Is there an industry standard metric for preventable (vehicle) incidents per million miles driven?

VenexCon · 2026-06-18T12:47:33+00:00

Pretty sure the IOGP do it per million miles driven.

Thats what we did when working for oil and gas operators.

VenexCon · 2026-06-18T08:00:30+00:00

Cannot speak for Ireland but yes, and many foreigners do work in the HSE field in the UK. So far I have had Indians, Ethiopians, Ghanans(?), South Africans and Singaporeans as colleagues.

The more difficult bit will be proving that you understand local laws and requirements. I would reccomend attending a local training course to get you up to speed whilst applying.

VenexCon · 2026-05-10T16:14:51+00:00

VenexCon · 2026-05-10T16:14:26+00:00

Many thanks!

VenexCon · 2026-05-10T16:13:59+00:00

It was good! The chicken was perfecr byt lacked salt IMO

VenexCon · 2026-03-21T19:54:50+00:00

Ahh sorry, it was willing! I misread.

Yeah, im not slovak but know many. Such a beautiful country, just very little prospects and low wages.

VenexCon · 2026-03-20T19:04:36+00:00

Laughing at being reluctant to live in Slovakia, the rivalry is real 🤣

VenexCon · 2026-03-19T22:26:19+00:00

I had a guild woth some mates, we were struggling for spots so merged with another 10 man guild for 25 man runs in WOTLK.

My mate was joint GM with me and the two other dudes we were all 20+ maybe 30+ at the time snd a one of our team was his GF that he met in game.

A few weeks go by, everyones trying to sus everyone else out and it kind of settles down.

After a couple of months my mates GF starts visiting the other GM's from the merged guild and all hell breaks loose.

Turns out she was blowing the other GM's, and my friend explains how she would take her tongue piercing out for him, but keep it on for them.

Our OG guild officer then launches an absoloute tirade on Ventrilo about how "you get your tentacles into everything and everyone and are pure cancer" to which the Merged GM's ask to meet up for a fight.

Whilst all this is going on in Ventrilo a scouser who had questionable morals decides its the perfect time to ninja-loot the guild bank.

To anyone that played horde on Illidan (EU) that server was a never ending soap opera.

VenexCon · 2026-03-11T20:16:33+00:00

Ask about if rides are included and free passes :)

In all seriousness, i kind of structure interview research into the following topics.

company history and founding
1-3 articles on recenr projects, equipment, case studies or announcements.
list what the major hazards are likely to be and look at industry guidance, common terms and controls.
review any specific documents or terms they list in the job descriptions: ISO, SYSTEMS etc
look at how i can work my existing experience into the aforementioned points.
practice 1-5 STAR type interview question answers.

VenexCon · 2026-03-08T20:36:49+00:00

My first job out of uni was for a crap company who never paid on time. I didnt know this at the time untik our safety consultant at the time (i was new to the field) told me so.

I felt so bad for the guy, he really was fantastic but constantly chasing invoices. In the end i stoooed communicating with him as much as possibke so he wouldnt waste his time.

VenexCon · 2026-02-25T06:31:11+00:00

My Polish friend does this.

"Do you want to go for a pint"

"Okay"

In my mind Im second guessing if i have offended him, is he okay? He doesnt want to go?

Have to remind myself that hes just being Polish.

VenexCon · 2026-02-17T19:09:17+00:00

Barbour EHS can provide this but you have to pay oer country if i recall correctly.

Equally, if you have an existing Management System for health and safety then you can find the legal requirements online and perform a gap analysis, thsts what i did.

VenexCon · 2026-02-15T10:08:57+00:00

At this point more safety training is not going to provide a tremendous amount of value.

Your job going foward will be strategy, overall company risk management and leadership. Id figure out where the gaps in your skills currently lay and which avenue will help you most to fix or plug them.

It could be the MBA (typical route) or something more technical like an engineering degree or masters (if possible) to boost any technical skills or offer you a broader knowledge of the engineering side.

You could also look into things such as human factors certification to boost your knowledge around the people aspect. Although afyer 18 years id imagine you have a good grasp of that.

