Risk assesments are required if you employ over 5 staff!

Risk Assesments and your Company Competent Person Assistance is a low cost high value service offered by Wellfair.co.uk in response to legislation requiring all employers to appoint a 'Competent Person' for company Health and Safety. Many small to medium sized organisations can not afford the costs of full-time in-house Health and Safety Service nor do they have the time to devote to Heath & Safety. Competent Person Assistance provides our clients with the complete range of health and safety support services to small and medium sized businesses.

The Competent Person Assistance package includes: Initial Workplace Risk Assessment Remedial Programme from Risk Assessments. Preparation of all necessary Health and Safety policies including folders/binders. Annual revision of all policies. Company Health and Safety Training Programme prepared to meet client schedules. Accident Reporting Accident Investigation. Company Health and Safety Inspection/Audit. Annual Health and Safety report.

The benefits include: Investing in your employees Up to date professional advice when you need it most You, your directors and managers have direct access with a service provider who understands your needs An expedient response from a local based company with wide networking contacts Confidence in that your legal duties are covered Let wellfair.co.uk be your 'Competent Person' for your organisation to ensure legislation compliance and protect your business and assets.

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Risk assessment is a fundamental process for ensuring health and safety in the workplace. Risk assessment is a fundamental process for ensuring health and safety in the workplace. It is probably the most successful tool that the health and safety manager can possess. The concept of risk assessment is contained in many statutes and guidance material. The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations contain the main legislative requirements for employers and the self-employed to carry out such assessments. Other regulations contain similar provisions to carry out assessments, such as those for exposure to noise and manual handling. The employer should assess the risks to all persons affected by his work activities including non-employees. Some classes of employees may be at an increased risk. Special provisions exist for controlling the risks to pregnant women, new mothers and young persons. The first step in the risk assessment process is to identify what hazards people may be subjected to. A hazard can be classed as anything that can cause harm. This can be achieved by carrying out a walk-through survey and talking with the people who carry out the work activities. The second step is to assess the risks from each of those hazards. Risk is defined as the likelihood that something will cause harm together with the severity of injury. Once the work activity has been assessed, a decision has to be made as to whether the risk is acceptable. If the risk is acceptable, any existing measures used to control the risk must be kept in place. If the risk is unacceptable, additional measures to control the risk must be introduced. A hierarchy of control measures must be followed. If five or more people are employed, the significant findings of the assessment should be recorded. It is recommended, however, to always record the findings of assessments. Checks should always be made to ensure that control measures are being followed. In addition, the assessment will need to be reviewed at appropriate intervals to ensure that it is still valid.

Your legal obligations If you run a business, however big or small, the law says you must carry out a systematic health and safety risk assessment.

Risks and hazards Risks and hazards You should bear in mind that all hazards need to be considered in risk assessments. A hazard is anything that can cause harm. A risk is the chance that someone could be harmed by a hazard.

Please email me for more information about how i can help you with your Risk Assesments Email paul@wellfair.co.uk