Career development

Wayne Bagnall, a leading authority in the field of demolition and asbestos safety, discusses the value of lifelong learning, meeting the Queen, and the importance of trust and optimism.

Jimmy Quinn, immediate past president of IOSH, highlights the invaluable skills of Armed Forces veterans and the helping hand they need to complete the second half of a career change.

The SHE technician apprenticeship equips young OSH entrants with practical skills and builds professional competence. Nearly four years on from its launch, there has been a significant uptake in the level 3 qualification.

From Ferrari to Fujitsu, Maria Antonieta Martinez GradIOSH has worked for some iconic global brands. Now, she says that wellbeing is the key to a new era of health and safety.

A diverse career spanning the events industry – from the Olympics and Bollywood to music festivals and motorsport – is certainly an advantage for experienced mentor Richard Bate CMIOSH.

Sofiane Bentahar’s background as a teacher and a translator – and as both an IOSH student and a training provider – has proven invaluable to his OSH career.

Long before COVID-19 struck, change was sweeping through work practices. OSH professionals must keep themselves up to date and ensure they have the right skill-set to be able to advise businesses.

IOSH Future Leader Jessica Sales explains her journey from lab quality control apprentice to QHSE manager with global commercial real estate services and investment company, CBRE. 

Nineteen-year-old IOSH student member Lauren Healey on why she chose an OSH career and her aspirations to work in the education sector.

Achieving Chartered status during maternity leave was just one among many impressive achievements for Karen Godfrey – safety, health and environment manager at Morgan Sindall Construction (Yorkshire and North East).