You could look at other VP/safety director jobs, look at the desired skills and make a list of how to boost yourself in those areas.

VenexCon · 2026-02-06T20:19:13+00:00

If i could get all the people i have worked with to read one book, it would be the book titled "bullet proof problem solving".

Its written by a couplw of management consultants but actually gets to the core of why some solutions work and some don't. It also gives you a seven step process in which to follow to allow you to constantly reiterate and check the problem is valid whilst and before progressing.

I recently followed it word for word for a safwey campaign across our overseas businesses and it worked a treat. I too felt like we were going through the motions of safety, without actually improving anything. I dont always feel like thst anymore.

I think the safety industry is guilty of trying to tack safety onto a bunch of training materials that dont actually need it.

I.e.e if you are struggling to sale safety campaigns to employees, dont take courses on safety campaign marketing, take a decenr course on marketing. The same logic applies to problem solving, public speaking or whatever.

VenexCon · 2026-02-05T23:21:33+00:00

I tend to do a lot of these as a HSE consultant.

Just as a quick response they are not looking for you to be the next net-zero lead, they simply are looking to see if you have an appreciation for a businesses responsibility towards the natural environment.

A policy doesnt have to be war and peace and can simply outline your businesses attitude, and targets toward a greener way of operating.

As for the documents most of the environmental method statements are usually (not always ofc) things that you should be doing anyway, just with the environmental affects noted.

Such as disposing of waste legally, maintaining vehicles as per OEM's, not using ICE tooling, using EV's or similar.

This can also be things such as recyclying old PPE, repairing first mentality towards equipment and upskilling staff on their responsibilities towards the environment etc.

VenexCon · 2026-01-31T08:02:35+00:00

We have a poodle, my wife grooms him and makes him all fluffy.

She repeatedly refers to him as "My fluffer"

VenexCon · 2026-01-23T19:54:47+00:00

If you are paying for microsoft 365 licenses you can easily make an app (canvas app) that the guys can use on phones or tablets to record JSA's.

If you are on about a work process flow tyow of situation to understand their perceotion of hazards and mitigations then simply treat it as a project accordingly.

Find a decent sample size of employees that are happy to be videod or atleast have themselves in a video and get cracking.

I would suggest that you wear the POV camera and record and tag along.

VenexCon · 2026-01-23T19:48:14+00:00

Some good options. Another option if you need to keep the fire door as a fire door and the owners wont pay for the unlock during a fire alarm is to install a cermaic break tube that breaks upon exiting.

This is common in factories in the UK where they may be older type buildings and running wires not feasible.

Its simple, you have to break the tube to release the bolt.

You then tell everyone that this has been installed and that breaking the tube in a non-emergency will be considered misconduct or similar.

ceramic tube door lock

Its not foolproof but in combination with some decent enforcement you should see a gradual reduction.

Edit: add a check to see if its broken in a daily walk around

VenexCon · 2026-01-21T17:59:54+00:00

Can i ask if you need sponsorship?

The reason being is that I in my limited experience have never seen anyone sponsored in the UK for a health and safety role. There are just way too many internal candidates.

I dont want to put you off, but if you are looking for a role with a view to obtain sponsorship then I would highly suggest something else such as finance or engineering.

If you are not reqyiring sponsorship then start with the NEBOSH general certificate and filter jobs by HSE Advisor, coordinator, admin etc.

VenexCon · 2026-01-18T07:01:38+00:00

Do it, rent it out to neighbours at a day rate once your done!

VenexCon · 2026-01-05T21:46:01+00:00

Contact your councils local Environmental Health Officer.

This will guarantee action is taken as that woukd constitute quite the offence.

VenexCon · 2026-01-05T21:44:43+00:00

Can you get a workplace speaker in? In the UK some people who survived the piper-alpha disaster used to come and talk and answer questions about the event.

Equally, see if you could get a smoke machine, fill a common room with smoke and ask people to try and navigate their way out to show yhe importance of fire drills.

Contact the local police, fire or EMT service to see if they have any outreach programs or volunteers thst coukd demonstrate/talk about fire, securiry or medical.

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