John McIlrath (COHSProf), the Director and Senior Consultant at Safety First Professionals is a Chartered OHS Professional through the Australian Institute of Health and Safety.

Having held many senior safety positions over the past 14 years in Safety, Health and Environment Professional with a demonstrated history of working in the Mining, Defence, State Government, Utilities, Extractive Industries, Construction Materials sector, Agriculture, Heavy Automotive and Fabrication as well as Food production industry.

He is skilled in Heavy Equipment, Safety Management Systems, Construction, Management, and Contractor Management.

John is a strong Safety Management professional with a Graduate Diploma of Occupational Hazard Management from Federation University Australia, Ballarat.