Hi Steve, certainly nothing in legislation to say everyone has to have their own kit. The only consideration is what works for the business, with location / frequency of use being two big factors. We have about 20 engineers who can need harnesses, and 2 of those need them more than the others so we give them 2 a full set which they keep, and about 8 others in a cupboard that anyone can use as and when required. the operatives do a pre-use check and I do a thorough recorded inspection every 4 months, although you'll have to use your own circumstances to decide frequency of thorough inspection based on manufacturers instructions, type / frequency of use, history of issues during inspections and also the kind of people who use them - would they report an issue if they had one? Steve.

I'd look at exchanging the internal trainer with the external H&S Adviser. ;-)