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I work for a major insurance broker where my role includes carrying out risk surveys (property and liability) and advising clients on risk management, health and safety and food safety.
I previously worked as a Chef in the RAF for 23 years before being made redundant in 1996. Did a bit of self employment delivering basic food safety and health and safety courses and then moved into in food manufacturing - working with Turkeys and Smash Potato (but not at the same time!!) whilst working towards NEBOSH Part 1 and then latterly to the full Diploma. A second redundancy led me to this role which I love.
Ran the London Marathon twice, aged 49 and 53 and done battle with the Queen of mean on the Weakest Link.
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Oh yeah, teach food safety too
funny post earlier on - saying that everyone on this thread could be a walter mitty. Why would I do that if you do not know who I am? I know that seems a double negative but ask anyone, I am a real person, not an international woman of mystery....
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I take offence at your 'Everyone could be Walter Mitty' comments Martin:
I work for a multi-national lingerie and swimwear supplier as fire safety/security officer. I carry out fire safety services at photographic studios mid shoot, plus risk assessments at five star hotels across the world, and carry out a range of close protection work for the models whilst on location.
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In-house HS&E, Manufacturing - Historically (and longest) food, now components.
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Health and safety manager > in house > construction
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Ive had a reall good go at H&S people for football stadiums(Away Grounds) as I wanted to take my Drum into the ground to get the rest of the fans going but I was refused many times on the grounds of health and safety. When I questioned them as to what health & safety is being put at risk by allowing me into ground with my small drum - Tom Tom (Not Big Bass) they couldnt or wouldnt answer - Just said it was policy! When I told them I played at Blackpool and had carried out a risk assesmsent on it and the risk was miniscule. He just quoted policy!
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Steveeckersley wrote:In House - NHS Facilities safety manager (Nurse advisor)
Ive had a reall good go at H&S people for football stadiums(Away Grounds) as I wanted to take my Drum into the ground to get the rest of the fans going but I was refused many times on the grounds of health and safety. When I questioned them as to what health & safety is being put at risk by allowing me into ground with my small drum - Tom Tom (Not Big Bass) they couldnt or wouldnt answer - Just said it was policy! When I told them I played at Blackpool and had carried out a risk assesmsent on it and the risk was miniscule. He just quoted policy! To be fair, if you sat near me banging it, it would be a risk ;) Health & Safety Manager (only 3 of us in total) covering UK depots and one Irish Site. Manufacturing and Construction.
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Steveeckersley wrote:In House - NHS Facilities safety manager (Nurse advisor)
Ive had a reall good go at H&S people for football stadiums(Away Grounds) as I wanted to take my Drum into the ground to get the rest of the fans going but I was refused many times on the grounds of health and safety. When I questioned them as to what health & safety is being put at risk by allowing me into ground with my small drum - Tom Tom (Not Big Bass) they couldnt or wouldnt answer - Just said it was policy! When I told them I played at Blackpool and had carried out a risk assesmsent on it and the risk was miniscule. He just quoted policy! Your not a Donkey Lasher are you? ;0)
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I am a health and safety advisor on the outside, but I am really a footballer worth millions of pounds, I am married to a super model and own a string of hotels, I come to this country every now and again, but spend the rest of my life living it up. I have also starred in numerous Bond films and I am only 21.
As if anyone would bother making things up about themselves on thses pages.
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On a serious note, I gather most people use a different name as not to be identified by an employer and not because they don't want to be identified to each other. When attending branch meetings why not share your IOSH name so at least we can put faces to the names, this may break down barriers during discussions on the pages as you might be able to identify personalities with replies.
The merseyside branch meeting at Aigburth Cricket Club could be a starting point if anyones interested.
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On the other hand it could end in a mass brawl.
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In response to Invictus's suggestion I guess that some of us would prefer that forum users do not wear badges with their forum names/pseudonyms if and when they attend IOSH network meetings. Surely part of the fun and mystery of such meetings is wondering if any of the others present are fellow forum users! However, if there is a trend to using such badges, there is always scope for people to be deceptive by displaying names other than their real forum pseudonyms... pseudonymous pseudonyms I suppose! I might even invent a pseudonym for myself such as "thread dredger".
