Mr Hobot Igor
CMIOSH,AIFSM,CFRAR
Overview
• Igor Hobot Owner of Yerathel Safety with difference has vast experience and qualifications gathered over 20 years in Health & Safety, across travel/cruise, warehousing, logistics and manufacturing industries, recently in facility management. and CDM
• Igor is a passionate and pragmatic H&S professional who loves what he does.
• Igor has managed at Senior Level multiple Manufacturing sites entire Health and Safety operation .
• Management of contractor safety in large retail organisations .Health care Centres setting working against HTM Standards and developed bespoke contractor safety digital systems at a large food manufacturing environment.
• Igor’s forte is fire safety, CDM, Training, General Health and Safety and good understanding of risk strategy spanning from generic to high-risk process safety and everything in between.
A successful, proven track record in engagement, successfully changing people’s attitude toward Health & Safety, in turn creating a safer and more efficient working culture and environment. Passionate about collaboration, I have a natural ability for working with people, possessing a warm and personable approach, with extensive knowledge of relaying complicated content to a non-expert audience. Adept in business partnering and building strong strategic relationships, a forward-thinking individual that can work as a core part of any management team. Highly qualified within the Health & Safety Sector,
Specialisms
Industry | Years Experience |
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Food and drink manufacture | 10 |
Manufacturing | 10 |
Warehousing | 10 |
Topic | Years Experience |
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Managing for health and safety | 10 |
Hazardous Substances (COSHH) | 5 |
Fire and explosion | 5 |
Risk management | 7 |
Workplace health advice | 10 |
Work History
Role | From - To | Job Title / Description |
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Founder ,Owner and active Consultant of Yerathel Safety with Difference | 03.2023 - today | • We are a Friendly and Hands on Freelance Health & Safety Service Consultancy provider who offers pragmatic solutions for Health and Safety working with Clients across U.K |
Assessor Judge for ROSPA Awards -December 2022-Present -Freelance | 12.2022 - today | • Assessing entrant submission documents • Evaluating Entrant /various Companies Health and Safety systems • Evaluating and reviewing Entrant /various Companies Health and Safety Procedures • Evaluating and reviewing Entrant /various Companies Health and Safety risk strategies and submitted risk documentation. • Evaluating and reviewing Entrant /various Companies Health and Safety risk strategies and submitted risk documentation. • Evaluating and reviewing Entrant /various Companies Health and Safety submitted data statistics. • Evaluating and reviewing Entrant /various Companies Health and Safety achievements • Evaluating and reviewing Entrant /various Companies Health and Safety Policies and Arrangements • Scoring Entrant /various Companies submitted information. • Awarding Awards for Entrant /various Companies based on overall submissions. • Supporting ROSPA Awards Manager with all relevant queries and working with agreed deadlines for different category Award groups |
Health & Safety Professional ,H&S Advisor - Site Locations (including CDM): Health and Safety Project Manager Fire risk Assessor | 08.2022 - 03.2023 | • Outline safe operational procedures which identify and consider all relevant hazards on site, ensuring contractors on site have been inducted; have relevant competencies/certificates. • Review RAMS of all contractors; manage safety on project sites in accordance with CDM 2015 Regulations and in line with best practice. • Issue Permits to Work (General, Hot, Confined Space, Excavations, ) and manage all aspects of H&S on project sites, when acting in the role/s of CDM Site Manager/Principal Contractor/other H&S related tasks as agreed with our clients. • Undertake and continually review risk assessments, ensuring working practices are safe and comply with legislation. • Advise on a range of specialist areas, including fire regulations, hazardous substances, noise, safeguarding machinery, CDM2015 and occupational disease. • Carry out site audits and communicate to relevant parties as required. • Develop, implement, and update documents relating to the project (e.g., KPI Tracker, Construction Phase Plan, F10 and as requested and appropriate). • Assist with documentation required when the company acts in the roles of Principal Contractor and/or Principal Designer. H&S Support: • Advise on a range of specialist areas, including fire regulations, hazardous substances, noise, safeguarding machinery, CDM2015 and occupational disease, etc. • Design and deliver bespoke H&S advice, support, and guidance as and when required for a range of various clients and industries. • Conduct H&S Systems Audit for clients and advise on recommended actions for compliance and best practice. • Guide clients through the application process for H&S accreditation • Conduct specialist Risk Assessments with/on behalf of clients (FRA, COVID, First Aid, etc). • Carry out Fire risk assessments for various clients. • Carry out Fire Door Inspections
