Safer Than Your Average Podcast

On this weeks Safer Than Your Average we have Dave White telling us all about his amazing military career as a British Army Train Driver prior to moving into the Safety field. Dave also answers the Million Dollar question of what does a PC Manager actually do?

Carolyn is one of the most resilient people I have ever met. Her journey takes her from Wick to the Netherlands with a stop off in the male dominated Oil industry. Carolyn has also survived breast cancer 🎀 and discusses how this has changed her life after having a double mastectomy and how she is looking forward in 2021 to returning to the job that she loves as an HSQE Manager with Boskalis Subsea. Don’t miss the Podcast, don’t forget to subscribe on YouTube, Spotify and iTunes to find out about all the latest releases!

Jim is the elder statesmen of the IOSH West of Scotland branch and a great character. This is a great pod charting Jim's career from young Factories Inspector working the industrial ship canal area of Manchester to Health and Safety expert. I am truly proud to call Jim a friend and mentor.

After achieving a first class BSc in Chemistry and an MSc in Pollution and Environmental Control, Shirley worked for the London Borough of Hillingdon in the Public Protection Department before embarking on a consultancy career in Health, Safety & the Environment.

Prof Vincent Ho is a risk management and safety professional with over thirty-five years of experience in transportation and nuclear industries specializing in risk assessment and management, fire risk analysis, safety governance, system safety and assurance, corporate/enterprise risk management, crisis management, loss prevention, business interruption risk assessment, occupational safety & health, risk-based decision analysis as well as security analysis.

Louise is the IOSH President Elect. She has 29 years experience in Occupational Safety & Health (OSH) and work alongside organisations of all sizes, within a range of sectors to achieve their OSH goals and go beyond. Louise enjoys writing and her articles are regularly published in a range of trade magazines/online on good business practice and OSH transformation. In our interview, Louise tells all about IOSH Presidential Bootcamp and working alongside Jimmy Quinn as part of the IOSH Presidential team as well as providing advice and guidance to new and emerging practitioners.

On this weeks Safer Than Your Average we talk to the one and only Ken Millar. Ken has been very influential in my career and is an advocate for developing young health and safety practitioners. Thanks to Inside Out Group for all the editing support.

On this weeks Safer Than Your Average we are delighted to have Neil Fisher CMIOSH MIIRSM PIEMA. Legend says if you look up NEBOSH in the dictionary there is a picture of Neil with a simple caption of “completed it mate”.... Neil is a railway man through and through and talks us through his career as well as providing some excellent insights and advice. Live from 19:30 Thursday on all the usual channels. Please don’t forget to subscribe as we have some amazing podcasts coming to you before the end of 2020.

Sheldon Primus is a Certified Occupational Safety Specialist (COSS), Certificate for Occupational Safety Manager (COSM)and holds a Master of Public Administration (MPA) with a concentration in environmental policy. He has been in the environmental and occupational safety field since 1994. Additionally, he is a trainer for the COSM and COSS program of the Alliance Safety Council-Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Sheldon is an authorized OSHA General Industry and Construction trainer for the 10 and 30-hour Outreach program. Sheldon is a guest columnist for the online publications of Treatment Plant Operator (TPO) and WaterOnline. He has written an article regarding regulatory compliance, operator safety, and wastewater process control. He has written a book entitled “7 Steps to Starting a Profitable Safety Consulting Business”. In October 2018, Sheldon is expected to finish his second book “The Future of OSHA: The Donald Trump era”. Currently, Sheldon is the owner/CEO of Utility Compliance Inc. and its subsidiary, OSHA Compliance Help, an international safety consulting, training, and a regulatory agency compliance assistance company based in Port St. Lucie, Florida. Sheldon served as part of the Water Environmental Federation (WEF) Water Sector Safety Committee and the U.S. Department of Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) taskforce on All Hazards Communication training for the Water and Wastewater Sector.