Posted By Stuart Hey I would also be interested in this if anyone could advise on the question. Sorry to jump in on your question AM. Stuart

Posted By Paul Harrison Hi You may want to check the following link which appears to give a definitive answer. http://www.iosh.co.uk/in...iew&forum=2&thread=28954 I can tell you that a PgDip in OHS is not good enough for vetassess, whereas the MSc is. Unfortunately Vetassess purley look at academic quals and not vocational ones, hence the BSc (hons) OHS would be OK, but not NEBOSH!!! Crazy I know. Paul

Posted By AM Does anyone know if the NEBOSH Certificate or Diploma (Level 6) will be recognised by VETASSESS to qualify for 40 points as a Safety Inspector?

Posted By anon1234 Why should Australia accept other qualifications than those it lists? NEBOSH is not particualrly brilliant in my opinion anyway and I'd always consider someone with a degree or post graduate qualification ahead of those with NEBOSH or vocational qualifications all other things being equal. Also, although I may have the wrong perception - the NEBOSH qualification is too focussed on UK legislation and therefore is not entirely relevant to Australia (although clearly certain bits would transfer)

Posted By Bob Youel Having a numbers of mates [Brits, Scots etc] currently working in the off-shore game near and around Perth it was shown at an early stage that children holding degrees/MS-C's via university were still children However it looks like the academic brigade are getting a hold in aussie as they have here; irrespective of the real world I am fully in favour of obtaining higher level academic qualifications as I and many many others in the profession have however! --- I will leave it there as most academics usually never seem to grasp the key issues

Posted By anon1234 Bob, you seem to be implying that those with university qualifications are somehow inferior in health and safety terms to those who have come through the NEBOSH route who are seasoned H&S professionals. I don't think you can make such generalisations in either direction - for example it could be argued the other way if you take the many examples of those leaving the forces and using their 'demob training money' to fund H&S course whilst never having had experience of managing health and safety and then expecting to get managers jobs because they had a 'management' role in the forces. Obviously this does not take account of those with the experience. Anyone worth their salt would look at both qualifications and experience before employing someone.

Posted By jason preston Anon, You have totally missed the point. What I am saying is vetassess don't marry qualifications with jobs and that is ludicrous. I am a safety consultant with a wealth of experience and I work for a massive engineering company, but this makes no difference to vetassess because I don't have a degree only degree equivalent. I have been told by many agencies in Oz that I could get work easily but because I can't get recognised by Vetassess I can't get a suitable visa. Maybe you might understand my point now Anon?