The weak management of contractors often results in incidents and accidents. Organisations can delegate work to contractors but cannot delegate their responsibilities to manage health and safety. There is a wide range of legislation applicable to the management of contractors and much case law also. Legislation includes the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007.
JRL Solutions Ltd provides a one day course to enable managers to understand their responsibilities and improve the management of contractors.
The syllabus includes:-
- appreciation of the range of statute law, common law and case law
- categories of those with responsibilies
- initial assessments
- selection of contractors
- evaluation of risk
- effective control of risk