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Duke Health and Safety Management offer assistance to reduce risks at work and keep legal.
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Full Service Package
As well as our range of Health and Safety Services, as a reminder, we also offer a Full Service Package at a price to suit the size and requirements of your business.
A summary of the package is listed below but any of the contents can be optional.
An up-to-date
Health and Safety Policy.
Access to the Duke Helpline.
The use of Duke Health and Safety Management's name as your assigned Competent
Consultant.
Updates on Health and Safety matters.
An audit of your present Health and Safety arrangements.
Other Services
Safety Policy
Under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, Section 2, employers who employ five or more employees, MUST have a Health and Safety Policy, be brought to the attention of all employees and be revised as is necessary.
The Policy
is also a useful document for informing employees and other persons of
your Health and Safety arrangements, such as sub-contractors or during
tendering and securing contracts.
So even if you have fewer than five employees and don't have one, it's
still good practice to have a Policy.
Competent Persons
All employers,
no matter how large or small, have a legal duty to gain advice and assistance
from competent persons to assist them to meet the legal requirements.
This is a requirement under regulation 7 of the Management of Health and
Safety at Work Regulations 1999, (MHASW).
Employers who are large organisations will generally employ their own
Health and Safety professional, normally titled a Health and Safety Advisor
or Officer and they should hold formal recognised qualifications, ie IOSH/NEBOSH
standards and also have appropriate experience.
For the smaller company, it may not be possible or be required to directly
have such a person(s) on the regular payroll and this is where many turn
to Health and Safety consultants/companies to assist them fulfil this
role.
But whatever the size of the company, this duty under MHASW regarding
competent persons applies, so do not be caught out !