Posted By Hussain
Hello Everyone:

My name is Syed Muhammad Hussain and I belong to Pakistan. I am a mechanical engineer and have four years experience for working in Health, Safety and Environment department of a large multinational Oil & Gas Exploration company.
I have been recently awarded work permit by United Kingdom under Highly Skilled Migrant Program. I want to know if it is possible to get HSE jobs in UK without NEBOSH diploma?

I greatly appreciate your help.

Kind Regards
Hussain

Posted By Hussain
Thankyou very much. Can you be kind enough to tell me how to register for nebosh and whether doing the nebosh certificate would suffice or should i go for diploma.

Posted By Andy Brazier
Hussain
If you have a degree in mechanical engineering and are experienced in process safety I would say Nebosh is of little value if you want a process safety role.

However, if it is a more general health and safety role you want, then a Nebosh certificate may be required. There is no legal requirement so if your experience is good you may find an employer who does not require it.

Posted By Clarke Kent the 2nd
SRD,

'Although it is possible to get a job without the NEBOSH Diploma, you will almost certainly need a NEBOSH Certificate at the very least.'

That statement quote above is utter rubbish, I don't have a NEBOSH certificate or any other NEBOSH qualification for that matter and have a HSE Job.

NEBOSH General Certificate is absolute amature stuff anyway which even my mother has, and she is a nurse in a care home. She had no prior HSE experience and her work put her through a 3 day intensive course so they had a competent source of H&S Advice (Not that agree with that approach by the way).

The NEBOSH GC means nothing in mine and a lot of peoples minds nowadays. Anything that can be achieved by a 3 day intensive course has is questionable in my opinion.

The NEBOSH Dimploa is more expceptable or a relevant Hons Degree in safety. The General Certificate is for safety reps.

Rant Over

Posted By Clarke Kent the 2nd
As it happens i wanted to go home as it was nearly 5pm. The only spelling mistake was acceptable that i can see anyway.

And for the record there is various companies offer fast track NEBOSH GC. My mother place of work picked a random one out the back of our local Chad Newspaper.

So not a wind up merchant in the slightest. The GC is pap they will be making it a compulsory GCSE Next.

*Runs off to the bookies to place a bet on it*

Posted By Jay Joshi
You have not mentioned any thing regarding your HSE qualifications, training or specific roles except experience period of 4 years in HSE dept. of a multinational. I would think that getting an HSE job without a UK “recognised” qualification would be extremely difficult. You normally require a Health and Safety qualification ( NEBOSH Diploma is not the only recognised qualification) that is recognised/accredited by a UK professional body such as IOSH ( another HS professional body is IIRSM).

Even in practice, how would you get the required knowledge to apply UK HSE legislation unless you underwent the training and in this day and age, employers require “proof” in the form of qualifications.

Although your Mechanical Engineering background should be an advantage, you may not be aware that the manufacturing base in UK has become quite small. Not only that, but you may want to check whether your Mechanical Engineering qualifications are recognised/accredited by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.

Even your experience with a reputed multinational may not count for much due to the perceived image of safety in the sub-continent even if the implementation of HSE in some Sectors of industry is comparable to the best in the world.

From a general perspective, I would advise you to be extremely cautious, as the highly skilled migrant programme is not an indicator of the actual job shortage in UK.

Posted By William
you may be better going to work as a safety engineer in the offshore oil and gas industry, below is a couple of websites for you to try and i think that you will find your present level of qualifications and experience will be enough for working as a safety engineer.

www.oilcareers.com

www.oilandgasjobsearch.com

Posted By Joe Askander
I studied and work in Australia as a Safety Advisor, and would like to work in the UK. I currently hold an Advanced Diploma in Occupational Safety, Health and Training. Is my qualification recognised by NEBOHS.