Colleague Spotlight

Andy Hooke, Principal Health & Safety Consultant

Andy's background

Andy is a Principal Consultant within the Health & Safety team at WorkNest, having joined the company in 2021. As a trusted advisor, Andy provides invaluable support to our clients, addressing their diverse and sometimes complex needs, and managing a broad client portfolio across a wide range of industries.

Andy is a Chartered Safety Practitioner with a specialism in safety across Engineering and Manufacturing environments, and has extensive experience in many other sectors including education, local government and healthcare to name a few.

Andy is a qualified and experienced trainer and an advocate of change and innovation, continually looking for new ways to improve processes, drawing upon lean methodologies acquired during his tenure in the manufacturing sector.

Mental wellbeing in the workplace holds a particular interest for Andy, and he remains deeply committed to supporting good mental wellbeing in the workplace through his work as a first aid for mental health instructor.

Andy also enjoys writing and has several published pieces within IOSH magazine, and acts as a mentor for other safety professionals. He has also served on the IOSH East Midlands Branch Exec Team.

Andy’s qualifications

Chartered Safety and Health Practitioner (CMIOSH)

Member of the Institute of Fire Safety Managers and included on the Tiered Fire Risk Assessors Register

Institute of Industrial Accident Investigators (Associate)

L6 Diploma in Applied Health and Safety

NEBOSH General Certificate in Health and Safety

Award in Education and Training

First Aid for Mental Health Instructor qualification

Who you’ll be working with

“Had our HSE spot inspection this morning. Passed with flying colours, he was really impressed. Thank you for your help and support, we couldn’t have got this response without you.”

"As Group HR Director, I take great stock in our relationship with WorkNest. They have always proven themselves to be very technically competent, up to date and relevant – they provide good, solid advice in a responsive way. “I fundamentally feel that it is a good relationship that is going to be very helpful for us for our long-term future."

“As the company started to get larger, we knew we had to protect our employees and our contractors both onsite and in the offices. WorkNest is exactly what we needed to move the company forward.”

“We moved our legal support to WorkNest (formerly Law at Work) having previously used a time and line law firm. It was important, though, that an all-inclusive fee structure did not come at the expense of quality. Thankfully we’ve been delighted with the service we’ve received from WorkNest”