We all manage risks in different ways, but for businesses, it’s essential that you know what might cause harm to people and whether you are doing enough to avoid injury. Ensuring that your business meets all of the health and safety regulations means more than just ticking boxes. You need to appoint a qualified person to assess your company’s potential risks and then implement solutions for these risks. That sounds like a bit of a heavy topic that can be visited another day…definitely not!
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Here, we talk about what you can expect from a health and safety consultant and focus on the benefits your business will receive when working with us. 1. AUDIT OF YOUR CURRENT HEALTH AND SAFETY OPERATIONS As we have already mentioned, businesses always have some level of health and safety measures implemented. Taking a look into your current measures and standards will give us an indication of how much work needs to be done. The overall aim of this is so we can identify where you need to improve in your industry specifically.
2. CREATE COMPLIANT RISK ASSESSMENTS
Putting together a plan that identifies risks and offers effective solutions is a legal requirement. If you have five or more employees, then you must also record this in your company documents. Like many aspects of running your business, with a little research, time spent on the internet, reading up and maybe attending a few courses, you would probably quite rightly describe yourself as a competent person.
The big question is whether you really should be spreading yourself so thin, being hands-on in each and every aspect of the business. It’s possible, but it certainly takes a lot of time and effort. Ideally, you will be involved too, but as an observer, listening and learning alongside your employees.
3. DEVELOP PROFESSIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY DOCUMENTS FOR EMPLOYEES The way you manage your health and safety measures will tell your staff how to act and behave in the workplace. This isn’t always a given which means a clear, informative document needs to be written. This is known as a Health and Safety policy and sets out a range of practices for managing health and safety in the workplace. Again, this is a legal requirement if you have five or more employees.
4. DEVELOP HEALTH AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
Your safety management system should identify people within your business who are responsible and accountable for the adequacy of the safety management system.
To do this, describe your business’s health and safety structure by:
setting out responsibilities and authorities; and
determining who is accountable for all health and safety-related issues in your business.
For example, determine who will be responsible for:
managing compliance with health and safety duties;
developing relevant policies;
disseminating information;
establishing and maintaining consultation processes with workers;
planning and conducting health and safety training; and
budgets for improving safety controls.
Senior management should demonstrate a commitment to health and safety by being part of the development of health and safety policies, approving and signing the policies, and being involved in its communication to workers.
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