An Event Safety Manager or Safety Officer is someone that specialises in event safety and is able and qualified to assume control of the safety of your event.
As an Event Organiser you are ultimately responsible for ensuring that you deliver a safe event. The job of the Event Safety Manager is to act as your agent and senior advisor on all safety matters.
Some event organisers are happy to fully delegate responsibility to the Event Safety Manager and others prefer to have a level of involvement on the day.
When putting together your organisational structure for your event the Event Safety Manager should report solely into you as the organiser and be given the authority and support to override any decision on safety grounds.
An Event Safety Manager should hold as a minimum the NVQ 4 Diploma in Spectator Safety. We would recommend you also seek one that has event safety experience.
To be an Event Safety Manager with One Team Event Safety Management we require at least this.
Even our Managing Director isn’t immune to this requirement!
Not only does he hold the NVQ 4 Diploma but he also holds the NCRQ Level 6 Certificate in Applied Health and Safety with merit, is a technical member of IOSH and has over two decades of event safety experience.