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I never thought they would be offered to me, Eight unusual activities

THE PRACTICE HOW TO…
so I have had a change in mindset,’ he says.
‘It’s opened up opportunities to either that count as CPD
side-step in my career or to give back to the
community and the industry because that Emergency develop and progress in a pipeline of future
is what being a Fellow is about. To do that, 1 preparedness: their profession. OSH professionals.
writing or researching
however, I still need the relevant skills,
for the plan or Volunteer work: Hobbies
knowledge and experience and to be better
participating in an 4 anything that 6 and interests:
in those positions; I still have to maintain
emergency exercise. enhances OSH practice, recreational shooting,
my own CPD.’
such as training to be a home improvements
Abbie writes Millennium Support’s Audits, inspections, first aider, participating and flying small aircraft

policies and procedures. One of the ways 2 site tours: activities in a fire and rescue all require research.

she writes her reflective statement after that demonstrate you’ve evacuation, running a

completing a CPD activity is to think about learned something new book club or speaking Travel or
how she can apply what she has learned. or have updated about OSH in schools. 7 working abroad:
This can be to amend processes or the way previous knowledge. experiencing diff erent
the organisation works with the people Mentoring safety cultures and
Wider learning: 5 non-OSH reflecting on good

it supports.
3 delivering or professionals: this practice in diff erent
Abbie has her sights set on becoming
contributing to training, raises risk management parts of the world
a Chartered Fellow and has applied to
presentations and awareness, helps to is invaluable.
be a mentor through the IOSH scheme,
materials, such as promote a positive OSH
in part because she wants to encourage guidance or standards culture, and has the Undertaking food
more female OSH professionals to achieve that help others to potential to cultivate 8 hygiene training.
Chartered membership. Mentoring others
is an important CPD activity that can
get overlooked.
Zuzanna Bradley CMIOSH, head of
health, safety and wellbeing at Quarries,
says one of the most important ways she
approaches CPD, and her own personal Positive ‘If you had to do it
development, is through mentoring and reflection again, are you going to

providing leadership. For Zuzanna, a good make the same mistake

‘I am really involved in improving reflective statement or have you really learned
organisational culture and wellbeing, should focus on what and grown from the
promoting positive behaviours and the activity is and experience and won’t make
improving individuals’ health from the why they did it, what the that mistake again?’
perspective of employers,’ she says. person learned and how they Rob concludes that CPD is a great
Although she’s in the earlier stages of will use the new knowledge gained. conversational tool to learn from OSH
membership, Lynne also acts as a mentor – ‘I also focus on the strengths I have and other professions, because CPD can
helping a colleague in her old support offi cer demonstrated and what my weaknesses be framed to fit different audiences.

role – and includes this experience in her were,’ she adds. ‘In addition, I include how ‘I am very passionate about my

reflective statement. I rectified any issues or faults that I have volunteering roles and, as a non-

‘It’s good if we can invest in our own, found in myself.’ executive board member of a pre-school,
and IOSH has enabled me to do that and Rob says this is a really important I communicate safety messages,’ he says.

continue. I am working downwards and element in the reflective statement, as is ‘Trying to get people on board with

working upwards,’ she says. what the member would do differently if safety awareness, I have had to rely
‘I’ve grown within the profession and in they had to do the activity again. on the growth of my CPD to use those
my role. It’s empowering because you can ‘By asking “what” in the open question, it transferable soft skills to convey the
see your own development; it’s self-led, but really makes their mind switch open to that right message in the right way to a IMAGE: SHUTTERSTOCK

you have markers from IOSH to achieve.’ reflective philosophy,’ he explains. different audience.’
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