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W O’Brien Health & Safety Management, located Bradford West Yorkshire specializes in providing prompt health and safety advice/ action to businesses, partnerships, sole traders ranging from site inspections to identify hazards to provision of formal safe systems of work. The lead consultant William (Bill O’Brien has over twenty five years experience of hazard identification in traditionally high risk construction/ Civil Engineering operations. Entering the construction industry 1964 completing trade apprenticeship, leading to supervisory duties then site management duties. Major incapacitating illness 1988 compelled Bill to seek less strenuous activities. Bill embarked on professional higher education courses to convert traditional physical skills to academic qualifications, becoming associate I OSH was the first step on the ladder to obtaining NV Q 4 in Occupational Health and safety management leading to full membership of IOSH. (2005) Bill qualified to Chartered member.

C M I O SH ) 2007 Launching W O’brien health & safety management, continual provision of expert, qualified advice/professional service now sees Bill providing Health & safety advisor/ manager role to all sectors of industry. Specializing in construction Bill was formerly qualified Planning Supervisor ( CDM Regulations ) 1994 from the period 1994 to 2007 when the CDM Regulations underwent a radical review becoming the CDM Regulations 2007 the new Regulations saw the role of Planning Supervisor amended to the new role of CDM Co-ordinator existing planning supervisors were required t undertake highly academic examinations by the Association for Project Safety (formerly the Association Planning Supervisors ) under the 1994 Regulations before being allowed to practice CDM management under the new Regulations, Bill achieved the necessary academic standards being entered onto the APS register of CDM Coordinators holding the qualification R Maps Bill now provides expert CDM Coordination services to the Construction and Civil Engineering industries.

One of the far reaching changes to come with CDM 2007 is the requirement for Clients to be satisfied that all Principal Contractor and sub-contractors are competent. To be able to demonstrate such competence, Principal contractors and sub-contractors are required to have either CHAS (construction health and safety) or Constructionline approval both these schemes guarantee competence by assessment, Bill has many years experience supporting contractors through the application process.

One major requirement of both CHAS and Constructionline is the requirement for a fully documented health and safety management system, containing, policies, procedures, formal safe systems of work risk assessments etc.

Bill can provide such systems from scratch or help you develop an existing system to reach standards required.

Originally from a construction background Bill holds the following professional qualifications:

• M C I O B (member chartered institute building)
• C M I O S H (chartered member institution occupational safety health)
• R Maps (registered member Association project safety )
• NVQ-4 Occupational health and safety management
• RSH (Royal Society Health ) diploma construction safety management
• MBIFM (member British Institute Facilities Management

As a Chartered member of the Institution of Occupational safety and health (CMIOSH) bill ensures he is up to date with current legislation by attending the West Yorkshire Occupational health and safety group. Bill engages in rigorous CPD events organized by I OSH, APS, and CIOB.