Posted By Calogero Gattuso Ladies & Gents. I have posed the question to IOSH can I become TECH SP without a Diploma Pt 1 qualification ? the answer was "NO" Now I am disapointed at this response as I have been a Health & Safety Advisor for 5 yrs in a corporate multinational chemical company and now a Health & Safety Consultant for a PLC company(And kept up to date My CPD for 3 Yrs (but still cannot obtain Tech SP status..)It seems like even if you worked for NASA as a Health & Safety advisor but do not hold a NEBOSH Diploma qualification you still cannot gain Tech SP status... Is this fair? Comments.. Regards..

Posted By Dave Wilson You dont actually say what qualifications in the H&S field you have mate. Not saying this is you but you can set yourself up as a H&S consultant with no h&s qualifications at all! You can also work for anyone employed as a H&S advisor as long as your employer feels that you are 'competent' to do so. Pt1 NEBOSH is only one route to Tech Sp status there are a few others. The problem you have is, I assume, that you do not fulfill the criteria required for this grade which is quite clear, so Do you feel that you fulfil this critera? If not why do you think that you should get Tech Sp status?

Posted By Bill Fisher Calogero Without trying to dampen your enthusiasm I would like to challenge your view of "competence" through some questions. Please be assurred that my aim is to either strengthen your position or at least identify potential gaps (which might be IOSH's point) to enable you to go forward one way or another. My concern is that whilst you have a significant amount of structured experience and on-the-job training you don't demonstrate the certified training to support it. You say that you have NEBOSH Certificate, what other training qualifications do you have? - either safety or technical. Remember "competence" is a suitable mix of training and experience. To fill the apparent gap: "A competant Occpational Hygenist" - beyond the Cert. what other certificated training do you have in the area of Occupational Hygiene? "a qualified Electronics Engineer" - again what certified training? "serving as a foundation governor and mentoring by a BSC Degree, MSC,MIOSH,And has a NEBOSH Diploma Pt 2 as well as 16 yrs experience" - Whilst these add value to experience they have to be balanced against structured, certified training to give a roundness to "competence". If you wish to e-mail me direct rather than posting here I would be happy to give constructive comment. Best wishes Bill

Posted By Peter Lee Sorry it appears it is ten years experience and the NEBOSH Certificate for TechIOSH, my mistake.

Posted By Caroline Ross Calogero, I to have a NEBOSH Certificate which I thought would get my TechSp status but it turns out, that it was my NVQ 3 which got me there. Why don't you go down this line?

Posted By Dave Wilson Calogero, Sorry to put the dampers on this mate, but looking at what 'qulifications' you have, at present you do not, I believe, have the requisite qualifications necessary for this grade. Just because a learned H&S chappie taught you and is your metor etc this counts for nothing buddy. There are loads of people out there who have completed what I would call bit part H&S training which is quite specific for a specific need its the 'overall' domain knowledge which is required. The leap form Cert to Dip 1 is a big one and the grades reflect that. I do agree that there are intellectual people out there with loads of letters after their name who are not good 'hands on people' however they have leaped through the academic hoop, thats probably why you need experience and CPD so that you can prove experience and qulification to progress up the grade structure within IOSH, its the same for tech sp and gradIOSH etc.