Small contractors and trades in Great Britain

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Free checklist for small contractors preparing for SSIP, CHAS or SafeContractor: a written health and safety policy, risk assessments and records.

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ePlan fills in

  • Company details
  • Trade risk assessment examples
  • Employee count

How it works

Contractor accreditation prep checklist, from one answer

  1. Tell us your trade, team size and the scheme a client wants.
  2. ePlan drafts the policy and lists the risk assessments to prepare.
  3. Read the free checklist. Need a construction management plan for a site? Start the draft.

What you get

Contractor accreditation prep checklist and 1 more document

The check is free. The paperwork after it is drafted at the Construction management plan door.

The first draft

Contractor accreditation prep checklist (free)

  1. Company details and trade
  2. Written health and safety policy
  3. Risk assessments for your main tasks
  4. Competent health and safety help
  5. Training and qualification records
  6. Accident and incident records

Modeled on: HSE: Health and safety policy; Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, reg 3

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Health and safety policy draft

  1. Statement of intent
  2. Responsibilities: who does what
  3. Arrangements: how risks are managed

From public data

What ePlan fills in, and from where

5 employees

or more means your health and safety policy must be written down
Source: HSE, Health and safety policy

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Questions

SSIP and CHAS Prep: what people ask

What is SSIP?

Safety Schemes in Procurement is a forum of health and safety assessment schemes. SSIP doesn't carry out assessments itself; its member schemes do. The aim is to reduce duplicated health and safety assessments, and its portal lets buyers verify an assessment.

Source: ssip.org.uk

Do I need a written health and safety policy?

If you have five or more employees, you must write your policy down. With fewer, you don't have to, but it's useful. The policy explains how you manage health and safety and who does what, when and how. Share it with your employees.

Source: hse.gov.uk

Do I need to write down my risk assessments?

Employers with five or more employees must record the significant findings of the risk assessment and any group of employees identified as especially at risk. Every employer must carry out a suitable and sufficient risk assessment.

Source: legislation.gov.uk

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