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Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom

London Borough Of Lewisham

Social housing

Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire, United Kingdom

Volunteer health and safety work

London And The South East

I raised this organisation's health and safety performance to 90% in the British Safety Council's 5 Star Audit and achieved two H&S Awards - RoSPA Silver Award and British Safety Council Merit Award.One senior HR Manager said of me "A very experienced H&S professional and subject matter expert. An excellent communicator verbally and in the written form; highly respected and very competent. L&Q benefited greatly from his input and expertise".My areas of responsibility at L&Q… Show more I raised this organisation's health and safety performance to 90% in the British Safety Council's 5 Star Audit and achieved two H&S Awards - RoSPA Silver Award and British Safety Council Merit Award.One senior HR Manager said of me "A very experienced H&S professional and subject matter expert. An excellent communicator verbally and in the written form; highly respected and very competent. L&Q benefited greatly from his input and expertise".My areas of responsibility at L&Q included providing strategic direction, expert interpretation, competent support, and compliant advice to Board, Exec Group, Operational Teams and H&S Practitioners within the Corporate Business and its subsidiaries. I provided on a regular basis high level reports, policies, and H&S Manuals to support Executive Directors, and all reporting to them. Matters including Fire Safety, Legionella and Asbestos, whilst advising on the wider Occupational Health agenda. I developed and delivered bespoke training to Board Members, Executive Directors, Directors, and Senior Managers, on matters of occupational health, safety and wellbeing. I gained a wealth of experience in setting and controlling related budgets (Asbestos £6m p.a.; Fire £5m p.a.; Legionella £1.5m p.a.) to deliver strategic and operational objectives. This would include the procurement and monitoring of specific supplier contracts to meet statutory requirements and other specified contracts within other service areas ensuring best value for the organisation. I worked in partnership with many external agencies including the Homes and Communities Agency, Health and Safety Executive, Environmental Health, Fire and Rescue Services, Risk & Insurers, Trades Unions, Professional Associations and Volunteer Groups. I contributed to the success of the organisation as a member of the Senior Leadership Group. Show less

Hertfordshire, England

I turned around a very risk-averse childcare management team to one that understood risk tolerability and allowed children to explore risk in a supervised way (hence the 'Phenomenon' title applied to me).I built a team of in-house First Aid instructors from the existing nursery staff; one of whom has gone on to train as a paramedic citing me as her inspiration.I developed and delivered a risk management strategy, built a risk management team, produced and embedded policy and… Show more I turned around a very risk-averse childcare management team to one that understood risk tolerability and allowed children to explore risk in a supervised way (hence the 'Phenomenon' title applied to me).I built a team of in-house First Aid instructors from the existing nursery staff; one of whom has gone on to train as a paramedic citing me as her inspiration.I developed and delivered a risk management strategy, built a risk management team, produced and embedded policy and procedures across 113 UK settings plus Support Office in Hertfordshire. I also contributed to the success of the business as a member of the Executive Group. Show less

London, United Kingdom

I provided visible health and safety leadership across this nationally distributed group of large private schools, working closely with and supporting the Head and teaching teams to develop their own risk assessments and controls.I reversed limitations on 'risky' educational activities for the children including:- allowing children to explore the outdoors (including climbing trees) when on field trips- supporting, through risk assessments, the introduction of new sports such as… Show more I provided visible health and safety leadership across this nationally distributed group of large private schools, working closely with and supporting the Head and teaching teams to develop their own risk assessments and controls.I reversed limitations on 'risky' educational activities for the children including:- allowing children to explore the outdoors (including climbing trees) when on field trips- supporting, through risk assessments, the introduction of new sports such as fencing for 5+ year-olds- training work experience co-ordinators and winning their buy-in through changing their perceptions and 'fears' around health and safety measures.Some of my key activities were:- developing the H&S Management Strategy- improving the H&S management system and guidance notes for Head Teachers and school staff - appointing and managing external food-safety consultants Show less

Barnsley, South Yourkshire, England

I helped Barnsley PCT achieve the highest score in NHS risk assurance schemes.I established systems, policies and procedures for this large Primary Care Trust; building in the process their first professional H&S team. I contributed to the wider HR agenda as Assistant Director of Human Resources.

North Of England, The Wider Uk And Europe

My CV covers the latter half of my H&S Safety career. The first half saw me advising and supporting manufacturing, engineering and chemical industries across the North of England, the wider UK and Europe. Apr 1998 - Oct 1999: Health & Safety Manager, Siddall & Hilton Ltd. Responsibilities: Advising 10 wire engineering and metal fabrication companies uk-wide on managing Occupational Health & Safety. Risks included machinery safety, manual and automatic material moving vehicles/plant… Show more My CV covers the latter half of my H&S Safety career. The first half saw me advising and supporting manufacturing, engineering and chemical industries across the North of England, the wider UK and Europe. Apr 1998 - Oct 1999: Health & Safety Manager, Siddall & Hilton Ltd. Responsibilities: Advising 10 wire engineering and metal fabrication companies uk-wide on managing Occupational Health & Safety. Risks included machinery safety, manual and automatic material moving vehicles/plant, warehousing and people safety. Managing and defending litigation claims.Sep 1992 - Apr 1998: Health & Safety Manager, Huddersfield & District Textile Training GroupResponsibilities: Providing Occupational Health & Safety advice, direction, support and training to clients from the Textile and associated industries in the UK and Belgium. Clients included Westex Carpets Ltd, Dixon Chew Ltd (Chemical Suppliers), Camira (formerly Camborne) Fabrics Ltd and Levi Strauss Belgium. These clients, plus many more, operated production lines and warehousing with racking and picking systems; I supported and audited their health and safety management systems and risk controls. Show less

West Yorkshire

Responsibilities: Fire prevention advice, professional and vocational fire safety training, and emergency operational duties.

Post Grad Diploma, Behaviour Change In Occupational Safety And Health, Pgdip

The Behaviour Change programme is an innovative programme aimed to help OHS professionals to create cultures that support health.

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc), Occupational Safety And Health, Pass With Commendation

Also qualified as Workplace Noise Assessor.

Diploma In Higher Education, Organisations Studies, Diphe

Also studied Advanced IT.