10 QUESTIONS
10 QUESTIONS WITH... ANDREA BOWEN
Each issue, we ask an industry professional the Tomorrow’s Health & Safety 10 Questions. This month we spoke to Andrea Bowen, Technical Product Manager, from Casella.
Oystercard ticketing system. She took this tremendous risk after losing her parents and realising that ‘life’s too short’. Not only is she a successful woman in technology but she overcame dyslexia to get to where she is.
Q4
HOW WOULD YOU IMPROVE THE HEALTH
AND SAFETY INDUSTRY? To really begin to focus on the ‘health’ part of health and safety. Understandably focus up until now has been on immediate safety issues… stopping accidents rather than tackling the long latency conditions and diseases which may take 10 or 20 years to develop but have very serious repercussions.
Q5 Q1
WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST JOB?
Aside from working in the kitchens at a local pub whilst still at school, my first job after graduation was working for Birmingham City Laboratories as a lab tech. They covered building control and asbestos clearance and monitoring.
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HOW DID YOU GET INTO THE HEALTH AND SAFETY
INDUSTRY? I have a background in marketing and product development of technical equipment and after taking a career break, this was a fantastic opportunity to do something techy but also be part of an industry which really makes a difference to people’s quality of life.
WHO, IN ANY OTHER INDUSTRY, DO YOU
MOST ADMIRE? Debra Charles. She is a female entrepreneur who set up Novacroft, a smartcard business that runs the
WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO COMBAT NEGATIVE ATTITUDES
TOWARDS HEALTH AND SAFETY? Getting your workers involved to understand exactly why you are monitoring noise and dust levels and what the risks are.
Q6
WHAT IS THE BEST ADVICE YOU COULD GIVE TO
SOMEONE NEW COMING INTO THE SAFETY PROFESSION? Probably the same as in any profession; keep learning and challenge yourself and others
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thegreatbritishbakeoff.co.uk Q7
WHAT DO YOU THINK THE FUTURE HOLDS FOR THE
HEALTH AND SAFETY INDUSTRY? I believe that new technology that appears in ‘normal life’ will be incorporated into health and safety equipment making the job of the health and safety professional much easier.
Q8 Q9
IF YOU COULD HAVE A DINNER PARTY WITH ANY
THREE PEOPLE, DEAD OR ALIVE, WHO WOULD THEY BE AND WHY? Slightly cheating - I’m going to pick four; Mary Berry, Paul Hollywood and Mel&Sue. Great food, great company and an absolutely fantastic pudding.
WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE IN A FUTURE ISSUE OF
TOMORROW’S HEALTH & SAFETY? Tomorrow’s Health & Safety have some really great articles. I’d like to see more articles about Occupational Hygiene and the importance of monitoring for noise and dust… but then I guess I would say that.
Paul Sambrook, Group Risk & Compliance Director at Servest, asks...
Q10
HOW WOULD YOU MEASURE THE SUCCESS OF
THE HEALTH AND SAFETY POLICIES AND PROCEDURES APART FROM OBVIOUS THINGS LIKE REDUCING ACCIDENT AND INCIDENT RATES? That employers have a strong health and safety culture, that the risks are fully understood by the workforce and they not only follow the procedures laid down but regulate each other.
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Check out next month’s issue to see what Andrea asked our next industry professional...
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