Posted By John Fraser Struan Its difficult to get into H & S right now due to current credit crisis. You could try to contact housing associations or contractors who specialise in social housing work if they are looking for health and safety advisers. Do you think it be worthwhile doing a nebosh cert or construction cert in addition to your MSc as these certificates have more of an emphasis on offering advice rather than enforcement of h & s as a h & s advisor to an organisation. John

Posted By John Fraser Hi Struan The reason for my response is that I too have a degree in EH but got no where fast with it. Only when I started to do NEBOSH Quals, I stated to get h & s interviews. I personally found doing NEBOSH Quals equips you with offering advice rather than enforcement of h & s legislation that the EH degree gives. Good Luck in your search. John

Posted By Struan Hi John I think there would be value in completing the Diploma however I would like still to gain my first role as an advisor so that I can build my experience in the long term. please any employers give me a shout I am really enthusiastic regards

Posted By IOSH Moderator Further posting from Struan: Hi All Thankyou to those who have replied particularly John and to those who have read the threads. I know its a difficult time for everyone looking for work let alone someone with little experience but all it takes is one of the many employers who look on here to give someone a chance so that they can build some more experience. I know there are some visionary managers out there willing to give newbies in the field a chance to gain there first position in Health and Safety. regards

Posted By Struan Hi Edward Thanks for your reply I look every day at EH News but primarily they are roles in local authority. The health and Safety roles like you quite rightly said are for tied roles with food safety and are asking for some years experience and EHORB registration. I would really like to gain some experience with a company or organisation ,currently I am employed in the Insurance Industry as a sales executive because I took the role as a way of giving me time to studying my Masters Degree in EH,before that I was a retail store manager for many years. As a way of gaining more H&S experience I have enroled to be a Health and Safety Representative at my current workplace on a voluntary basis as I think I need to develop my profile in this field. I will also soon be applying for IOSH membership and have been advised by IOSH I would be at GRAD(IOSH)level so i will look forward to applying once my certificates come through. Thanks for your reply Edward all information gratefully recieved and if you have any further ideas or suggestions please give us a ring on 07891837013 regards