Consultants Get Recognition by Accreditation
It is quite common to see quotations by safety professionals detailing their plans of the type of safety equipment to be installed. What started as a voluntary option, is now becoming the order of the day as time proceeds.
Employers are now looking at various ways of hiring safety professionals. While the number of safety professionals has more than doubled in the last few years, very little is being done to ensure strict adherence to safety protocols. A professional back up like an accreditation maybe just what the ailing industry needs.
With customers asking for safety protocols and every company bound by its duty to keep its clients safe and happy, there is a new demand for design professionals and health & safety consultants. To ensure the quality of safety implementation, consultants are being called upon to get an accreditation for their benefit.
IOSH, who has taken a leading active role in the campaign believes that accreditation of safety and health professionals would be a starting point that can raise the level of safety standards. Geoffrey Podger, Chief Executive of the HSE was clear about the advantages that resulted after accreditation as the professional qualification would be a true achievement.
According to IOSH Chief Executive Rob Strange, the move towards accreditation is a starting point to eliminate non- professionals and not so professional advice. Employers can access a database that contains a list of people who are accredited. It becomes easy to select someone who is far more knowledgeable about the process than a novice.
Employers also have the option of selecting the right candidate who can make a difference in their health and safety standards. While occupational hygiene and chemical hazards have not yet been included in these professional services, the traditional safety issues have found the perfect place to implement safety and health protocols. Soon safety and health protocol implementation will be something to cherish with happy but safe faces.