Professional Information
I am a practicing Safety Professional working as a Health and Safety Author, Trainer and Consultant.
I am a Chartered Member of the Institute of Occupational Safety and Health.
My past
experience includes time in the Royal Navy and a number of years working for
BBC Radio. At the BBC I worked in Operations (making Radio programmes) and then
as an Electronics Engineer, before moving into the
safety field as the Radio Engineering Safety Advisor. I have been the Safety
Officer at the Testing Laboratories of the British Standards Institution and
for the Loss Prevention Council. I have lectured in Occupational Health and
Safety at
What do I do...
- I reduce costs for organisations by effective yet reasonable loss prevention and risk management
- I devise and implement EHS management systems, including persuading people to accept and use them
- I solve the EHS needs of organisations in terms of systems, culture, policies and procedures, with the means to put them into practice
- I devise innovative means to provide EHS information to ensure suitable yet commercially acceptable compliance
- I determine the reasonable training needs of organisations to reduce accidents and assist in policy acceptance and save significant resources by preparing and presenting them
- I conduct inspections and audits to ensure compliance with the management systems
- I can work independently and as a part of a team to determine and provide innovative solutions to health and safety problems in single and multi-site organisations for minimal cost
- I keep abreast of all aspects of EHS – both legislative and operational - by writing articles on current and future topics for a number of health and safety publishers.
I am highly computer literate having a reasonable level of expertise in, Web Design, Windows and Web application design and programming (including .NET framework), all components of Microsoft Office, drawing programmes such as Corel Draw and Paint Shop Pro with a wide experience of design and use of information sources.
Ted - the person!
I love getting out into the fresh air - walking, & swimming, but my main interests are Ten Pin Bowling and bell ringing (the large ones in towers!). I am also an Aromatherapist and enjoy reading, talking, theatre and cinema - I have wide tastes in music, which I love. I enjoy meals with friends with a glass of red wine or malt whisky.
I am 6'3" tall and well built with brown hair, blue eyes and glasses.