Posted By Vincent Hearn Ned, You obviously need to do courses that will get you the academic underpinning knowledge for Grad IOSH and then ultimately CMIOSH (with experience and CPD). Your choices as I see it are: NEBOSH Diploma (with bridging course from Dip 1), NEBOSH Diploma Part 2 (the Dip 1 is pre-requisite but finding a training provider could be difficult) or find suitable employment and go for NVQ Level 4 in OSH. I think there are training providers that are ELC registered, failling that it's self fund or get an obliging employer to pay (I was fortunate in that my employer put me through Dip 2). As for your CV, I think you need to stress your experience as well as the courses passed. Many civilian employers are unaware of military safety related courses (you just shoot people don't you?) so explaining the fact that you may have carried out Noise Surveys, Quality Audits and subsequent actions that have benefitted organisations should be stated. If you've got any training qualifications as well is beneficial to employers. Regards, Vince

Posted By Ned Kelly Hi Vince and Linda, Thanks for the response. I have been considering the NVQ 4 route, however I am just waiting to see what happens work wise when I leave in April. I have experience as I was the Unit Safety Advisor for my last two units, which will help towards the NVQ route. Regards, Ned.