Your Safety Advisor Ltd

Our annual Retained Health & Safety Advisor Service, also known as our 'Competent Person Service' is where we (Your Safety Advisor Ltd) become ‘your’ retained Health and Safety Advisors – a legal requirement for all companies (inc. Sole Traders) to have in place.

Furthermore our Competent Person Service will help companies and sole traders to comply with the requirements of SSIP Accreditations such as CHAS; SMAS; SafeContractor; Altius; Constructionline etc.  

You’ll get the all important CV for your named Safety Advisor; a Membership Certificate to show you have a contract in place; access to our SafetyBox resource and ongoing support over the phone and/or by email as and when needed.  Our Retained Health and Safety Advisor Service is not only cost effective, but it works and supports ‘you’ and ‘your’ business.  

Call us today on 0117 442 0185 to see how we can help, or send an email to: info@YourSafetyAdvisor.com 

Please note that we specifically provide Health and Safety Assistance and Support for builders; contractors tradesmen and others working in the construction, building and associated sectors.  This is what makes us different!

We are Chartered Construction Safety Specialists and we work for you as Your Safety Advisors, providing you with access to competent health and safety advice and support.  With our Retained Health and Safety Advisor Service, you can name us as your retained Safety Advisors or ‘Competent Persons’ who help and assist you to fulfill your statutory duties under Regulation 7 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999.  As a member of our Retained Health and Safety Advisor Service, you can also contact Your Safety Advisor Ltd at any time, with regards to any general health and safety advice and support on any health and safety issues that may be affecting your company or its employees.  This is also often referred to as a ‘Competent Person Service’ by the likes of the HSE and third part accreditation schemes such as CSM, SMAS, SafeContractor and ConstructionLine etc.

With our Retained Health & Safety Advisor Service, we effectively become an integral part of your team and can assist you with all aspects of health and safety, including the provision of general safety advice, guidance on training requirements and guidance on the preparation of health and safety documentation.  We can also assist by preparing your Safety Policy’s or Risk Assessments and Method Statements (RAMS), or by providing assistance gaining third party accreditation’s such as CHAS, SafeContractor, SMAS, ConstructionLine, Altius or other SSIP accreditation’s/Client specific health and safety competence questionnaires.

Contact us today for more detailed information about our Retained Health and Safety Advisor service and Competent Person Service.

Our Risk Assessment and Method Statement (RAMS) writing service has been setup to help busy builders and contractors who do not have the time or possibly the training and knowledge needed to prepare their own Risk Assessments and Method Statements – we do the hard work for you.  

We will prepare your detailed Risk Assessment and Method Statements (RAMS) based on the information we get from you, together with our detailed knowledge and understanding of the construction process, health and safety requirements and any other specific requests that you may make.  The completed, project specific Risk Assessment and Method Statement (RAMS) will then be emailed directly to you ready for you to send onto your clients.

All Risk Assessments and Method Statements (RAMS) will be specific to your project, include your company details and will be written by a Construction Safety Specialist, they will include your company name, site address, personnel and your company logo/name.  The Risk Assessment and Method Statement (RAMS) will be sent to you as a secure PDF document for ease of printing and forwarding to your clients.

Your Safety Advisor Ltd provides a leading Risk Assessment and Method Statement (RAMS) writing service. Our RAMS writing service is often copied but never bettered!  So for the best possible help and assistance with your RAMS, call or message us today.

Tel: 0117 442 0185

E: info@YourSafetyAdvisor.com

Our Risk Assessments and Method Statements (RAMS) are written specifically for you and your projects, by our Chartered Safety Professionals, who are also Chartered Construction Professionals and have experience is all trades and areas of construction.  So regardless of whether you need Scaffolding RAMS; Electrical Installation RAMS; Shopfitting RAMS; Flooring RAMS; Dry Lining RAMS; Brickwork RAMS; Roofing RAMS; Excavation RAMS; Drainage RAMS; Tree Surgery RAMS etc…… then Your Safety Advisor Ltd is here to help.