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Examiner for Fire at National Examination Board in Occupational Safety and Health for Fire Safety | 10.2021 - today | In accordance with criteria and procedures designated by NEBOSH, Examiners: • Upload all marks accurately in accordance with detailed instruction. • Mark all scripts allocated in accordance with detailed instruction. • Completion of Examiners comments survey where required Completion of item observation form if required. • Attend training days as required by Nebosh |
Health & Safety Compliance Officer at ECG | 10.2021 - 08.2022 | • Generation and Review of Risk Documentation • Health, Safety, Welfare, Quality and Environmental Auditing across both • businesses in accordance with the requirements of each business and • ISO9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015 & ISO 45001:2018 standards. • Carried out over 40 Fire Risk Assessment for Client premises in Health care setting for Plant room, switch room and other high risk areas. • Managing fire risk register for 40 site Health care property portfolio and conducting frequent review. • Carried out over 20 specific Fire risk Assessments for Liverpool One Shopping centre for Plant room, switch room and other high-risk areas. • Generation and Review of Construction Phase Plans & Site Health & Safety • Plans • • Generation and Review of Internal Risk Documentation • Review and qualification of sub-contractor Risk Documentation • Auditing Sub contractors across Northwest region • Generation and Control of Permit to Work System • Supporting engineers, managers, senior managers with sound, Health, Safety, • Welfare, Environmental and Quality advice. • Carry out Accident/Incident Investigations and reporting on such. • Working alongside colleagues within the Compliance Team to ensure a • cohesive single message is consistently delivered. • Carrying out Health and Safety Audits for ECG Mobile Engineers across • Northwest region • Overseeing Health and Safety Compliance for Kudos Company at 40 Health • Care centres across Northwest and South region • Managing ECG Site Engineers and working alongside Liverpool ONE • Management to achieve Legal Health and safety compliance at Liverpool ONE • Shopping centre • Managing 40 ECG Mobile Engineers across Northwest and supporting • Managing and delivering Health and Safety service across Northwest and • South Portfolio as per contract agreement
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Health and Safety Permit Officer- Integral Company at Manchester Arndale Center- | 11.2020 - 10.2021 | • Conducting personal risk assessment, manual handling assessments, and machine assessments. • Working closely with Project Manager and Service Manager to make sure all new projects are running smoothly. • Managing all aspects of work activity of Contractors and sub-contractors on site • Carrying out Daily, weekly, and monthly inspections • Reviewing Risk Assessments, Method Statements and Rams • Writing daily reports to Operational Management • Conducting Inductions for Contractors • Booking Contractors onto Elvis system • Issuing Hight Risk Permits • Reviewing Meridian systems for Contractors • Advising Management on Health and Safety Matters |
Group Health and Safety Manager at Village Bakery | 04.2019 - 11.2021 | • Managing and Overseeing Health and Safety operation across 8 sites at Village Bakery. • Managing and Overseeing Control of Legionaries disease, cooling towers and water systems across 5 sites at Village Bakery • Managing and Overseeing Ammonia system across 2 sites at Village Bakery. • Maintaining and inputting accident metrics across 8 sites and analysing accident trends. • Investigating accidents, determining root cause, devising corrective action plan, and transferring data to the action log where outstanding actions can be close in timely manner. • Reviewing procedures and updating them accordingly. • Supporting Human Resources Manager with regards of Occupational Health Surveillance Program and carrying out necessary risk assessments. • Carry out risk task risk assessments and safe system of work. • Working closely with Project Manager and Director when new equipment is installed by carrying out required assessments such as Puwer. • Conducting personal risk assessment, manual handling assessments, and machine assessments. • Managing and Overseeing COSHH such as exposure limits to dust as major risk at Bakery to make sure we are fully compliant. • Managing and Overseeing DSEAR to make sure we have adequate zooning, process and equipment in place. • Managing and Overseeing fire safety across all 5 sites to make sure us fully compliant and reviewing Fire risk assessments. • Carrying out Fire risk Assessment for new premises and maintaining fire risk register to make sure all actions are frequently reviewed, and any changes noted. • Carry out necessary emergency fire drills and devising emergency procedures. • Charing Safety Committee and tracking actions from Health and Safety Committee. • Managing and overseeing all outstanding corrective actions and making sure that they are closed in timely manner. • Dealing with claims and supporting claims technician dept. • Devising, implementing, and conducting face to face Health and Safety training across all sites at Village Bakery • Conducting Health and Safety Inductions |
