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Posted By clarkey
Help!
I have been tasked with updating our company's part 3 of the health and safety policy as my manager feels that it is outdated. I have only been in a health and safety role for one year and don't know where to start. I have been looking through the 'old' document and the headings all seem relevant (construction) however I am unsure as to how much detail is required, how long should the document be etc.I just need to get started and then I'm sure I will be fine.
Thanks in advance.
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Posted By stephen d clarke Hi, I guess you mean the arrangements section of the H&S policy document - the following website might assist you, give you some ideas - many councils have H&S libraries like this that are freely available on the internet and are designed to assist small businesses in their area. http://www.nuneatonandbe...healthsafety/default.aspSteve
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Posted By Phil Rose
Clarkey
Section 3 is normally the practical arrangements for H&S. This would be such things as how to get first aid, report accidents, etc etc - the list could be endless.
My advice is to keep it all as short as possible, but don't sacrifice clarity for brevity. Make the arrangements, simple, practical, pragmatic and workable. Make them long, long winded and 'fanciful' won't be helpful to either the employees or the employer
Phil
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Posted By clarkey
Sorry for not making myself clear. Yes the arrangements section of the policy. I looked at last years version which was 15 pages and one done by a previous manager a couple of years ago and that one is 147 pages long! That gave me no guide to length at all. Thanks for your help guys and I will give it a go. Unfortunately to say I am meant to be in a 'mentored' position my manager seems very unwilling to get 'his hands dirty' and leaves me to muddle my way through which is a very steep learning curve. I'm not complaining as we all have to start somewhere and I have to be thankful that at least the money is still coming in. :-)
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Posted By Liz Maw
Hi
I would advise that you look at when the policy was last reviewed and then try and cross reference this with any revisions to procedures or new developments. Hope this helps!
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Posted By Bob Youel
there is no right nor wrong way as I have seen policies there were many pages long and others, for the same type of company/ industry, that were very short
evaluate all your company interfaces e.g. do we work at height, in confined spaces etc and adb a managng arrangement action for each
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Posted By Gerry Marr
Please contact me outside the forum and I shall give you one.
Gerry
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Posted By Peter F
Gerry,
this is health and safety, not a dating agency.
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Posted By clarkey
Thank you to everyone for their help and advice.
Is there an AUG against online dating lol :-)
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Posted By ChrisinMalta
Hi, my advice is not to forget that the arrangements section is part of the h&s POLICY. Policies should not contain operational detail, but should set out the aims and objectives (or standards) to be achieved in a given issue. I would therefore advise that you restrict your arrangements section to meaningful statements about what the company will aim to achieve in the subject areas that are relevant to its operation.
Regards, Chris
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Posted By clarkey
Thanks Chris, it has been very helpful getting such good advice.
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Posted By GeoffB4
Brilliant Peter, first time I've laughed on this forum for quite a while.
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