Mr David Cooke
Overview
Expertise:
Cooke H&S Consulting Ltd is passionate about improving health and safety standards in the workplace to ensure that clients receive the best possible professional advice on compliance with current health and safety legislation and practices. Having 20 plus years experience in delivering health and safety advice and compliance monitoring within the high risk power utility services industry, Cooke H&S Consulting Ltd can offer clients a full range of health and safety services from advice and guidance, training, workplace inspections/audits and incident/accident investigation.
Cooke H&S Consulting Ltd can undertake health and safety evaluation audits and legislative gap analysis from which bespoke health and safety management systems can be developed or existing systems reviewed. Any health and safety management system that will be developed, will be appropriate for the company and the level of risk being managed. Health and safety management systems will be developed in compliance with the HSE HSG65 Managing for Health and Safety and also, if required, to BS OHSAS 18001 Occupational Health and Safety Management standard.
Health and safety policy and procedure implementation audits can be undertaken to identify needs such as policy reviews or the development of additional policies and procedures to ensure legislative compliance.
Specialist Health & Safety Services:
The following are specialist areas where Cooke H&S Consulting can provide expert health and safety advice and guidance to clients:
- Health and safety management systems and policy review/development,
- Incident and accident investigation and statutory reporting,
- Site and workplace health and safety inspections and audits,
- Asbestos Management,
- Work at Height,
- REACH and COSHH (Control of Substances Hazardous to Health),
- Confined Space Work,
- Risk Assessments,
- Vibration,
- CDM advice.
Training Services:
Cooke H&S Consulting Ltd can undertake training analysis to ensure legislative compliance and develop appropriate training programmes. Training can be offered to clients on the following subjects:
- Health and Safety for Directors and Managers,
- Behavioural Safety,
- Asbestos Awareness Training,
- Work at Height Awareness training,
- REACH and COSHH Training,
- Risk Assessment,
- Accident Investigation and statutory reporting,
- Vibration,
- Electricity awareness training.
Specialisms
Industry | Years Experience |
---|---|
Agriculture | 27 |
Engineering | 27 |
Construction | 26 |
Motor vehicle repair | 26 |
Tree work | 17 |
Warehousing | 27 |
Topic | Years Experience |
---|---|
Asbestos | 16 |
Confined spaces | 11 |
Corporate manslaughter | 12 |
Hazardous Substances (COSHH) | 22 |
Electrical safety | 26 |
Managing for health and safety | 22 |
Corporate responsibility | 12 |
Falls from height | 26 |
Work History
Role | From - To | Job Title / Description |
---|---|---|
Assistant Environment and Safety Advisor | 05.1995 - 06.1996 | Power utility company. Providing HSE advice within the Corporate Division managed units. |
Safety Adviser | 07.1996 - 09.2014 | Power utility company Transferred to the Operation Division |
Health and Safety Consultant | 09.2014 - today | Cooke H&S Consulting Ltd was incorporated on 14/09/2014. Since then I have been operating as a Health and Safety Consultant to a diverse range of industries. |
Membership of Professional Bodies
Professional Body | Membership | Member since | OSHCR Eligible Since |
---|---|---|---|
IOSH | Chartered Member (CMIOSH) | 09.1998 | 02.2016 |
Qualifications
Accrediting Institute | Type | Qualification | Date passed |
---|---|---|---|
NEBOSH | Diploma | NEBOSH Diploma | 08.1998 |
NEBOSH | Certificate | NEBOSH Certificate | 12.1995 |
Other | Other | Environmental Management Systems Assessor / Lead Assessor Course | 07.1996 |
City & Guilds | Certificate | Level 2 Working in High Risk Confined Spaces - Water | 07.2011 |
City & Guilds | Certificate | Level 3 Emergency Rescue and Recovery of Casualties from Confined Spaces - Water | 07.2011 |
Other | Certificate | Institute of Acoustics - Environmental Noise Measurement | 06.1999 |
Other | Certificate | Institute of Acoustics - Work Place Noise Measurement | 06.1999 |
BOHS | Certificate | P407 Managing Asbestos in Premises the Duty Holder Requirements | 06.2004 |
BOHS | Certificate | P405 Management of Asbestos in Buildings | 06.2005 |
BOHS | Certificate | P402 Building Surveys and Bulk Sampling for Asbestos | 06.2006 |
Further Information
Memberships
CMIOSH - Chartered Member of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health
OSHCR - Occupational Safety & Health Consultants Register
ACMI - Associate Member of the Chartered Management Institute
Qualifications
2016 Brandon Agencies - Competent Person to inspect and assess work at height PPE
2011 City & Guilds- Level 2 Working in High Risk Confined Space: Water
2011 City & Guilds- Level 3 Emergency Rescue & Recovery of Casualties from Confined Spaces: Water
2008 BSI Management System - OH&S Management Systems Auditor/Lead Auditor
2006 niFAST Construction Safety - Project Supervisor Construction Stage Course
2006 BOHS - P402 Building Surveys and Bulk Sampling for Asbestos
2005 BOHS - P405 Management of Asbestos in Buildings
2004 BOHS - P407 Managing Asbestos in Premises the Duty Holder Requirements
2003 RoSPA Quality Safety Audit - Auditor Refresher Course
2000 RoSPA Quality Safety Auditor - Certificate of Competence
1999 Institute of Acoustics - Certificate of Competence in Workplace Noise Measurement
1999 Institute of Acoustics - Certificate of Competence in Environmental Noise Measurement
1996 Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance) - Environmental Management Systems Assessor/Lead Assessor