Posted By Phillip Collins Hi Folks Could anyone point me in the right direction for working overseas (some place tax free would be nice). I have a background in Safety (Degree in Safety). Experienced auditor and some Training/Assessor specially within Chemical Plant & Power Stations Any advise would be appreciated thanks Phill

Posted By Darren Bates Can I have your autograph please. Sorry, couldn't resist!!!!!

Posted By Rob T Phillip, Purely based on your lack of a sense of humour and the fact that you didn't read the first reply through, I'd suggest that those may be reasons why you are still (and may be for some time)looking for a job!

Posted By Robert Kingston Phillip, Yes I did start off with a "funny" but if you read the rest of it you will see I offered you advice and a possible opening. The fact that you chose to pick up on the negative, well I guess that is you feeling sorry for yourself. If you need to insult potential employers by calling them a clown, get your spelling right.... it does not look good to a prospective employer when you cannot spell insults correctly. As for reading the Sun, chance would be a fine thing, but here in West Africa we prefer to lay under the sun and not read it. Now where is my copy of Coconut Times.

Posted By Jeff Robert Personally, as a resident of East Anglia, I would always support Harwich rather than Dover and I'm deeply upset by your partisan approach. Jeff

Posted By Stacey R Collins Sorry some of the responses you got recently haven't been entirely helpful, Phillip. As one Collins to another, I can suggest a tactic. IOSH has connections with a number of overseas professional associations including ASSE (American Society of Safety Engineers). IOSH can no doubt provide you with contacts for many overseas organisations of health and safety professionals. Some practitioners I know have applied for and obtained membership of those other organisations based on existing IOSH membership, experience and qualifications. As with IOSH, those other organisations are often also very helpful in providing access to Careers Advice and vacancies. I would also advise contacting the embassy or consulate of the country you're proposing to work in to find out about visa's, employment rights and restrictions, immigration policy and some of the cultural and social information you'll need to survive working abroad. The FCO (Foreign and Commonwealth office) are also a very good source of basic advice for British nationals working abroad. Good luck Stacey

Posted By Phillip Collins I would like to thank you all for taking the effort in posting your comments here. I have had some very useful guidance and will be persuing some options in the near future. I take your point regarding heat Louis. I have lived in Western Australia for some years and some of the remote mining locations here are extreme. Flies, bordom, heat and dust and thats in the capitol city - Perth - slight exageration there ! Thanks to you too Robert for your comments. You might be pleased to know I have finished with my Psych sessions now, didn't come from a broken home and have even learn to be moderatly happy with my humble life(you are in Safety arnt you? or was it psychology?) I beleive that you will get paid better anyway. Intestingly my name caught someones attention who I used to work with in Australia (now a Safety Manager in the UK) so it was good to hear from him Once again thankyou all for your support. Take care Phill