Also rumour has it that some of the responses to this thread are considered to be worthy contenders for this year's Carnegie Prize for Contemporary Fiction... but then a prize of that name might also be just a fiction, a figment of someone's imagination! :-)
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On the other hand, I wonder if you could guess who's who by observing at said event? I'm sure we've all built up a mental image of what forum contributors look like, it would be comical to see how close or far from reality these assumptions are!!
Graham, as a starter for ten, I imagine you with a pink mohican, 6' 4" and a bone through your nose (no offence mind!) :)
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SP900308 - No offence taken by me regarding your imagination of what I look like. In fact, it prompts a suggestion for forum users wishing to wear forum pseudonym badges at IOSH meetings to go in disguise! Some might even consider cross-dressing if this is feasible. I got rid of my beard a few years ago so it's possible that a good wig, reasonable make-up and appropriate padding for me might fool most or all people if only I could remember to maintain a suitably falsetto voice. However, it would be prudent to check first that going to IOSH meetings in disguise doesn't breach any part of the IOSH Code of Conduct.
If disguises and cross-dressing are feasible and permitted I might consider displaying 'Clairel' on my pseudonym badge...but perhaps not as this would clash with her claim earlier in this thread to be an "International woman of mystery" However, just think, if several or more people at a meeting had badges with 'Clairel', it might help to perpetuate her mystery status! :-)
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Clairel wrote:rich777 wrote:
If not what is your line of business?
International woman of mystery. Me too! Imagine the coincidence... Self-employed consultant having turned to the dark side after 23 years in-house in the manufacturing industry.
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Invictus wrote:On a serious note, I gather most people use a different name as not to be identified by an employer and not because they don't want to be identified to each other. When attending branch meetings why not share your IOSH name so at least we can put faces to the names, this may break down barriers during discussions on the pages as you might be able to identify personalities with replies.
The merseyside branch meeting at Aigburth Cricket Club could be a starting point if anyones interested. Mine is just an extended version of Hall... I'm not even an IOSH member yet as work won't pay until i pass my next course...which will be next year hopefully. Aigburth you say, maybe i should pop along to one. Live in city centre and work in the glorious metropolis of Kirkby ;)
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Specialist co-ordinator for the German military. Changing times and interesting future...
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Graham Bullough wrote:
If disguises and cross-dressing are feasible and permitted I might consider displaying 'Clairel' on my pseudonym badge...but perhaps not as this would clash with her claim earlier in this thread to be an "International woman of mystery" However, just think, if several or more people at a meeting had badges with 'Clairel', it might help to perpetuate her mystery status! :-)
I am Clairel..... ....no, I am Clairel.... .....no, I am Clairel..... None of you are Clairel. She is just a figment of your imagination. She was never here. You will forget this conversation and not remember me. This email will self destruct in.....5.......4.......3........
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H&S Consultant and trainer. Soon to be H&S Manager for large countrywide furniture retail company - wish me luck ............
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Jake wrote:rich777 wrote:Hi guys thanks for the prompt replies.
I asked the OP because I detect in some replies to posts a lack of understanding in health and safety matters which causes me concern if those reading the posts take what has been said as the gospel truth.
I wondered what the repercussions would be?
Rich None, as this is simply a discussion forum. This has been subject to great debate before. I agree with Jake ,
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Senior tester for floorslip.co.uk > Post slip forensics> expert witness for multiple 'No win-No fee' personal injury lawyers (Just beaten Asda in Court - result !!) > flooring tester and risk assessor for whoever hires us.......off to the Bluewater shopping centre today to do just that
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How can any of you be Clairel, I thought she had gone to live on her own island away from people, like a hermit. Where she is free to mow the lawn bare foot and ride her bike down volcano’s without over protective H&S bods trying to interfere.
She inspired me to see how much an island would cost and they are not as bad as you may think. More money than I have, but still not that bad.
I would obviously make sure my island had at least one other island between myself and Clairel in order for her to maintain her privacy.
