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#1 Posted : 07 June 2005 13:33:00(UTC)
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Posted By Jane Standerwick I am taking redundancy at the end of the year and considering going into consultancy. I need some assistance in getting an understanding of the market. Please can you help by sharing your knowledge about what kind of work consultants do, what kind of companies use consultants and any other information you think I need to help me decide whether/how to progress this. Thanks in anticipation
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#2 Posted : 07 June 2005 13:48:00(UTC)
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Posted By Nick Higginson Jane Have worked for a plc consultancy for 3 years, just finishing an MSc dissertation on the reasons organisations choose to use consultancies and am just setting up my own consultancy so may be able to offer some help! Drop me a line if you want a chat. Regards Nick
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#3 Posted : 08 June 2005 09:27:00(UTC)
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Posted By Mark R. Devlin Hi jane, As a consultant you should be prepared to turn your hand to a wider range of work than in a standard H&S manager/advisor role in Industry. Some companies may want a fully bells and whistles management system and others will want to know how to report an accident. If you want to work in a particular industry, research the compliance issues and other issues that companies face and offer solutions. Best of luck......
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#4 Posted : 09 June 2005 08:26:00(UTC)
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Posted By Lord Lucan Jane I have only been a SHE consultant for 9 months but as previously mentioned the work ranges, in my experience, from how to complete an F2508 to implementing ISO14001. You need many, many years of experience across the whole sphere of SHE to maximise the opportunities available. A lot of organisations have gone through 'restructuring programmes' in recent years which has left gaps for consultants, and not only in the SHE industry either. Companies that recruit can be similarly diverse - major 'blue chip' organisations to your local village petrol station/garage. Regards
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