An interesting article. The section on ‘A safe working environment’ was particularly close to my heart as spoken English is not the main language for most cleaners I have come across. The policies and training documentation are nearly always being written in English, how do employers expect it to be understood fully. Enhance can defiantly help your company if you also feel strongly that safety should be taught equally to all employees.
2014 and employers still allow this to happen?
I stumbled across this article on the HSE website and was amazed that companies that use high risk techniques to do there work still seem to have no control over their staff. READ MORE
If you fee your company does not have the sort of controls necessary to avoid this then please get in contact.
Rendering co. gain Green Deal for External Wall Insulation
Congratulations to the team at Specialist Rendering Services for gaining Green Deal Certification status and excelling in the onsite staff competency audit. Heres to the flood of new business having this should bring.
Cleaning co. retain UKAS IMS after year 1 audits (9001, 14001, 18001)
Congratulations again to Jason and the team at Smarter Services for working with the systems we provided and retaining their UKAS ISO 9, 14 & OHAS 18 certifications.
Why PPE is so important for employee safety
We all know that if we do the washing up at home that our hands become dry and can crack becoming painful. But spare thought for cleaners who come in contact with chemicals that are far stronger than those used at home. HSE provides guidance for managing risks for cleaners but that is only the start. Our Pictorial RAMS (Risk and Method Statements) could provide your employees with comprehensive training and documentation for avoiding skin problems. See our post on our Pictorial documentation for more information.
Pictures speak a thousand words.
Are wordy multi page Risk Assessments and Method Statements getting your message across to staff members?
This is an easy to answer question. The answer is NO. While they are compliant with H&S law they may be failing your staff at the first hurdle.
Our pictorial method statements or combined RAMS (Risk Assessments and Method Statements) clearly demonstrate to any member of staff how your company wishes them to carry out the specific task.
When is an IMS (Integrated Management System) better than separate standards?
Many pre qualifications require companies like you to be ISO9001 accredited. Some here in the UK require UKAS registered certifications and some go steps further requiring ISO14001 and OHSAS18001.
Enhance believe that your systems should work together and be easy to maintain. Having separate management systems will cost you more in time to administer, in time for internal audits and most importantly in charges by external auditors.
We understand that sometimes cost is not the driving force, so with that in mind we would make sure that any system the we create can be modified at a later stage to integrate further standards.
How we produce bespoke content
Bespoke content is very much at the heart of what we do. Bespoke content helps you to get you specific company message across to staff or prospective clients in a clear and engaging way. Please get in contact to see how we can revitalise your content.
HSE statistics for 2012/13
Have you become safer due to luck or judgement? Enhance Consulting could help your staff to avoid becoming statistics!
Very interesting reading, click here for the full story.
Another successful recertification of the UKAS IMS for a cleaning company.
Congratulations to Robert, Alastair and the team at CCM for recertifiing the systems I implemented and retaining their UKAS ISO 9, 14 & OHAS 18 certifications.