Health &Safety& Environmental Advisor at Kawneer | 01.2018 - 04.2019 | • Conducting Safety audits, critical surveys, spot checks, weekly Gemba walks • Carrying water monitoring in effluent plant [Taking reading from v-notch tank and inputting data to stay compliant with environmental permit/MCERTS] • Carry out weekly environmental walks to check waste is segregated correctly and liaise with waste company to remove hazardous and non-hazardous waste from site. • Attending Management daily meetings, monthly fatality prevention meetings, and safety meetings and imputing any accidents, near miss or injury for statistical analysis • Conducting follow up from the outcome of Occupational Health appointment. • Conducting Induction for new employees, visitors, contractors • Assisting when random drug and alcohol tests are being carried out. • Reviewing procedures and updating them accordingly • Writing Safe Systems of work for tasks carried out by operators. • Conducting risk assessments • Updating and reviewing outstanding actions from near miss reporting, accidents and risk assessments • Devising, implementing, and conducting face to face Health and Safety training at Kawneer |
Health and Safety Coordinator Adecco & Amazon | 10.2017 - 01.2018 | • Conducting Safety audits • Carrying and signing departmental area and task risk assessment • Point of contact for all Adecco Associates in terms of Health and Safety matters • Assisting Health and Safety Amazon team with accident investigation, near miss and injuries • Carrying out spot checks and observation that is based around Safety behaviour and correct manual handling technique [SMART] • Imputing any accidents, near miss or injury for statistical analysis • Liaising with area Mangers and offer assistance when required. • Conducting Induction for new employees • Conducting return to work interviews • Presenting relevant audit results to Amazon Safety team and High-Volume hiring team • Assisting when random drug and alcohol tests are being carried out. • Devising, implementing, and conducting face to face Health and Safety training at Amazon • Conducting Health and Safety Inductions |
Health and Safety Coordinator at Müller UK & Ireland | 10.2016 - 07.2017 | • Conducting Induction for new employees, visitors, and external contractors • Assist project team department and engineering when new machinery or expansion plan are made. • Attending departmental manufactural leaders meeting daily and coordinating any health and safety effort or issues that are being addressed. • Carrying and signing departmental area and task risk assessments • Writing SSOW and checking RAMS before any contractors carry any work activities. • Attending health and safety quality meetings and coordinate any health and safety activities or concern that quality department may have. • Point of contact when Health and Safety manager is not on site. • Assisting Health and Safety manager with implementing health and safety strategies to reduce accidents, near misses, unsafe acts, unsafe condition and improving health and safety culture (STAR) • Implementing risk register across the site and tracking any outstanding actions that could cost foreseeable accident. • Writing safety briefs for the site when near miss or accident occurs • Assisting internal / external audits • Reviewing chemical safety data sheet before any chemical is introduced onto site. • Carry out COSHH risk assessments. • Carry out DSE risk assessments for all office staff. • Looking after over 1000 people on a site and offering health and safety assistance whenever needed • Devising, implementing, and conducting face to face Health and Safety training at Muller |
Health and Safety Assistant /Machine operator at YKK (UK) LTD | 08.2013 - 10.2016 | • Conducting Risk Assessments on all elements of manufacturing from engineering processes to operational processes • Conducting specific Risk Assessments (COSHH, Machinery, Manual Handling, Art, Young person} • Review of Risk Assessments as needed. • Implementation and review of OHSAS 18001 System and Environmental Management System 14001 • Training new coming employees with regards of Health and Safety statute requirements and correct usage of PPE • Conducting Workplace Inspections, Health and Safety Tours, Sampling, Surveys • Helping and advising Management to ensure compliance with UK and European Health and Safety legislation. • Auditing against Safety Management System Requirements and HASAWA 1974 and MHSWR 1999 • Carrying out Health and Safety training face to face • Conducting Health and Safety Inductions |
Warehouse Operator at HUT Group | 04.2013 - 08.2013 | • Carrying out various roles based around loading & unloading, wrapping, dispatching, and sorting of goods.
