Consultant Profile

Paul has been manager of the Occupational Hygiene Department since 2015, providing consultancy services to a variety of industries with regard to the assessment and control of chemical agents (e.g. dusts, fumes, fibres, gases, vapours and mists) and physical agents (noise, vibration, heat etc) in the workplace. He has a reputation for comprehensive, in-depth, survey reports which marry scientific sampling results with detailed observations of the workplace. Following a discussion of these elements the reports conclude concisely and recommendations are clearly laid out. Work has included assessing Stewards' noise exposure in the auditorioum of the Royal Albert Hall, in London.

GHT has an international reputation for training occupational hygienists. As one of the main occupational hygiene lecturers, Paul has taught many trainee occupational hygienists through their OH Learning W500 Training Modules. In addition to this training in the UK, Paul has also taught students oversees, including in Azerbaijan for BP International and Kazakhstan for KPO. In addition, to teaching OHlearning and BOHS courses, 

In addition, to the above roles he also organises training courses abroad, in countries such as Saudi Arabia. This has included liaising with the British Occupational Hygiene Society (BOHS) in translating their exams into new languages.

Paul became a Chartered Occupational Hygienist when working for the MOD, measuring service and civilian staff exposure to hazardous substances in ships, submarines, helicopters, tracked vehicles and at a variety of workplaces at different military bases. This included occupational hygiene surveys during missile launches, military operations, Special Forces live firing drills and Royal Marine Commandos beach assault exercises in Norway.

Organising the analysis of samples utilising UKAS accredited methods where available and proficiency testing data (e.g. WASP) to select laboratories, in addition to their track record on meeting turn-around times.

Recommending practical and cost effective control methods, including follow up advice and support during actually instigating controls.

Paul was also a member of the Helicopter Crash Support Team providing immediate health & safety advice to crash investigators and wreckage recovery teams at rotary wing crash sites. This role included mitigating environmental damage from leaking aviation fuel at crash locations in the UK, Europe and USA.

Running the Quantitative fit testing service for full-face, industrial respiratory protective equipment (RPE) for Royal Navy (RN) and MOD APCM personnel.

Contributing to MOD policy and guidance including the use of personal protection equipment (PPE), RPE, fit testing, workplace noise, hand arm vibration and health advice on firing ranges.

Lecturing on INM Workplace Noise Assessor and IOA Hand Arm Vibration training courses.

Paul undertook a variety of occupational hygiene consultancy work; such as exposure monitoring for airborne hazardous substances, workplace noise assessments, hand arm vibration surveys, LEV testing and general ventilation monitoring in a wide range of work locations from small and medium enterprises to multinational companies.

Paul passed the BOHS Certificate of Operational Competence in Occupational Hygiene whilst working at Shutlers Associates and gained a IOA Post Graduate Diploma in Noise Assessment and Control from Derby University.