All reputable employers recognise the benefits of providing healthy and safe working conditions for their staff. Sensible health and safety at work helps to maintain a productive workforce and contributes to economic prosperity and growth.
But health and safety legislation is complex and employers – particularly those in small and medium businesses – are often unclear about what they need to do to meet their legal obligations. While some larger employers have in-house health and safety advisers, and there is a lot of helpful advice and guidance freely available from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), many employers turn to health and safety consultants for professional help.
Unfortunately, the standards of consultation currently available are variable. There are no minimum standards for health and safety consultants and no way for employers to ensure that the advice they are being given is accurate and proportionate to the needs of their business.
The Government will clamp down on the rogue health and safety advisers who cost industry so much money by giving them advice which bears little relation to the actual requirements of legislation. To achieve this the Government have launched an Occupational Safety and Health Consultants Register (OSHCR) for those health and safety practitioners who are properly accredited to one of the professional bodies in the industry.
Applicants must be a member of a UK health and safety professional body and have a degree level qualification, a minimum of two years experience and engagement with a continued professional development scheme. This is usually at Chartered, Fellow or Registered Member status.
Occhnet is proud to be listed in the OSHCR register Occhnet OSHCR Details
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