Environmental Health and Safety Insights

I am a Chartered Environmental Health Officer and Chartered Health and Safety Practitioner

I have over 30 years experience in risk management, and hold a number of professional memberships:

  • Chartered Environmental Health Officer - MCIEH CEnvH

  • Chartered H&S Practitioner - CMIOSH

  • Practitioner Member - PIEMA

To complement my extensive experience and memberships I have a number of key academic and professional qualifications:

  • MSc Environmental and Public Health

  • BA (Open) - history and politics modules

  • HND Environmental and Occupational Health

  • NVQ 4 Occupational Safety and Health in Practice

  • NEBOSH NGC in Occupational Health and Safety

  • FPA Fire Risk Assessment and Fire Safety Management

  • IEMA Associate Certificate

  • British Pest Control Association Diploma

And I am a Lead Auditor in the following:

  • ISO 14001 - Environmental Management Systems

  • ISO 9001 - Quality Management Systems

  • OHSAS 18001 - Health and Safety Management Systems

 

I am proud to be an EHO and be part of making the world of work healthier and safer. Too me, a day’s work should leave you feeling better, healthier, and enhance your wellbeing.

This part of my site will be used to help people by providing information, advice, and resources - EHS Insights.

What is health and safety?

To me the term H&S covers a multitude of disciplines. It is about leadership, vision, horizon scanning, strategy, operationally effective. It is about networking, training, workshops, audits, mentoring, inspections, investigations, data analysis. It is ultimately about risk assessment. And it covers many areas:

  • Health and Safety

  • Food Safety

  • Fire

  • Environment

  • Hygiene

  • Public Health

  • Sustainability

  • Waste

  • Risk Management

  • Security

  • Business Continuity

  • Pest Control

  • Quality

H&S is not a barrier to work, it is an enabler. I take a pragmatic business centric approach to H&S.

Health and Safety

There are financial, legal, and reputation reasons why we need excellent H&S - but the key reason is that it is the right thing to do. Workers should finish a days work feeling healthier than when they started.

Hygiene

In these unprecedented times it is important we protect our people from COVID-19/coronavirus and other infections. Excellent hygiene is key and best if embedded in core working practices.

Food Safety

All food operations must embed food safety in their day to day activity. An effective food safety management system is key to ensuring the food produced and served is safe to eat and be stored safely.

Environment

We waste far too much of our natural resources. By developing an effective environmental management system organisations can identify ways to reduce waste thus reduce costs while benefiting our world.

Fire Safety

Fire destroys lives, and most SMEs that suffer a fire do not re-open. By developing and suitable fire risk assessment an organisation can identify and put in place effective mitigation measures.

Sustainability

The UN’s sustainable development goals are a series of 17 key principles that provide a blueprint on how we can achieve a better and sustainable future for all n our planet. All can be part of this.