Buckingham palaces is currently hiring a Health and Safety Advisor, are you the person for this job?
Buckingham Palace has had their fair share of health and safety issues over the years.
For example there was that one incident where a plumber had to enter the monarch’s bathroom, a place of complete privacy, where only the queen and her lady maid are allowed to enter. He was there to fix her vintage, chain-pulled cistern, not a complicated job for a plumber. It was reported that while the plumber worked to fix the lavatory, he lent against is causing part of the structure to come away from the wall!
What started as a simple plumbing job quickly turned in catastrophe and highlighted many health and safety issues within the 313 year old building.
Then there was the roof leak in the picture gallery. If this was allowed to get any worse, then the queen’s priceless collection of art and her silk lined walls could have been irreplaceably damaged.
After the lavatory incident the queen was advised that she should move out of her London home, Buckingham Palace, so the building could undergo a £150 million renovation. It suddenly become clear that the palace had fallen in such a state of disrepair that all the plumbing within the palace needed to be replaced a long with being re-wired.
On top of the re-wiring and plumbing – it was discovered that the place was awash with asbestos. When the asbestos was discovered, naturally the royal aides saw it was important to remove such a dangerous material from the palace. With a bill estimate in its millions it was clear that Buckingham Palace is in a less than perfect state.
As a health and safety advisor for Buckingham Palace it will be your job to advise people of the risks that this 300 year old building could face in the future. And let’s face it, old buildings always have something wrong with them, from a leaking roof’s to erosion of the bricks, there will be many issues that you will have to advise on.
But that’s all part of the job, right?
Diversity is one of the reasons people enter into a health and safety career in the first place. And we are pretty sure that working at Buckingham Palace will provide you with just that. Even the job description illustrates the diverse nature of the role stating that you will be working in office, kitchen, stable and gardens, plus providing hands on support at events.
Of course you will be expected to work well as part of the health and safety team, undertake workplace inspections and risk assessments provide up to date policy advice and provide advice on how to alleviate risk, examining accident reports and ensuring that all accidents, issues and health and safety related incidents are accurately monitored, and the general day to day duties of a health and safety advisor.
This position that is currently being advertised on the royal website states that you will be required to work 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday, in turn you can expect a salary of £25,000pa, plus benefits.
Benefits include a whopping 33 days holiday, 15% non-contribution pension, free lunch, on job training and development as well as a range of recreational facilities.
You can view the job description on the Royal Household Website.
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