Can any one quantify the best qualities a CDM coordinator should or could posses?

I think that a good CDMC must; -have the ability to think for themselves -have the bottle to pursue issues that matter, even if they are likely to "cost" -charge enough money to allow them to do the job properly -ask questions when they don't know the answer -Remember that they are there to prevent injury and death

Bob Also the hide of a rhinocerous

Common sense, based upon the strict construction of the term, consist of what people in common would agree on: that which they “sense” as their common natural understanding. Some use the phrase to refer to proposals that – in their opinion – most people would consider prudent and of sound judgement, without reliance on complex knowledge or study. Another meaning is good sense and sound judgement in practical matter. Whatever definition is used, identifying particularly items of knowledge as “common sense” can become difficult. The difficulty found within this use of this term then is that it is aa learnt commodity, not a natural state of being. This is much in the same why as who decides what is in the “public interest” - something which should be a judicial one, not that of a government apparatchik who are the very people who seem to also be imposing upon society the notion of what common sense against the actual definition of common sense. As can be found with the concepts of “fair”, “rigorous”, “robust” and “proportionate” – the latter is always interest given that you need to understand the whole to provide a fraction of it. When we think of how we look at food and everyday living, where is our nation’s common sense when it comes to our health? Over 60% of Britain’s are overweight and the number one cause of death in UK is heart disease? If common sense is contributing to our health problems while lowering our quality of life and causing us to spend more money on treating illness, would it not “make sense” to improve upon our common sense? Upon this basis, it is safe to assume that 6 in 10 practitioner here fit in the obese category, is it then not an moral and ethical paradox for them to preach the values of common sense in a professional field which covers both health and safety, when they aren’t able to demonstrate this within their own life decisions upon their health? Therefore in looking for a more accurate use of common sense, given the arbitrary cut off accepted by modern society to be more or less adulthood, then I think Albert Einstein hit it on the head perfectly: Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age 18. However, he did say this before the advent of RIDDOR so hitting people on the head was significantly much easier to do.