whiskeyonesix
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Hi Folks,
As some of you might know, I work in the steel manufacturing and warehousing/logistics trade.
Our occupational Health and Safety advisor at work has now classed me as a "High Risk Employee" because of my hearing loss. Quite why they have done this is frankly beyond me as my HA's restore my hearing to an acceptable point.
However, I have a feeling that this limits any chance I would ever have at promotion (besides the fact that you have to be a serious ass-kisser to get anywhere where I am, and I'm just not that sort of person) so I'm going to expand my horizons.
I'm looking into part-time studying into Occupational Health & Safety. I want to find out why certain people are more likely to have accidents than others, I used to do risk assessments at a company I worked for in the past, and it's a field that I quite enjoyed.
It will take me a couple of years to get fully-qualified as Workplace Health & Safety Assessor, but to be honest with you guys, I've gone from job to job over the past 20 years ( and i've had some very interesting ones!) but nothing that could be regarded as a career, so I think it's time I changed that....
As some of you might know, I work in the steel manufacturing and warehousing/logistics trade.
Our occupational Health and Safety advisor at work has now classed me as a "High Risk Employee" because of my hearing loss. Quite why they have done this is frankly beyond me as my HA's restore my hearing to an acceptable point.
However, I have a feeling that this limits any chance I would ever have at promotion (besides the fact that you have to be a serious ass-kisser to get anywhere where I am, and I'm just not that sort of person) so I'm going to expand my horizons.
I'm looking into part-time studying into Occupational Health & Safety. I want to find out why certain people are more likely to have accidents than others, I used to do risk assessments at a company I worked for in the past, and it's a field that I quite enjoyed.
It will take me a couple of years to get fully-qualified as Workplace Health & Safety Assessor, but to be honest with you guys, I've gone from job to job over the past 20 years ( and i've had some very interesting ones!) but nothing that could be regarded as a career, so I think it's time I changed that....