Hi

I'm after some advice.

I'm now in my last year in the Army. I have the NEBOSH gen cert and have just completed the fire safety and awaiting the results and fairly confident I have passed. I have booked in to the Environmental management cert and diploma next year as part of my resettlement. I am also hoping to get on a Construction cert course that my unit may be running early next year.
Over the past few years I have done some H & S work at various units both UK based and overseas in a multi national NATO HQ.
With all the courses I have done and got planned is there anything else I should look at doing in the next year. I am also due out mid august next year and still getting paid till end of October.

Thanks will do. I have one more education claim to make which can't till after April.i have a grant to cover 80% of the cost of a course upto a maximum of £2000 so course price upto £2500. Will look at various courses and see if there are any suppliers on the elcas system.

I would join IOSH ASAP in order that you can get your IPD going, lots of employers want IOSH membership.

Sorry that should have read pikeman. Stupid autocorrect

jocky

It looks like you will have a very good, broad base to work from. When I am recruiting that is what I look for. An area I know is busy is around construction waste management.

There is a HUGE largely untapped market there for saving companies money! Once you do the environmental diploma see if you can do something specific to construction waste, just a thought!

If you have not already done so, get on linkedin. There are plenty of groups on there for ex-forces etc. Only last week someone in Gods Own County (Notts) was after an ex-serviceman with NGC for a contract just West of Nottingham.

There aren't many jobs out there, I've been looking for over a year.

I am also ex army and TA with 18 years combined service.

I have 5 nebosh certificates and working on another 2 (construction and IEMA foundation), together with a few other certificates and qualifications, but what most recruiters stipulate is 2-5 years experience in a safety role - I don't have that - and I don't see how to get that.

Jockey as others have said you seem to be doing the right things. I did 12yrs Military and 18yrs Fire Rescue Service (FRS). I have recently left FRS having done MSc in H&S, and 2 NEBOSH Certs. I found that there were plenty of jobs on offer and I got a lot of interviews based on my CV. I set my sights at a level that I felt I should be doing, which is equivalent to doing an apprenticeship. I was offered a couple of jobs, one of which I am doing now. I must admit that the money is not great and the hours are long, but every day I am able to put into practice things I have learnt, whilst also learning new skill. Hopefully this will compliment my existing experiences from both the military and FRS and lead to a bright new future.
It is worth speaking to H&S managers in the fields that you are interested in. I approached a number of different companies and spoke to their H&S mangers, they gave me some sound advice as to what I needed to compliment my existing skill.
I wish you good luck with your move from Army.