On reading the article 'The changing role of Occupational Health: Getting Technical'.

I was pleased to read that the case of Occupational Health Technicians is being looked at closely.

I am an Occupational Health Administrator with First Aid qualifications looking to train to become a technician in order to support and help my Occupational Health Advisor.

I have found very little advice on what would be claased as the necessary training required.

I have been trained in spirometry and am about to take an Audiometer course with Amplivox. This at the moment would help my O.H. Advisor reduce the amount of time needed for health surveillance for her to examine the results of the tests as opposed to carrying them out.

I agree that there should be a qualification for technicians with a universal standard set up so that (a) companies don't think 'it is a way to cut corners', (b) technicians themselves can have set guidelines, (c) there will beongoing refresher courses to keep the technician abreast of all changes in O.H.

Is there anyone who can help me obtain the information needed with regrds to what training I would require other than spirometry and audiometry.