Who We Are

Our qualifications have been written not by educationalists but:

By people working in the relevant industries
For the requirements of the industry
For industry by industry
By the profession for the profession

Industry Occupational Health and Safety requirements are evolving all the time, in this the 21st century these needs will only increase as new technology and working practices.

ABIOSH have worked with these industries to understand their practices and concerns to ensure that we can reflect this in the training we deliver – a combination of Health and Safety solutions not only for the safety of the industry but also for the individuals who work in them.

The Awarding Body of International Safety and Health – ABIOSH – has been developed to provide qualifications that relate to modern industry. All of the awards that we provide are based on industrial requirements that we have researched with many companies. Today many of the existing Health and Safety qualifications need to be updated and constantly improved to reflect evolving practices. The awards that ABIOSH provide are rigorously subjected to amendments and critique from various Health and Safety professionals to ensure continuous improvement.

All of our qualifications are assessed through multiple choice questions, examinations and assessed projects and also cover both specific and general areas of Health and Safety. Students receive open and honest feedback and not just a letter stating a pass or fail.

Employment is driven by employers; advances in technology require an ever evolving series of qualifications which reflect today’s technology whilst continuing to look at tomorrow’s advances.

So what do employers want? – they need to be assured and confident that their investment in equipment and people is ultimately taking their business in the direction they want safely. This is why we work closely with companies in various sectors and have as far as Australia and the USA to meet the employers.

This is what individuals and companies need – in today’s market “time is money” and therefore standards and processes need to be continuously monitored to ensure that the final results are measurable, attainable and fit for purpose.

ABIOSH team

Chief Operations Officer

Chief Executive Officer

Maureen Miller

Chief Operations Officer

Maureen has been involved in the training sector for 20 years. She has worked extensively with City and Guilds as an Internal Verifier for students undertaking NVQ’s in Health and Social Care. Following this, for a period of time, she worked as an External Verifier for City and Guilds after leaving the nursing profession.

Currently Maureen maintains the quality assurance expected of ABIOSH alongside her Internal Verifier role for a private company in Scotland.

In addition to looking after all the administration Maureen also co-ordinates the courses and trainers. An excellent communicator who takes great pride in providing the administration of the company to a high level.

Trevor Miller

Chief Executive Officer

Trevor was employed by many large companies working mainly in engineering before moving to a training environment. He has over 30 years of experience in the Health and Safety industry.

During this time Trevor has managed several large projects in Engineering, Oil and Gas, as well as the Commercial and private sectors.

A fully qualified engineer who has delivered Health and Safety training for all types of organisations including multinational companies, local Government, Chemical companies and production organisations.

Expertise is varied but in the main lies within Health and Safety, Training and Engineering.

Chartered fellow of IOSH
Diploma in Health and Safety
Member of American Society of Safety Engineers
HND in Mechanical Engineering
Occupational Safety and Health
National Exam Board of Supervisory
Management Institute

Quality Manager

Alan Smith

Quality Manager

Alan has over 20 years’ experience of various quality standards, working with a wide range of organizations both in the North East and throughout the UK. This has included the development and embedding of quality systems and processes, which led to the successful ownership of the key issues by both management and staff. As one of the first assessor’s Alan spent ten years assessing organizations against the national Investors in People standard. Alan also has experience of implementing Total Quality Management principles within a range of organizations. He is also a Quality Management Systems and ISO 9000 qualified lead auditor and currently carries out quality and training audits.

Associated Partners

Brian Magennis

Qualification Development

Brian is a fully qualified Health and Safety Consultant with significant experience in providing accredited CITB, CSR and IOSH courses. He also delivers a range of consultancy services. Brian has considerable experience working throughout the UK and Ireland delivering a variety of bespoke courses to candidates ranging from site operatives and machine operators to Senior Directors. Brian has also worked in a wide variety of industry sectors ranging from local government to specialist industries such as recycling, printing, quarrying and construction. In 2010 and 2012 Brian trained the highest scoring candidate in construction. Students that Brian has trained have gone on to become safety officers at the 2012 Olympics and throughout the UK and Europe.

Mark Reed

Mark has over 30 years of experience implementing, training and auditing Management Systems (Health & Safety, Quality and Environmental) in UK businesses ranging from SMEs to multinational organisations across a wide range of sectors including FMCG, pharmaceutical, print media, serviced workspace and the voluntary sector. Having worked as a Director of various firms as well as in a consultancy role he has an excellent understanding of the varied needs that companies and organisations have.
With a background of conducting risk assessments, identifying potential hazards, and formulating targeted risk mitigation strategies, Mark has the ability to foresee potential risks and implement pre-emptive measures that prevent accidents and injuries.
As an engaging and effective trainer Mark is able to translate complex safety concepts into engaging and easily digestible training sessions.