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was speaking to a Safety Professional at a recent H&S Seminar. On the subject of 'Approved List of Contractors' for your Company, he informed me, that as long as the correct Risk Assessment / Method Statements were provided for the work the Contractor was to complete, he would allow them on his site. This was countered by another Safety Professional (all sat at same table), who stated he should be collecting copies of their Insurance (Employers liability etc) before work begins
Question is, who is correct?
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Morning,
Personally I would want to see their copy of insurance as well. Our contractor packs set up minimum documentation, they are not allowed on site until all documentation has been seen and signed off.
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technically both are correct as all facts about your contractors such as appropriate; -
*insurances,
*training arrangements,
*risk assessments,
*written systems of work
*management system,
*previous h&s miss misdemeanors,
*emergency systems,
etc. etc. [the list goes on]
should be in the hands of the client before work is issued out
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The aim of pre-approving contractors is to make the choice before the need is urgent, e.g. having a plumber "on tap" before there is a lot of water on the floor.
Prudent companies will want to make sure that their chosen contractors are:
1 able to do the work
2 competent
3 qualified if necessary (e.g. Gas, Asbestos)
4 reliable
5 available when needed
6 financially secure
7 safe
To verify all of this there will need to be much documentation made available and kept up to date.
RA/MS and insurance are merely part of this and a set of generic RA/MS is little use when the real work needs to be done.
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