𝗔𝘀𝗰𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗗𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗱 𝗦𝗮𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝘀 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗦𝗮𝗳𝗲𝘁𝘆 𝗗𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿!
We sat down with David to ask him some questions and get to know him a little better.
𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝘀 𝗦𝗮𝗳𝗲𝘁𝘆 𝗗𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝘁 𝗔𝘀𝗰𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁? 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗮 𝘁𝘆𝗽𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂?
I will hit the ground running at full speed. Needing to take grasp of current claims, projects, and meeting the entirety of the team and beginning relationships with them. A typical day will start early, ensuring availability when current projects begin. Creating schedules and plans to review with the CEO, to ensure I have a proper office to field balance. Collaborating with all departments of the business, and networking with our client’s safety teams.
𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗮 𝗦𝗮𝗳𝗲𝘁𝘆 𝗗𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿?
As I step into the role of safety director at Ascendent, I will be responsible for creating safety policies, identifying hazards, training employees, investigating accidents and incidents, making sure rules are followed, encouraging safety through various techniques, planning for emergencies, and working with others throughout the organization to ensure health and safety principles are always improving.
𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻/𝗗𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻/𝗦𝗮𝗳𝗲𝘁𝘆?
I started construction at a young age as a laborer for a small excavation company. This was followed by moving into small commercial demolition. In June of 2010, I joined Envirocon, and was initially dispatched to a dam demolition and dredging project. This gave me experience in industrial demolition and HAZWOPER work. From there, I moved up the ranks, becoming an equipment operator, followed by crew lead and foremen, and eventually a site supervisor. I joined Envirocon’s health and safety team in 2016, and since then have worked with a few other demolition contractors in both the industrial and commercial demolition and abatement world.
𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗮 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝗝𝗼𝗯 𝗦𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗦𝗮𝗳𝗲𝘁𝘆?
I chose a career in safety because of a very serious near-miss I was involved in during my career - an event that could have been prevented. I told myself I wanted to ensure nothing like this could ever happen to others as long as I had something to do about it.
𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘛𝘸𝘰!