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Quality Control Inspector, Health and Safety Representative at Saint Gobain | 01.2011 - 04.2013 | • Carrying out various roles based around loading & unloading, wrapping, dispatching, and sorting of goods. • Assembly of domes and working on different projects • Liaising closely with safety /production and quality managers • Operating pump & forklift including forklift counterbalance (Capacity 2500 kg) • Pattern inspection for cast production. • Producing ceramics for chemical and steel industries • Final Inspection of fired ceramic before packing.
Health and Safety representative • Communicating Health and Safety matters and concerns from employees to employers • Actively involved in weekly Health and Safety meetings • Conducting risk assessments in specific designated working areas • Monitoring of use PPE (personal protective equipment) • Identify any hazards and risk. • Reporting and recording any injuries, dangerous occurrences, near misses and accidents • Reporting to Health and Safety manager • Conducting Health and Safety Inductions |
Sommelier working for Stanley House Hotel | 06.2008 - 01.2011 | • Managing wine service operation • Dealing with customers and providing 5-star service • Managing wine cellar and carrying out monthly stock take • Recommending and advising customers on wine • Conducting wine seminars
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Sommelier working for Gleneagles Hotel | 06.2006 - 06.2008 | • Dealing with customers and providing 5-star service • Managing wine cellar and carrying out monthly stock take • Recommending and advising customers on wine • Conducting wine seminars • Managing wine service operation |
Sommelier and Fire fighter on board Cruise ship | 06.1996 - 07.2007 | • Carrying out fire emergency drills • Weekly testing of all firefighting equipment • Responding to any fire emergency • Daily check for all fire doors and compartment doors • Daily Fire safety observation inspections
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Membership of Professional Bodies
Professional Body | Membership | Member since | OSHCR Eligible Since |
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IOSH | Chartered Member (CMIOSH) | 11.2021 | 03.2023 |
Qualifications
Accrediting Institute | Type | Qualification | Date passed |
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City & Guilds | Diploma | Level 5 Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety Practise | 06.2021 |
NEBOSH | Certificate | • NEBOSH National General Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety | 01.2015 |
Other | Other | • Level 3 Award in Education & Training –AET | 02.2016 |
NEBOSH | Certificate | NEBOSH Level 3 Certificate in Fire Risk Assessment, Fire Prevention and Management | 02.2024 |
Further Information
• Fire Door Inspection Certificate
• Temporary Works Coordinator CITB Training for Construction and Civil
Engineering Industries
• SOLAS Safe Pass Training
• Environmental Awareness E learning course
• Food Safety HACCP Hygiene training
• Hot work permit training
• Legionella Management for water systems City & Guilds HTM04-01
• NEBOSH Fire Safety Examiner training
• NVQ Level 5 Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety
• NEBOSH diploma Level 6 Management of Health and Safety Unit A
• NEBOSH National General Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety NVQ3
• Level 3 Award in Education & Training –AET
• Fire Fighter Training – Cruise Ship in-house training
• IPAF /MEWPS Training for Managers in managing safe use of any lifting equipment.
• First aid at work certificate
• Accident investigation certificate
• Crowd Management Course
• Confined space training for Manager/Supervisor level
• Fire Warden Certificate