Don’t be fooled by consultants claiming to be NEBOSH or IOSH qualified, this could mean they’ve completed nothing more than a simple one-day online course.  Check their credentials and anything less than being a Chartered Member of IOSH (CMIOSH) probably means you should look elsewhere.  Check also that they personally have construction experience – what does a former office or factory worker know about preparing the RAMS for constructing a vaulted roof or installing a manhole over a live sewer?

Competence is everything, make sure whoever you engage to help you with your Risk Assessments and Method Statements is competent and qualified to act for you and to represent your company.  More often than not, you will simply you will simply end up speaking to a sales team who will promise you everything, but have little idea about what is really needed.  

Your Safety Advisor Ltd specialises in helping small and medium sized contractors to gain third party safety accreditation’s such as the SSIP Accredited Assessments offered by the likes of CHAS, SafeContractor, CQMS, ConstructionLine, SMAS Worksafe and Achilles etc......  

These Contractor H&S Assessments Schemes are often very time consuming and require those completing the assessments to have a level of health and safety knowledge which exceeds that normally needed to operate their businesses.  This is where Your Safety Advisor Ltd has a key role to play, we work for you as ‘Your Safety Advisor’, much like your accountant deals with the payroll and tax issues.  

Your Safety Advisor Ltd can therefore help to ease the burden of health and safety and enable you to concentrate on the day to day management of your work.  

We will manage the process for you, we can develop and put into place missing H&S Policy and Procedures documents; RAMS; COSHH Assessments; CDM Documentation and raft of additional policy's now required by each of the assessment schemes, such:

• Tax Evasion Policy
• Building Safety Manuals
• Equality Policy
• Recruitment Policy
• Environmental Policy and Procedures
• Modern Slavery Policy
• Anti-Bribery and Money Laundering Policy
• Cyber Security Policy
• GDPR Policy and Arrangements
• Drug and Alcohol Policy
• Occupational Driving Policy
• Behavioural Safety Policy
• Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Policy
• CE/UKCA Marking Policy
• Harassment and Bullying Policy
• Illegal Workers Policy
• Right to Work Checks
• Menopause Policy
• Quality Management Policy
• Smoking Policy
• Whistleblowing Policy

and whatever policy is next dreamed up.......

Despite the above, there are often commercial benefits to holding an SSIP Accreditation, regardless of which Assessment Body you choose to use.

The benefits of being SSIP Safety accredited for contractors and tradesmen include:

• A nationally recognised Safety Accreditation
• SSIP Membership
• Access to tender lists
• Increased company status
• Potential to grow your business
• The establishment of Safety Systems for your company
• Simplification of future Pre-Qualification Questionnaires (PQQ’s)
• Demonstration of compliance with Health and Safety Requirements

However, for many businesses, particularly smaller companies and sole traders, the prospect of completing a CHAS or SMAS or SafeContractor etc application can be a daunting, confusing and highly time-consuming prospect.  

For larger companies with established systems and the advantage of an in-house team of Safety Advisors to do this sort of work for them, then the process is a lot less daunting.  But for small and medium sized contractors who cannot afford the huge expense of employing their own in-house health and safety teams, then this is not an economically viable solution.  Therefore our retained Health and Safety Advisor Service helps to level the playing field, by enabling small companies and sole traders to have access to competent health and safety advice for a low monthly or annual fee.

Additionally as a Retained Health and Safety Advisor Service customer, our Safety Consultants can help to complete your SSIP Accreditation on your behalf for a low fixed cost, enabling you to become CHAS; SMAS; SafeContractor or ConstructionLine Accredited quickly and simply.

