If your organisation manages contractors then your staff need to understand the health and safety issues. This course is the answer.
The expert trainer will set out clearly the legal responsibilities of all relevant parties and explore the practical application of these responsibilities with the course participants. The course will then examine the issues associated with the planning of work to be contracted out and the evaluation, selection, control and monitoring of contractors engaged to undertake the work. Although the main focus is on health and safety, the course will also explain how health and safety issues need to be integrated into your organisation's functional management processes to ensure effective control of contractors.
The course will consider all types of contracted activities, including construction and maintenance, cleaning, security, plant installation, etc.
This programme will give participants:
A clear understanding of the organisation's legal responsibilities for managing contractors
The information they need to assess the competence of contractors
A practical understanding of risk assessment principles and the transfer of risk to contractors
A step-by-step guide to the key aspects of managing contractors in practice, covering:Planning of the workSelecting contractorsHandover prior to work commencementDuring the workReviewing the work on completion
Practical guidance on the integration of health and safety controls into organisational procedures for contractor management
1 Introduction
Who are contractors?
Why manage contractors?
Different types of contractors
Costs of poor contractor performance
2 Overview of health and safety law and liability
Health and safety law and statutory duties
Relevance of civil and criminal law
Enforcement and prosecution
3 Relevant legislation for controlling contractors
Health and Safety at Work Act 1974
Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999
Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 1994 (as amended, 2007)
Other relevant legislation
Contract law
4 Managing contractors in practice
Exercise - how well is it happening?
The objectives
Five step approachPlanning of the workSelecting contractorsHandover prior to work commencementDuring the workReviewing the work on completion
5 Planning the work
Scope and extent
Risk assessment
Interface and other activities
Who controls what?
Contract arrangements
6 Selecting the right contractor(s)
Locating contractor organisations
Selection the right contractors
Assessing contractor competence
Approved lists/frameworks
Tender process
7 Pre-work commencement
Co-ordination and co-operation
Exchange of information
Contractor risk assessments and method statements
Permits to work
Case study exercise
8 During contract work
Communication and liaison
Supervision and inspection of the work
Inspection and reporting procedures
Security issues
Facilities and access
9 Reviewing work on completion
Why, what and how?
Achieving continuous improvement in contractor performance
10 Questions, discussion and review