Reply to: None IT Contractors

[thelace]

That's all very interesting, but the question on everybody's keyboards is

Are you the bloke off the telly?

Nope

But I've met him

What can I say, it's still a very small industry

[Moscow Mule]

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That's all very interesting, but the question on everybody's keyboards is

Are you the bloke off the telly?

[thelace]

I'm an IT contractor, but I'm interested to know how you go about becoming a Health and Safety specialist.

What sort of qualifications do you need, and how long does it take to become one.

Seems to me in this day and age nothing can get done without some kind of H&S check, must be a good industry to be in.

It's a growing industry, that's for sure! However in Industry, like Brillopads post mentions, you get the tulip end of the stick if it all goes wrong and someone gets hurt.

Takes 14 weeks day release or night school or 2 weeks block to get the basic certificate. But to get where the money is, the most important thing is experience. Added to experience then comes the diploma, 2 years of reasonably hard graft, again on day release or night school.

The big money comes with the biggest industries. The big chemical or petrochems on your doorstep that can "do a Buncefield". That's my field.

SallyAnn Contracting can earn you from £20 - £60 an hour, like IT that depends on your skill set, experience and the customers needs at that point. I'm somewhere in the middle of that but could quite easily double it or better by going off shore or Middle East/Africa, but I have a youngish family and so that doesn't appeal to me (at the minute anyway ).

But H & S can be a very interesting career move. Many days I go home with a feeling of satisfaction that we've done something real to prevent people getting hurt. That of course does not include banning conkers, the village fete and Christmas Decorations...

[ratewhore]

I'm an IT contractor, but I'm interested to know how you go about becoming a Health and Safety specialist.

What sort of qualifications do you need, and how long does it take to become one.

Seems to me in this day and age nothing can get done without some kind of H&S check, must be a good industry to be in.

Get yourself a clipboard and a high vis vest and you'll be right...

[Jog On]

I have avatars off all the time as they tulipe and a waste of bandwidth.

Same here - but I had to log out and go into lurk mode to see what this was all about

[Peoplesoft bloke]

I have avatars off all the time as they tulipe and a waste of bandwidth.

[BrilloPad]

That's what CUK's for

For making us bored out of our skull?

IGMC....

[DiscoStu]

I reckon you'd be bored out of your skull in the first week.

That's what CUK's for

[oracleslave]

Why not?!!

I can be healthy!

It's all about the spoondoolies OS!

I reckon you'd be bored out of your skull in the first week.

[GCR99]

Please change your avatar, it's not big, hard or clever...

I know I ought to change it but well....I am big , hard and clever

[SallyAnne]

For some reason I can't picture this being your type of gig Sal.

Why not?!!

I can be healthy!

It's all about the spoondoolies OS!

[oracleslave]

TheLace - How much do you get paid for being a H&S contractor? If you dont mind me asking?

For some reason I can't picture this being your type of gig Sal.

[SallyAnne]

TheLace - How much do you get paid for being a H&S contractor? If you dont mind me asking?

[BrilloPad]

I'm an IT contractor, but I'm interested to know how you go about becoming a Health and Safety specialist.

What sort of qualifications do you need, and how long does it take to become one.

Seems to me in this day and age nothing can get done without some kind of H&S check, must be a good industry to be in.

Chap I sit on the train with does H&S for banks. He says it is fine UNTIL someone has an accident! His boss had a workman die. The workman was not doing as told - but some barrister gave him a going roughing up in court. A most unpleasant experience. And probably quite rightly too.....

[bellymonster]

I'm an IT contractor, but I'm interested to know how you go about becoming a Health and Safety specialist.

What sort of qualifications do you need, and how long does it take to become one.

Seems to me in this day and age nothing can get done without some kind of H&S check, must be a good industry to be in.