We offer a fixed cost and our SSIP Accreditation services include:

• Full unlimited support throughout the assessment process until your application has been approved
• Provision of our Retained Health and Safety Advisor Service for 12 months
• A brand new comprehensive Health and Safety Policy and Procedures Manual for your company
• Completion of the online SSIP Health & Safety Questionnaires
• Completion of the online SSIP Environmental Questionnaire
• Completion of the various Supplementary Questionnaires
• Uploading of  your supporting information and evidence to the relevant SSIP Scheme Portal
• We will help you to create all the documents and supporting evidence required, which will typically include:
  • Risk Assessments
  • Method Statements
  • CoSHH Assessments
  • CDM Construction Phase Plans
  • Sub-Contractor Competence Assessments (PQQ’s)
  • Toolbox Talks
  • Equality Policy
  • GDPR and Data Protection Policy
  • Recruitment Policy
  • Anti-Bribery and Corruption Policy
  • Cyber Security Policy
  • Drug and Alcohol Policy
  • Modern Slavery Policy
  • Right to Work Arrangements
  • Illegal Workers Policy
  • Harassment and Bullying Policy
  • CE and UKCA Policy
  • Health and Safety Training
  • Etc etc………

Unlike some other organisations providing a similar service, all CHAS applications are completed by Your Safety Advisor Ltd using our own Chartered Health and Safety experts with ongoing safety support throughout the process.  We do not use administrators/clerical staff or lowly qualified safety staff to carry out this work.

So if you need to get an SSIP Safety Accreditation, contact Your Safety Advisor Ltd today, you’ll speak to a real Safety Advisor, someone who has real life construction experience as well as Health and Safety experience.  At Your Safety Advisor Ltd, you wont be calling a faceless call centre or speak to a salesman at the front desk, from the first call on, you’ll deal with a professional Construction Safety Advisor.  Don’t settle for less, call or email us today!

Tel: 0117 442 0185

E: info@YourSafetyAdvisor.com

Your Safety Advisor Ltd can prepare a detailed and comprehensive construction based, Health and Safety Policy and Procedures Manual, specific to your company, be it a building, construction or trade related company. 

Your Health and Safety Policy and Procedures Manual will be customised to your company name, personnel and logos etc. and the content of the Health and Safety Policy and Procedures Manual will be written to reflect the nature of the work that you do and the size of your company.  The Health and Safety Policy and Procedures Manual will be fully up to date based on UK Health and Safety Legislation and the regulations that affect the UK construction and building industries.

Our Health and Safety Policy and Procedures Manual is one of the best and most up to date Safety Policy’s available, it has been developed and updated extensively over the last 12 months to make sure that it provides you with the best possible option.  So if you need a Health and Safety Policy and Procedures Manual for a tender, an SSIP (CHAS, SafeContractor, SMAS, ConstructionLine etc) Assessment or just need to make sure that you business is compliant with Health and safety Requirements, then this is the best and most cost effective Health and Safety Policy and Procedures Manual currently available in the UK.

Remember, its a legal requirement for every company with 5 or more employees to have a written health and safety policy, but even if you’re a sole trader or have less than 5 employees, you still need to have a Health and Safety Policy.  Furthermore your Health and Safety Policy needs to be “regularly reviewed and updated”, so if yours is more than 12 months old, its time to review your policy and arrangements and potentially even update it!  If you have a Health and Safety Policy previously purchased from us, get in touch today to see how cost effective our update service is.

Get in touch with Your Safety Advisor Ltd today and we can provide you with all of the necessary advice and support to help ensure you’re properly covered.

Tel: 0117 442 0185

E: info@YourSafetyAdvisor.com

Online Asbestos Awareness Training Course

Our CPD Certified Asbestos Awareness training is an essential and legal requirement for anyone who carries out any works on the fabric or structure of any building built or refurbished before the year 2000.  This is simply because any building or workplace built or refurbished before the year 2000 may have asbestos or asbestos containing materials (ACM’s) present within the fabric of the building as asbestos was widely used before this date.  This is exactly why Asbestos Awareness Training is a legal requirement for anyone working on the fabric of a building constructed before the year 2000.

