Safe contractor accreditation

[PhilBeech]

H&S compliance within the construction industry has improved safety.

 

However, as an arb company going onto a construction site or working for larger companies etc. It is purely an arse covering exercise and I for one am sick of it.

 

You jump through hoops to get on an 'approved list' which doesn't mean you'll ever even be asked to quote.

 

You submit massive documents just to get on site.

 

You pay ridiculously fees to companies to 'assess' your company and most know nothing about arb.

 

Quite often you'll get questioned on site by a suit that has never seen a chainsaw before.

 

And what does it all mean? It all gets put in a folder on a shelf until there is an accident when it's pulled out and waived in the air as part of an arse covering exercise.

 

It'll all gone to far the other way now IMO.

[AA Teccie (Paul)]

Hi Ya Paul

 

yep they certainly could do exactly that ... point well presented

 

& fine ta ! you ?

 

Yup, very happy thanks, n not least as I've just received positive information regarding our recent SSiP audit...more to follow.

 

Hope to catch up soon..

Cheers.

Paul

[B.C. Tree Services]

Thanks for your helps guys, and yes i am only a small business (never employ more than 2 other people) so that template should do the job.

 

it actually says on the h&e website that its only required for companies employing more than 5 people but i guess as this is a council contract ive got to do as they say ay

 

regards,

 

Barney

[Rupe]

Yes, no legal requirement to have it but if the council give you hoops you choose if you want to jump through them or not.

[Mark Cattell]

Slightly easier than CHAS.

If you have everything you submitted for CHAS then you should have enough.

I've done both and found Safe to be even more pointless than CHAS.

 

Constructionline takes the biscuit though!

 

ditto