SOSA

Southampton Occupational Safety Association

Committee

Deputy Chair: Gerry Colverson
Gerry Colverson is currently the Strategic Health and Safety Adviser for Hampshire County Council. Gerry has been working as a health and safety adviser for over 20 years and has provided advice to organisations covering a wide range of working environments, including cable laying and repair vessels, associated port facilities and offices, high risk sites with safety cases as well as the full range of work locations a large public authority has to cover. Gerry has been with County Council for 8 years. Gerry is a full chartered member of IOSH.

Treasurer: Bob Quiqley
Bob Quigley has been involved with Health & Safety matters since 1975 spending 20 years responsible for Health & Safety at Work issues for Westover Motors Group Limited sites within Dorset and for a further twelve years as a self-employed Health & Safety Adviser for Wiltshire and Dorset. He is registered under the National Scheme for Internal Auditors for Quality Systems and Technician Member of IOSH and NEBOSH Qualified General Certificate.

Committee Member: Ian Futcher

Committee Member: Sarah Weadon

Committee Member: Martyn Basford

Link To How To Join SOSA

Welcome To The S.O.S.A Comittee

Chair: Helen Woodvine

Helen Woodvine is currently the Corporate Health and Safety Risk Manager for New Forest District Council. She has worked within the health and safety profession for over 20 years, originally as a Health and Safety Inspector, and from 1993 as a Safety Practitioner. Her current role encompasses all aspects of safety within the Council, and includes waste management, building and engineering, transport, grounds maintenance, housing, leisure centres, golf centre, the coast and Council promotional projects. Helen is a Chartered Member of IOSH, a Chartered Safety Practitioner, and is also the Vice Chair of IOSH South Coast Branch.

Deputy Chairman: Alex Ryding

Secretary: Alex Ryding

Alex Ryding works for CooperVision LTD who manufacture contact lenses. The company has seven sites across Hampshire and he is based at one of their Hamble facilities. He is the Health and Safety Manager for all the UK sites and also facilitates global safety. He is a Technician member and need to do the assignment to complete Dip2!

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Committee Member: Glen Carlin
Glen Carlin is currently a Health & Safety Advisor for Trant Construction, he has been involved in full time Safety for the last 5 years working in the Construction industry and Distribution and Logistics.

Andy Nicholls

Andy Nicholls

Andy Nicholls works for Southern Water and is Senior Health & Safety Advisor currently dealing with a number of functions of the company across Hampshire, Sussex, Kent and the Isle of Wight. Advice is provided to principally support the Property, Customer Services, Assets, Commercial, and HR functions including training and is specialist advisor for CDM and Asbestos issues.

He is a Chartered member of IOSH and holds a Masters Degree in Health & Safety Management.