General CERT (Company Emergency Response Team) information to understand the framework of this position:
In case of disruptions or other contingency events occur, they must be responded to in an effective and timely manner to minimize damage.
Priority is given to the physical safety of our staff and visitors. To achieve this, a Corporate Emergency Response Team (CERT) is in place.
The objective of the Company Emergency Response Team (CERT) is to ensure an adequate first
response to accidents and hazard events, until emergency services (fire department, police, ambulance) take over.
The CERT will prepare and train an internal first response capability including first aid and firefighting, evacuation procedures and maintain contact with emergency services.
Please know that FMO is regularly cited as an example organization where Emergency Response Team is well organized, which is why the emergency services are always happy to participate in our exercises.
More information about CERT organization can be found in the CERT General Information set.
What does the Co-Chief CERT do?
The Co-Chief CERT ensures that CERT at FMO is organized and that the CERT team members are trained and practiced so that they can properly deploy emergency response in the event of an incident.
The Co-Chief CERT deals with the policy side of CERT (together with the other Co-Chief).
The CERT carries out the CERT tasks legally assigned to the employer (Arbo-wet) and translates them into concrete measures, including:
* Setting up and maintaining a CERT organization;
* Managing and updating the CERT policy plan;
* Implementing the health and safety policy related to CERT;
* Organize training for CERT team members, to maintain their certification.
* Schedule yearly exercises;
* Communicating with internal and external contacts.
Time you need to dedicate to this job: For this role the time investment would typically be on average 8 hours per month.
Please note that this is not a job as such but a function to pursue alongside your job.
Your manager will have to approve that you dedicate 8 hours per month to this important function.
For more information, please contact :
David van't Hoog, Manager ICT, Rick van Dijk, Co-Chief CERT or Willem van Leeuwen, Co-Chief CERT.
* MBO/HBO education level, preferably HBO;
* General management skills: leadership and communication skills.
This position requires completion of the Coordinator/Chief CERT course, which has between 60 and 80 hours of study load.
The Coordinator/Chief CERT course is intended for employees who have management responsibility in their organization for CERT. The trainee is given the assignment to independently draw up a CERT policy plan and is offered various useful tools for this purpose. In addition to writing this policy plan, you must take into account a study load of sixty to eighty hours for studying the course material and preparing the presentation and the oral exam. T
🕒 Time investment: ~8 hours per month that your boss will have to approve for you to do them within your "normal" working hours
📘 Training: Coordinator/Chief CERT course (60–80 hours study load, only once at the start)
📞 Contact: David van ‘t Hoog, Rick van Dijk, or Willem van Leeuwen for more info
For further information, please contact Jimena Puy Cabetas, e-mail j.puy.cabetas@fmo.nl.