Peter Rimmer is a freelance editor, writer, photographer and communications consultant specialising in occupational safety and health (OSH) and public health.
He was Director of Information with the UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE) for 16 years to the end of 2003, with responsibility for media, publishing, publicity and promotion, and a range of information services including the HSE website, Infoline and HSE Books.
He is an Assessor for the Corporate Health Standard, the quality mark for workplace health in Wales, and project coordinator of The Napo Consortium, which produces animated films on health and safety at work.
Peter was the Campaign Manager for Safe Start in 2006 and Lighten the load in 2007, working on a half-time basis for the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work in Bilbao.
He has worked extensively in Europe on PHARE and Twinning Projects, and chairs the International Film Festival Jury of the ISSA/ILO World Congress.
Peter has moderated workshops for the European Agency on Psychosocial Risks, Dangerous Substances, and Violence and Harassment, and recently moderated the NEW OSH ERA Forum looking at future research needs in OSH.
Consultancy assignments for public and private sector companies include workshop facilitation, communications audits, corporate identity and editing.
