Considering a career in Health & Safety?
What does a health and safety adviser do?
Health and safety advisers use their knowledge and skills to reduce the numbers of accidents and the severity of injuries in the workplace.
Health and Safety Advice Professionals
The Health and Safety advice that clients may need from Priority 1 can be straightforward, provided in person, on-line or by telephone. On other occasions there may be a need for in-depth advice or assistance such as devising risk assessments, producing policies and procedures, writing method statements, delivering training or completing audits
Working for Priority 1 your work would cover many areas of health and safety including fire risk assessment, occupational health, legionella control, safe use of machinery and control of asbestos.
Job roles
Our staff carry out many diverse tasks for an equally diverse client base. We work alongside the Directors and Managers of client organisations to develop effective policies and procedures, complete training of employees on safety related issues, and ensure the companies are kept up-to-date with changes in the law. On site work will often include making regular inspections and completing audits, reviewing and updating fire risk and legionella assessments, investigating accidents and recommending improvements in safety standards.
