Even though many of our graduates will have progressed in their careers since completing a case study, they are still of interest to students who wish to gain an understanding of the world of work.

My role includes undertaking inspections and investigations, using various legal processes such as notices and prosecutions to enforce health and safety compliance.

No two days are the same. I may be out and about inspecting construction sites, or investing an incident - including taking witness statements, liaising with the police, gathering evidence, conducting interviews under caution, or taking prosecutions.

The variety of the role.

Some of the dutyholders are quite challenging to deal with.

I knew that I wanted to work in the public sector, and this is a very interesting varied job that makes me feel like I am making a genuine difference to peoples' lives.

Since starting my job I have completed a Postgraduate Diploma in Regulatory Health and Safety through work. This taught me job specific skills; however I also use many skills I learnt throughout my degree including report writing, communication skills, and analysis of material.

I graduated in summer 2013 and worked at the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council in Swindon for 3 months, but I had already received my job offer from HSE. I therefore started at HSE in London in January 2014, gaining my PGDip in April 2016.

I am moving to the HSE Sheffield office in June 2017. I intend to progress my career in HSE for the next few years.

Just go for it. I applied and didn't expect to get the job, but I was successful and it's a great career.