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FloorTester wrote:Senior tester for floorslip.co.uk > Post slip forensics> expert witness for multiple 'No win-No fee' personal injury lawyers (Just beaten Asda in Court - result !!) > flooring tester and risk assessor for whoever hires us.......off to the Bluewater shopping centre today to do just that Interesting - advertising your wears for 'no win no fee' lawyers on this forum IMO is not the best advertisement for your company - many of my colleagues on here work very hard to protect both their employees and employers to suffer the constant disappointment these people bring to our profession and workplace. Again, to then name a company! Not a good idea once again IMO. Of course you have ever right to feel a sense of pride in a successful piece of work you have achieved but it’s a public forum so I'll say my piece. DP
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DP - like button pressed.
Chris 42 - I like the island idea, is there one available that has mountains tall enough to have lots of fluffy white stuff at the top?
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Hally wrote:Invictus wrote:On a serious note, I gather most people use a different name as not to be identified by an employer and not because they don't want to be identified to each other. When attending branch meetings why not share your IOSH name so at least we can put faces to the names, this may break down barriers during discussions on the pages as you might be able to identify personalities with replies.
The merseyside branch meeting at Aigburth Cricket Club could be a starting point if anyones interested. Mine is just an extended version of Hall... I'm not even an IOSH member yet as work won't pay until i pass my next course...which will be next year hopefully. Aigburth you say, maybe i should pop along to one. Live in city centre and work in the glorious metropolis of Kirkby ;) Hally, the Aigburth meeting is on the 14th although you have to book but none members are welcome, Steve Rotheram is the speaker talking about Hillsbourough so should be interesting.
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FloorTester wrote:Senior tester for floorslip.co.uk > Post slip forensics> expert witness for multiple 'No win-No fee' personal injury lawyers (Just beaten Asda in Court - result !!) > flooring tester and risk assessor for whoever hires us.......off to the Bluewater shopping centre today to do just that As an employee of a retailer I feel urged to respond to your comment. I'll set aside my potential bias of opinion in relation to no-win-no-fee lawyers but must make the point that it's bad form to name and shame a company (not sure if what you posted is publically available?) and to gloat about such matters. It's like myself or others bragging about getting a personal injury claim thrown out on a technicality etc. It's not in the spirit of what we're all trying to achieve and it's just antagonistic.
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I'll be at Aigburth Cricket Club next week too
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Flysafe
Not sure about mountains with cloud cover, but there is one called “Lagoon Caye” which is 14 acres in Belize and is one million US dollars (£623,500). You can get smaller ones of about an acre for sixty thousand US dollars, but of course they don’t have their own lagoon.
PS Caye means low elevation sandy Island
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Thanks Chris 42, the fluffy white stuff I am after is powder snow. A helicopter landing pad, a helicopter and a pilot would also be useful so I can be whisked repeatedly to the top.
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chris42 - In view of predicted significant rises in sea level due to global warming/climate change it seems prudent to advise seekers of islands to think carefully about acquiring low elevation ones with names incorprorating 'Caye' !
Like flysafe I'd much rather have an island with high rugged mountains for walking and scrambling and perhaps ski-ing in winter. Am not too bothered about having a helicopter and pilot, etc. as I couldn't afford them. In fact I couldn't afford to buy the sort of island I'd like, so I'll just continue with visiting such islands off the west coast of Scotland. Unfortunately snow doesn't stay long on their mountains because of warmth from the Gulf Stream.
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Hey you lot get off my desert islands! Can't have you lot perving on me in my small white bikini with stringbag for collecting shells.
Of course I have different islands for different needs. Bikini island. Ski island. And mountain bike island. One can't have too many islands!
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Agreed Clairel, mine's a large Talisker.
Have a great weekend all.
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Graham you have destroyed my dream, that was the only thing keeping me going today!
I don't know if you noticed but the island we are currently on has been a tad waterlogged recently, so all things being equal I'd rather be on a warm one.
O yeah, by the way my earlier post on being unemployed is technically not correct according to the tv the last two days. Apparently I'm a layabout scrounger who can't get out of bed in the morning as my neighbours do. Which is odd as I get up between 6 and 7 every day regardless of not working, which is sometimes before my neighbours.
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I am Spartacus.......
(In house Safety & part time slave revolutionary)
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