Competent to aclvise?

摘要

Giving evidence to the recent Work and Pensions Select Committee inquiry into the work of HSC/E, Richard Jones, policy and technical director at the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH), said: "...the sad fact is that anybody can set themselves up as a health and safety consultant and start operating, anybody can call themselves a health and safety adviser without any level of qualification or experience, which we think is wrong."rnHis concerns were echoed by HSE Board chair, Judith Hackitt, and the Department for Work and Pensions' (DWP) minister covering health and safety. Lord McKenzie of Luton. All were worried that poorly qualified but over-zealous health and safety advisers are encouraging employers to produce over-burdensome risk assessments, adding needlessly to the burden of compliance.