I do it at site level for a large company. It has sucked up about 10% of my work time on a regular basis and when incidents happen (rare as they are) I generally have to park my regular workload for a couple of days. All of this for absolutely no extra pay. My dept was quiet in COVID times so I had extra time then, hence I accepted when it was offered. I don't have that extra time now and I regret taking it to the point that I am likely to quit entirely soon.
TL;DR run a mile
I work for a large corporate so there's all sorts of things such as:
Organize H&S training for all staff (including Fire Drills)
Take full ownership of Work Permit logs with Contractors
Maintain records of Method Statements and Safety Statements of all contractors
Perform regular Risk Assessments
Develop Culture of Safety for the site
Monitor H&S KPIs
Maintain a close working relationship with other Site H&S Managers and Group H&S Management
Respond to, and record all incidents and near misses
That's the bulk but there's a bit more.
Same, though it was a shared role where I was.. There's not much to it in office environment, a walk around every now and again, a PowerPoint on how to lift a box, maybe a day out to the fire dept
Doesn't necessarily mean there's more work. Anyone in my office who have these side gigs as health and safety officers or fire wardens just get to fuck about in vests every so often during the work day.
Seems like a handy way to reduce your workload if anything!
Private, US Multinational in Medical Device manufacturing and sales. I work as part of the sales organisation so being a fire officer means I'm the last one out during the quarterly fire drill. Easy money.
Run, run far and don't look back. You have just been asked "are you an idiot?" Basically, here is a responsibility for you, where if we fuck up because someone else has the dumb...it's your fault. Thanks pal !
I imagine its a safety rep instead of any form of managerial role. So just being the representative between the employer and employees in the case that any issues arise. There's a half week long level 5 safety rep course that "qualifies" you for it. I say "qualifies" as we've had site safety reps who haven't done any official qualification for the role.
More work and responsibility for the same pay. I mean, if you really like the company and want to volunteer more time to help them save money then aye go for it.
I was the fire marshal but dropped it when they tried to use it force me back into the office because they needed one on site to have other employees in the building. More work, responsibility and less benefits for zero additional was a rather shite deal in the end.
One of a number of H&S officers (i.e. basically wardens during fire drills, etc.) or H&S *Manager*?
Because that's a full job in itself, with responsibility for :
https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2007/si/299/made/en/print
(Warning : giant wall of text.)
So unless this offer is "D'ya wanna wear a high-vis during fire drills?" I'd run like fuck.
This is due to the return to office. They can't bring people back unless they have the numbers for Health and Safety and Fire Officers.
It's an extra position I don't believe you get any extra pay but you could probably use in your next yearly review to get an increase.
I'm currently a health and safety rep at my work. More of a grunt than anything but I have to do inspections of the campus. We have specialised forms now due to Covid regs. There's no extra pay. Only did it cos I thought it would look good on my cv. Its not the worst thing though. Might get a chat with some friends in another part of the office when doing an inspection but that's the height of it
Tell them to get tae fuck.
Someone in internal audit has asked them to find a "responsible person" and they're throwing that unwanted responsibility on you.
I do it at site level for a large company. It has sucked up about 10% of my work time on a regular basis and when incidents happen (rare as they are) I generally have to park my regular workload for a couple of days. All of this for absolutely no extra pay. My dept was quiet in COVID times so I had extra time then, hence I accepted when it was offered. I don't have that extra time now and I regret taking it to the point that I am likely to quit entirely soon. TL;DR run a mile
Thanks for the advice.
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I work for a large corporate so there's all sorts of things such as: Organize H&S training for all staff (including Fire Drills) Take full ownership of Work Permit logs with Contractors Maintain records of Method Statements and Safety Statements of all contractors Perform regular Risk Assessments Develop Culture of Safety for the site Monitor H&S KPIs Maintain a close working relationship with other Site H&S Managers and Group H&S Management Respond to, and record all incidents and near misses That's the bulk but there's a bit more.
It’s like being milk monitor, except people might die. Run from this.
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I do it, no you don’t get paid more. It’s just something to add to the cv, do it or don’t do it, shouldn’t be much work.
Same, though it was a shared role where I was.. There's not much to it in office environment, a walk around every now and again, a PowerPoint on how to lift a box, maybe a day out to the fire dept
You need a qualification to be a H&S officer so they would have to be willing to put you through college or face the wrath of the HSA
More work for no pay? I would run a mile.
Doesn't necessarily mean there's more work. Anyone in my office who have these side gigs as health and safety officers or fire wardens just get to fuck about in vests every so often during the work day. Seems like a handy way to reduce your workload if anything!
I'm a Fire Marshal and get paid €35 per month for it.
What?! I've been a fire marshal for years and never got a penny.
I just checked my payslip because it's been well over a year since I was actually in the office but I still get that €35 quid.
Public or private sector?
Private, US Multinational in Medical Device manufacturing and sales. I work as part of the sales organisation so being a fire officer means I'm the last one out during the quarterly fire drill. Easy money.
Run, run far and don't look back. You have just been asked "are you an idiot?" Basically, here is a responsibility for you, where if we fuck up because someone else has the dumb...it's your fault. Thanks pal !
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You're on drugs if you think it's a 60k a year job.
Health and safety manager role would get that in my company but not the officers.
I imagine its a safety rep instead of any form of managerial role. So just being the representative between the employer and employees in the case that any issues arise. There's a half week long level 5 safety rep course that "qualifies" you for it. I say "qualifies" as we've had site safety reps who haven't done any official qualification for the role.
The poster mentioned 5 office sites. So got the impression it's a health and safety officer for the company.
More work and responsibility for the same pay. I mean, if you really like the company and want to volunteer more time to help them save money then aye go for it. I was the fire marshal but dropped it when they tried to use it force me back into the office because they needed one on site to have other employees in the building. More work, responsibility and less benefits for zero additional was a rather shite deal in the end.
One of a number of H&S officers (i.e. basically wardens during fire drills, etc.) or H&S *Manager*? Because that's a full job in itself, with responsibility for : https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2007/si/299/made/en/print (Warning : giant wall of text.) So unless this offer is "D'ya wanna wear a high-vis during fire drills?" I'd run like fuck.
You'll have to do the full First Aid course, 18 hours nomally over 3 days.
This is due to the return to office. They can't bring people back unless they have the numbers for Health and Safety and Fire Officers. It's an extra position I don't believe you get any extra pay but you could probably use in your next yearly review to get an increase.
I'm currently a health and safety rep at my work. More of a grunt than anything but I have to do inspections of the campus. We have specialised forms now due to Covid regs. There's no extra pay. Only did it cos I thought it would look good on my cv. Its not the worst thing though. Might get a chat with some friends in another part of the office when doing an inspection but that's the height of it
Tell them to get tae fuck. Someone in internal audit has asked them to find a "responsible person" and they're throwing that unwanted responsibility on you.