Mr Gareth Smith
CMIOSH
Overview
G O Safety Solutions Ltd was set-up with the intent to provide support to smaller growing firms as they look to cross the "less than 5 employees" threshold or where their clients are requiring a greater level of evidence that they have a policy and procedures in place than legislation needs. We are based on the border between Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire with good connections to London and Buckinghamshire.
Gareth Smith, the lead consultant and managing director, has a background in construction, working at height, manufacturing and property maintenance from his previous roles at one of the foremost building cradle/maintenance unit manufacturers/maintainers and a growing mechanical and electrical services company. He has experience of systems development having managed ISO 9001 certification (including transfer from non-UKAS certification to a UKAS accredited provider) and the development and implementation of ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 management systems within his previous employer.
Specialisms
Industry | Years Experience |
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Construction | 10 |
Manufacturing | 14 |
Engineering | 14 |
Topic | Years Experience |
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Equipment at work | 14 |
Falls from height | 14 |
Maintenance | 14 |
Managing for health and safety | 12 |
Risk management | 14 |
Services
Accredited Training
We can provide both IOSH Managing Safely and Working Safely as an approved IOSH trainer. These are held as open courses in Letchworth Garden City or can be tailored as an "in house" course for your organisation.
Please contact us for dates of upcoming training courses or to discuss in house solutions.
Fire
Our lead consultant has carried out fire risk assessments for office and landlord (commercial) environments for the past eight years and previously trained on an IFE accredited course covering fire risk assessment and the changes brought about by the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order.
Construction Work
We are able to provide construction health and safety support to contractors or clients directly. Our lead consultant has experience in commercial fit out, commercial design and build and data centre build/refurbishment.
With experience since the inception of the 2007 version of the regulations we are able to assist clients with pre-construction information, review of construction phase plans and site audits to ensure that all stakeholders are working together in line with the current legislation.
Similarly we can provide project specific support to SME contractors and principal contractors without their own H&S staff or even provide additional resource to a larger organisation wher they have taken on a project that needs a greater level of oversight than their current team is able to provide.
Audits
We are able to develop a tailored H&S audit service for a client, whether this is closely defined as landlord areas for a managing agent or a wider audit of a business's health & safety management system including how it is implemented the scope can be at the discretion of the client.
Work History
Role | From - To | Job Title / Description |
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HSQE Manager | 03.2008 - 09.2017 | • Provision of competent H&S advice to a rapidly growing company (previously a group of six companies that merged into one between 2012 and present) |
Assistant Health and Safety Advisor | 05.2003 - 03.2008 | • Provision of health and safety advice to maintenance department of the company focusing on working at height, man riding lifting equipment and construction legislation. |
Managing Director and Lead Consultant | 10.2017 - today | G O Safety Solutions Ltd was formed to provide competent health and safety advice and ongoing support to companies of all scopes and scales. The focus will be on companies who wish to develop their health and safety systems however some larger organisation prefer an additional external level of support to help their existing inhouse health and safety team. This will be balanced with providing IOSH licensed training as both open and closed (inhouse to client) courses. |
Membership of Professional Bodies
Professional Body | Membership | Member since | OSHCR Eligible Since |
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IOSH | Chartered Member (CMIOSH) | 03.2010 | 04.2011 |
Qualifications
Accrediting Institute | Type | Qualification | Date passed |
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City & Guilds | Diploma | Level 4 NVQ in Occupational Health and Safety Practice | 10.2009 |
IFE | Certificate | Fire Safety Technician Certificate | 11.2010 |