Colleague Spotlight
Ross Archbold, Health & Safety Consultant
Ross' background
Ross is a Consultant in the Health & Safety Team at Worknest, having joined the company in June 2021 but has been a qualified Health & Safety professional since early 2010.
Ross is an IOSH Certified Safety Practitioner who is awaiting chartered status & has extensive experience in many sectors including Construction, Renewable Energy, Local Government & Oil & Gas.
Ross manages a broad and diverse client portfolio across a wide range of industries & prides himself on his friendly, approachable & pragmatic approach to Health & safety along with building strong working relationships with his clients.
Outside of work Ross enjoys keeping fit and is an avid film and TV series buff. In his spare time you will find him travelling with his fiancé, two young daughters and their two wee sausage dogs.
Ross’s qualifications
Certified Member of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health [Cert IOSH]
NEBOSH General Certificate Occupational Safety and Health
Level 6 Diploma with Merit in Applied Health & Safety, National Compliance & Risk Qualifications (NCRQ)
Veolia Behavioural Safety Training
Vulcan Fire Risk Assessor
British Safety Council (BSC) level 2 in Fire Risk Assessment.
Who you’ll be working with
Greg Guilford
Director of HR Consulting
Client stories
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Gus Hosein
Executive Director, Privacy International
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WorkNest supports our 280 staff members with Employment Law and Health & Safety and has provided quality management training too.”
Lisa Best
Head of Service Delivery, Catalyst Choice
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We get a great deal of comfort and satisfaction knowing that we have support as and when we need it, in a decisive and responsive way.”
Richard Berry
Group HR Director, Culina Group
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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.”
Chief Executive
Waverley Care
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What we recognised in WorkNest is the background that they have. They are able to supply knowledge and experience in a number of disciplines, which enables us to develop our business in a way that’s safe, to do it on time and with a quality to it.”
Debbie Rainbow
Director of Human Resources and Health & Safety,
Bluestone National Park Resort
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Celia McKeon
Chief Executive, The Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust (JRCT)
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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.”
Joanne Beaver
Operations Director, Beaverfit
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Pineapple have worked with the team at WorkNest (formerly Law at Work) since 2003, and we have built a trusted partnership together. We particularly like WorkNest’s concise and practical advice concerning employment law/HR issues and also appreciate their totally supportive approach in all areas of health and safety.”
General Manager
Pineapple Dance Studios
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I’ve taken WorkNest into every organisation that I’ve worked with. I’ve introduced them to many teams and many colleagues and referred them with absolute pleasure because I genuinely trust in the service that we get.”
People Director, The Works
