What is the value of a NEBOSH qualification?
- Peter Minto
- 11 minutes ago
- 2 min read
“How many people here at the seminar have a NEBOSH certificate?” Approximately 65 of the 70 health and safety professionals put their hand up. This was the question put to the group of people attending our health and safety seminar in 2024 at Chesterfield market hall by the business ‘Turnaround-king’ – Kevin Parkin. Kevin Parkin, the consultant most notable for bringing faltering businesses back from the brink of oblivion was addressing the group with a presentation he delivers to any business requesting his services. His philosophy is to ensure the health and safety is completely shored up (not in any superficial way) as the foundation to, and before working on the business efficiency. There is no one better to understand this, through past experiences.
“Keep your hands up if you are a director” was the next statement. There were only three people remaining with hands raised, just as Mr Parkin precisely expected.
“Why should this be the case? The fastest and most effective way of all, to improve the health and safety of any business is embed the expertise in the board of directors. Is it that directors think they may be exonerated if there is a serious incident due to lack of awareness and are hoping to blame their health and safety person? Everyone here knows that is not the case.” “Is it that they do not think health and safety is very important?”
It has taken two years but Train to Safety have finally thrown down the gauntlet with a challenge to all company directors in the Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and South Yorkshire area. We are offering any company director a place on our March 9th course at the cost of only the exam entry. The invoice value will be £280. It is basically a huge give away.
Maybe. Maybe not. At the end of the course, we will interview the directors and ask them what value they would put on the course, now they have attended. At that point we will raise an invoice in line with the remainder of the value after deducting the exam entry fee. It may be that the director may not value it at all. In which case we will accept the opinion and live with it. On the other hands the director may say that they now see a way of shoring the business up, quite correctly saving them tens of thousands of pounds. (Reduced insurance premiums, lower accident rates, better utilisation of current staff etc, etc.)
Bring this to the attention of your directors. It is important they are aware of this offer.
