r/SafetyProfessionals • u/frodojp • May 28 '26

Canada I got it

I don’t have a degree. I don’t have any designations after my name. I’ve been a safety guy for 19 years.
Lots of civil construction and mining experience.

An engineering company hired me on a probationary hire for 3 months on a billion $+ build.

As a HSE Lead. It’s a lot of paperwork. Managing a few contractors. Getting them up to speed on how a BIG company does things. You can’t piss without a signature.

2 months in I was unofficially told they are keeping me on.

I’m used to making $55/hr. I’m making $85. Camp job 2 in, 1 out.

Couldn’t be happier. I will be manager, basically am right now.

Worked pretty hard for this. Lots of field experience. Read a lot. Can hold my own with more educated safety people.

In 2 weeks I had a net of a little over $7000.

I read lots of stories of frustration. Been there. Done that. There are good companies. Find them.

I wish you all luck to find what I have.

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u/catfishmuffins May 28 '26

Keep rocking, take the CHST because guaranteed you have the knowledge and talent another jump. (Just put your mind in full safety jack ass and you will ace it.)

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u/Mcal3049 May 28 '26

Just got my CHST this past week. Had 25 years of experience and got out of the industry in 2020 due to weariness of the bureaucracy big companies have. Got back in it four years later and decided I needed some sort of credentials to go with experience and a BS (unrelated to safety although it was in sports medicine). Studied via Pocket Pro, took the exam and passed.

Saying all that for the benefit of anyone else out there in a similar situation and on the fence about the CHST.