Dr Paul Jackson CPsychol.
A Chartered Psychologist and Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society with over 20 years’ experience, Paul helps organisations involved in safety-critical industries (e.g. aviation, rail, oil and gas, mining and road transport) to manage workforce fatigue and alertness.
A regular speaker at safety conferences in the UK and overseas, Paul is also a highly experienced trainer. He delivers the Joint Aviation Authority Training Organisation (JAA-TO) course ‘An Introduction to Fatigue Risk Management: managing fatigue, sleepiness and alertness' for aviation operators, as well as a longer course for aviation regulators.
Paul formed Fresh Air Training to enable organisations working in other safety-critical industries to benefit from the advances made by aviation and with which Paul and the rest of the Fresh Air team have been involved since the early 2000s. Since forming in 2017, Fresh Air has been very active in the rail industry, helping Network Rail and Train Operating Companies to manage employee fatigue more effectively.
Prior to setting up Fresh Air Training, Paul was the managing director of two fatigue risk management consultancies: Awake Ltd, established in 2001 with the Loughborough University Sleep Research Centre, and Clockwork Research, founded in 2005. During this time he designed fatigue awareness training programmes for a range of clients including Air Astana, ASL, BP, Cargolux, easyJet, Flybe, Jetairfly, Newmont Mining, Shell and West Atlantic. He also conducted fatigue audits at mine sites and oil and gas installations in Australia, Angola, Egypt, Ghana, Indonesia, Libya, New Zealand, Oman, Peru, Qatar, Shetland and the USA.
Previously, Paul was Research Programme Manager at the UK Department for Transport (DfT). During this time he served on the Secretary of State for Transport’s Honorary Medical Advisory Panel on Alcohol, Drugs and Substance Misuse and was the UK representative on the EU Expert Panel on Drugs and Alcohol.
In 2010, Paul was invited by Sir Peter North to write a review of the current state of knowledge regarding drugs and driving in the UK and overseas. This report formed an integral part of the North Review of drink and drugs driving law. Subsequently, in 2012 Paul was commissioned to write a series of reports for the DfT Advisory Panel on Drug Driving.
Paul completed his PhD at Imperial College, University of London, researching the effects of navigation systems on the development of cognitive skills. He also holds a MSc degree in Environmental Psychology and a BSc (Jt Honours) in Psychology and Sociology.