The use of asbestos in construction was only banned in its entirety in the year 2000.  Our Online Asbestos Awareness Training Course has been designed to provide online asbestos awareness training to those who carry out building, maintenance or installation works on properties constructed before the year 2000.  This could include builders, plumbers, electricians, carpenters, painters & decorators, flooring contractors, AC Engineers, maintenance staff and others.  With our online training course, its never been easier, simpler, quicker or cheaper to complete your Online Asbestos Awareness Training.  Order the Asbestos Awareness course online today, complete the course online today and get your Asbestos Awareness Training Certificate today!

The Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012 detail the requirements regarding the provision of Asbestos Awareness Training and more comprehensive training for those involved in the handling and removal of asbestos containing materials (ACM’s).

Every week, it is estimated that over 20 tradesmen die from asbestos related illness, Asbestos Awareness Training is essential in helping ensure that you do not put your employees, contractors or other persons at risk from potential exposure to asbestos. It is important to understand the potential hazards and risks associated with disturbing asbestos containing materials.

Furthermore it is strict legal requirement that all persons, including tradesmen undertake Asbestos Awareness Training, including regular refresher training to help keep them informed of the risks associated with encountering asbestos containing materials and the actions that they need to take if the presence of asbestos containing materials are suspected.

Our online Asbestos Awareness Training course therefore provides the essential training requirements required under the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012.  Our Online Asbestos Awareness Course also identifies the role of the Duty Holder and their responsibilities under the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012 as well providing practical information to assist in the day to day management of asbestos in the work place.

This online asbestos awareness course provides a systematic approach with the identification of what your responsibilities are and what is required with regards to the management of asbestos within your premises.  This can however also be supplemented by signing up to our retained safety advisor service in to order to gain access to Competent Health and Safety Advice and support for your business.

The consequences of not providing suitable asbestos awareness training can be catastrophic in terms of human suffering, legal costs and business interruption. This online asbestos awareness training course can therefore be used to help communicate the essential knowledge required when it comes to the management of asbestos and as an employer you can use the online training to help demonstrate to your own clients that you have a trained, competent and asbestos aware workforce.

Online Asbestos Awareness Training – Course Content

Our online Asbestos Awareness training course will help you aware of the risks and hazards associated with exposure to asbestos containing materials, as well as helping to inform you how to protect yourself and what to do in the event of encountering suspected asbestos containing materials.   The full content of our Asbestos Awareness online training course is summarised below:

• Introduction
• Identification of Asbestos Containing Materials (ACM’s)
• The History of Asbestos
• Use of Asbestos and ACM’s in the UK
• Likely Locations of asbestos containing materials (ACM’s)
• Asbestos In The Home
• Health Risks From Asbestos
• Routes Of Entry of Asbestos into the body
• Who is at Risk Of Exposure
• Asbestos Legislation
• Asbestos Duty Holders
• Asbestos Surveys
• Assessing The Risks of Asbestos
• Asbestos Management Options
• Licenced Work With Asbestos
• Asbestos Waste
• Emergency Arrangements
• What should employees do if exposed to Asbestos
• Increased Risk
• What should someone do if exposed to Asbestos?
• Summary
• Further Information
• Multiple choice test

Learning outcomes

Upon the completion of our online Asbestos Awareness Training Course you will have an knowledge of the following:

• What is needed to demonstrate compliance with the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012
• The different types of asbestos and the typical locations where asbestos can be found
• The employers & employees responsibilities under the control of Asbestos Regulations 2012, including the role and duties of Duty Holders
• How to identify what is required to effectively identify and manage asbestos
• What to do in the event of encountering asbestos containing materials

The duration of the Online Asbestos Awareness course is approximately 30 minutes and no prior learning is required.

Upon the successful completion of the online training course, an Asbestos Awareness Training Certificate will be issued for your retention and records.

In addition to our Asbestos Awareness Training Courses, why not also check out our full range of online Health and Safety Training Courses which can be completed on your Mobile/Tablet or PC/Laptop at a time and place of your choosing.  All you need is a good internet connection (4G/5G or Broadband) and to purchase the relevant training credits.