Alexis Barrett
Overview
Promoting health and safety management as an integral part of general good management. An inclusive holistic approach goes beyond compliance and helps your team build upon existing good practice, remove inefficiencies to improve systems and work more effectively. Avoiding jargon to simplify complex concepts and offering practical, objective advice, helps employers make confident risk-based decisions at Board level and throughout the organisation. Having assisted diverse industries ranging from agriculture and construction, food manufacture, engineering and logistics, to outdoor events and the Care sector it's clear that any management system is only effective if actually used, and owned, by those who who carry the risk. Documentation is relevant to the organisation's activities and aligned with ISO Standards 18001 & 45001; everybody is encouraged to get involved and work toward continual improvement, with individual and collective ownership of workplace safety.
Specialisms
Industry | Years Experience |
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Agriculture | |
Catering and hospitality | |
Construction | |
Entertainment and leisure | |
Manufacturing | |
Motor vehicle repair | |
Quarries | |
Warehousing |
Topic | Years Experience |
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Better regulation | 20 |
Confined spaces | |
Adventure activities licensing | |
Disability | |
Confined spaces | |
Falls from height | |
Leadership | |
Risk management | |
Transport (workplace) | |
Involving workers | |
Maintenance | |
Setting an example |
Services
General consultancy
Approachable and friendly providing proportionate, evidence-based advice to help manage health and safety risks at all levels within an organisation and, importantly, having the experience and confidence to say what you don't need to do.
Audits
BSi trained Management Systems Auditor/Lead Auditor OHSAS18001:2007
An audit doesn't have to meet an 'official' standard. However, any safety audit should examine and determine whether or not daily activities and processes conform to your planned health and safety arrangements as well as legislation. It should also check that those arrangements are implemented effectively and are suitable to achieve your organization’s health and safety policy objectives. Serious incidents are often traced back to a failure in health and safety management. The purpose is to assist in identifying failures within a system, process, or programme and to use the information gathered to help determine the best course of corrective action.
Inspections
A general health and safety inspection, like an audit, checks for compliance with regulations and standards during work activities, for potential or actual safety hazards and unsafe practices:
- Are workplaces in good safe condition as far as is reasonably practicable?
- Are proper safeguards in place (physical or procedural)?
- Does equipment present any hazards?
- Is there observed or evidence of unsafe work practice ?
Where deficiencies are found it's important to uncover why, so that proper recommendations for improvement can be made
Investigations
Serious incidents are investigated to uncover the root causes, generally a combination of factors. The aim is to determine the facts and the sequence of events, to learn lessons, make changes where necessary and effect positive change in future behaviour; ultimately, to prevent a recurrence. It's important to remain objective, to establish facts not hearsay and supposition, and to be sensitive to workforce morale whilst gathering information.
Membership of Professional Bodies
Professional Body | Membership | Member since | OSHCR Eligible Since |
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IOSH | Chartered Member (CMIOSH) | 07.2000 | 11.2005 |
Qualifications
Accrediting Institute | Type | Qualification | Date passed |
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Other | Diploma | Nottingham Trent University Diploma in Occupational Safety and Health | 09.1997 |
NEBOSH | Certificate | General Certificate in Occupational Safety and Health | 05.1995 |
Other | Certificate | IRCA certified BSI trained Management Systems Auditor/Lead Auditor BS OHSAS 18001:2007 | 12.2011 |
CIEH | Certificate | Professional Trainer Certificate | 04.2008 |
Other | Level 4 Award in Managing Food Safety in Catering RIPH | 01.2008 | |
Other | Level 4 Award in Food Safety Management for Manufacturing RIPH | 01.2008 | |
City & Guilds | Certificate | Manual Handling (Train the Trainer) | 04.2011 |
BSC | Certificate | Manual Handling Train the Trainer (5 days) | 05.1999 |