance so far everyone. Betta - PM sent. Thanks Michael

If you are looking for jobs in Scotland the best websites are general jobs - www.s1jobs.com -for the NHS www.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/ and for local authority jobs try www.myjobscotland.gov.uk/ Stirling University hosts the Scottish School for Sports Excellence http://www.sports.stir.ac.uk/. Hope this helps.

Hi Mike You want to come to Scotland...from Australia - are you mad?! You have seen the weather we get here right lol?! On a serious note...most of the well paid H&S jobs in Scotland tend to be up in Aberdeen / offshore in the oil industry - they pop up quite regularly on the sites already mentioned. Also, most jobs I've seen advertised recently have also been full time rather than part so I think you'll struggle to find something tbh. I currently work part-time but that's since returning from maternity leave [though basically do the same amount of work but in 3 days instead of the 5 now!]. Freelance work may be available but I would reckon most contracts would also want full time rather than part-time. There may be research positions available at some of the Universities [Strathclyde does the PG Cert and MSc in H&S risk management]. Funding for this may be more difficult to secure and preference may be given to those that have already studied there.. Good luck though!

May be worth contacting OHSAS in Rosyth (www.ohsas.org) - they are a commercial integrated OSH provider, but mainly for the NHS in Perth & Fife areas. At the least, somebody there will have a good understanding of how what you've been doing in Oz is managed in Scotland (Health is devolved here, so things can be a bit different from England or Wales).

There seem to be quite a few H, S & E people coming from Australia to Scotland; I know of three in the last three months. When I asked "Why?" I was referred to this 'diary' of a Pom in Perth...made my day! - apologies about the lack of line spacing, the system seems to keep removing them - August 31st: Just got transferred with work into our new home in Perth!! Now this is a city that knows how to live!! Beautiful sunny days and warm balmy evenings. What a place! I watched the sunset from a deck chair on the veranda. It was beautiful. I've finally found my home. I love it here. September 13th: Really heating up. Got to 30 today. Not a problem. Live in an air-conditioned home, drive an air-conditioned car. What a pleasure to see the sun everyday like this. I'm turning into a sun worshiper. September 30th: Had the backyard landscaped with tropical plants today. Lots of palms and rocks. What a breeze to maintain. No more mowing lawn for me. Another scorcher today, but I love it here. October 10th: The temperature hasn't been below 30 all week. How do people get used to this kind of heat? At least today it's kind of windy though. But getting used to the heat is taking longer that I expected. October 15th: Fell asleep by the pool. Got 3rd degree burns over 60% of my body. Missed 3 days of work. What a dumb thing to do. I learned my lesson though. Got to respect the ol' sun in a climate like this. October 20th: I missed Kitty (our cat) sneaking into the car when I left this morning. By the time I got to the hot car for lunch, Kitty had died and swollen up to the size of a shopping bag and stank up the $3,000 leather upholstery. I told the kids that she ran away. The car now smells like Wiskettes and cat sh*t. I learned my lesson though. No more pets in this heat. October 25th: The wind sucks. It feels like a giant bl**dy blow dryer!! And it's hot as hell. The home air-conditioner is on the blink and the AC repairman charged $200 just to drive over and tell me he needed to order parts. October 30th: Been sleeping outside by the pool for 3 nights now. Bl**dy $450,000 house and we can't even go inside. Why did I ever come here? November 4th: It's 35 degrees. Finally got the ol' air-conditioner fixed today. It cost $500 and gets the temperature down to 25, but this bl**dy humidity makes the house feel like it's about 30. Stupid repairman. I hate this stupid place. November 8th: If another wise **** cracks, "Hot enough for you today?" I'm going to strangle him. Bl**dy heat! By the time I get to work the car's radiator was boiling over, my clothes are soaking wet, and I smell like baked cat!! November 9th: Tried to run some messages after work. Wore shorts, and sat on the black leather seats in the ol' car. I thought my rear was on fire. I lost 2 layers of flesh and all the hair on the back of my legs and my ****. Now my car smells like burnt hair, fried ****, and baked cat. November 10th: The weather report might as well be a bl**dy recording. Hot and sunny. Hot and sunny. Hot and sunny. It's been too hot to do anything for 2 damn months and the weatherman says it might really warm up next week. Doesn't it ever rain in this damn place? Water rationing will be next, so my $2,000 worth of palms just might dry up and blow into the bloody pool. Even the palms can't live in this heat. November 14th: Welcome to HELL!!! Temperature got to 40 today. Now the air-conditioner's gone in my car. The repairman came to fix it and said, "Hot enough for you today?" My wife had to spend the $2,500 house payment to bail me out of jail for assaulting the repairman. Bl**dy Perth. What kind of a sick demented idiot would want to live here? December 1st: WHAT????? Just heard on the T.V. that this is the FIRST DAY of SUMMER!!!!! They are kidding??

thanks risky very funny

Sorry RiskBusiness, the site policy is to hide even asterisked 'language'. However, this piece is easily found on the web, for example here: http://www.pomsinperth.c...topic.php?f=9&t=4273 Moderator team PS: we did think it was funny!