Becoming a Consultant - So what's it all about?

I am about to embark into the world of being a H&S consultant.....a world of boring bureaucrats that basically say THOU SHALT NOT!! Well - no, actually....the reason I am doing this is to a) do something I love, that will secure my family's future and b), to be able to provide competent advice to small / medium businesses and for them to be a safer place.....all the rest of it, is stuff that is all very necessary to do that.....I know people say 'B><)(*% Health and Safety!!!!'....but we would all be in a right pickle without it!!

Health and Safety professionals are getting fed up with the bad press they have been receiving over the past months and years. This poor publicity has portrayed health and safety as being bureaucratic and lacking in common sense.

The truth of the matter is that good H&S systems, when properly applied will add huge value to a company, and that it can save lives; reduce wastage(in terms of misery encountered to personnel), reduce loss and damage to equipment, and reduce the loss of skills and productivity to a business.

The trouble is that business owners can see it only as a drain and not as a profit driver....whereas the opposite can (and should) be true.

So, if you are reading this and think that H&S is an evil that can stop you from being productive, cost you a fortune and take a huge amount of time and effort, please think again.....it can save you money in the long run, keep you the right side of the law, reduce your insurance premiums - and, from a moral point of view, help you sleep at night.

Until next time - stay safe.



Neil