Health & Safety Management
Whether it is an ISO45001 Occupational Health & Safety Management System or compliance with CHAS, Safe Contractor, Construction Line or other SSIP certifications or accreditation (these all form part of the Health & Safety Management system). It requires a management drive approach to health and safety within the business.
At TIJ Consulting we can help you with the health and safety management process. When it comes to completing your application for any of the SSIP accreditation portals, from CHAS, Safe Contractor, Construction Line, Achilles etc. we can assist you in ensuring compliance with the required documentation, generating and updating documentation, policies and procedures. Assist you with toolbox talks either for you or us to deliver. Ensure your submissions are complete, provide guidance and documentation as well as help in monitoring your portal and application processes.
Health and Safety Policy
At TIJ Consulting we can help you in developing your health and safety policy, that meets legal, voluntary, ethical and responsible practices that match your business visions and values. We can help in both writing the policy and in helping implement the strategy into your workforce.
General Risk Assessments and Fire Risk Assessments
Assessments of the premises need to be carried out, dependent on the type of business as a minimum, annually to provide insight into the daily operation of the business premises. They provide information on the safety of the premises, provide a structure to highlight any risks or potential risks that are present or may arise. The information can be used to create a programme of works to address the defects and ensure compliance. Frequency of risk assessments is dependent on the nature of the business but should be carried out at least once every 12 months.
At TIJ Consulting we can conduct these risk assessments, providing detailed reports with a breakdown and can assist in the development remedial strategies.
General Risk Assessments Audits
These audits are reviews of the assessments and look at the programme of works schedule and works completed. The frequency of the assessment and audits is dependent on the nature of the business, but it is recommended to conduct the audit at regular intervals dependent on the level of risks in the findings of the assessment to ensure that the highlighted risks are addressed. The higher the risk factor the more immediate the response required, but as a minimum no later than 6 months after the assessment.
Safe Systems of Workork
Safe Systems of Work is a procedure or set of procedures designed to remove or reduce risks involved in an operation, ensuring safety for employees. It provides a standardized practices in the workplace for a particular process. This helps to provide a consistency in terms of training and production and from this it helps prevent accidents and injuries, this is particularly true in environments where hazards cannot be eliminated. It therefore provides outlines how tasks should be carried out safely, considering any potential risks and the appropriate control measures. At TIJ Consulting we can assist in this process by undertaking a Specific Risk Assessment needed for the tasks performed, along with a Method Statement which details the way the task is carried out.
Specific Risk Assessment
The Specific Risk Assessment examines the task, the tools, the location, the environment, and the operative. It provides a detailed assessment of risks present, the factors introduced to mitigate them, the training undertaken, and the material with which they work. We can conduct specific risk assessments and provide a detailed report on its findings along with recommendations to reduce risk exposure.
Method Statements
A method statement details the work process of a job, task or project. It provides a detailed description of the works broken down into the order in which actions are to be taken. The purpose is to provide an easy-to-understand list that can ensure all employees or operators are following the same procedure. This ensures a consistent approach, a known product outcome, reduces risks and improves quality. It is particularly useful when there are a number or workers performing the same task or when any number of different workers are collaborating on a job.
At TIJ Consulting we can help you in generating method statements that help provide clarity and compliance, ensure that the process does not create or increase any risks and that it is compliance with the associated Risk Assessment.
COSHH Assessments
Control of substances hazardous to health used within a business must be stored, used, and disposed of appropriately. It is recommended that a register is compiled listing all the hazardous products within the premises. This requires an assessment of each product used or held on the premises.
As part of this process Manufacturer Safety Data Sheets are obtained for each product from which the COSHH assessment is carried out. This look at how the product is purchased, used, stored, transported, and disposed of. It provides the operator with specific requirements with regards to the PPE requirements and the safe operating parameters wen using the product. Both these aspects of documentation must be held on site.
At TIJ Consulting we can provide assessment of your COSHH portfolio, create the documentation required to ensure the company’s compliance with this legislation.
Display Screen Equipment (DSE) assessments
screens they operate, this does not just mean computers and laptops but also tablets, mobile phones, and any equipment with a display screen. What are the requirements of the assessment, how frequently are assessments required, what are my responsibilities once an assessment has been carried out.
TIJ Consulting can help both in terms of information but also in conducting assessments for you, providing detailed reports and ensuring compliance with legal requirements.
Health Safety and Welfare Manual
This is, where there are more than 5 people, a written manual and should contain the company’s health and safety in practices, procedures, and responsibilities. It provides information not just of the scope but of the practicalities of all aspects of health and safety within the company, whether it be in the office, on the shopfloor, or out on company business. It should cover not just employees, but also contractors, visitors and self-employed persons on company premises or company business. It must also take into account your emergency policies and procedures.
At TIJ Consulting we can help compile the manual to cover your needs in relation to your business activities incorporating your policies and procedures and ensure compliance with current legislation.
Sustainability
The profile of sustainability is coming ever more to the fore. Business approach to sustainability, carbon zero and emissions reductions, a sustainable workforce in a sustainable workplace. The impact of our business on the environment has become quite central to contracting pre-qualification questionnaires. How do you measure the performance of the business is but one aspect of this. It has become part of Quality Management Systems, ISO9001, is part of the Health and Safety process in relation to staff welfare and well-being.
At TIJ Consulting we can assist in you in understanding the applicable legislation, help in your understanding of your carbon footprint and in the implementation of sustainable work practices, and help you develop an environmental strategy.