Portable Appliance Testing
How many portable electric items do you have in your workplace?
How often do you use them?
When did you last get them safety tested?
Kettles, clippers, radios, dryers, heaters, microwaves, extension leads...
The law states that that any electrical equipment that has the potential to cause injury is maintained in a safe condition. While it doesn't give specific instruction on what should be done when and by whom, the responsibility to ensure they are safe lies with the employer no matter how many people are employed.
https://www.hse.gov.uk/electricity/faq-portable-appliance-testing.htm
Cerdin Safety Services can offer Portable Appliance Testing, carried out by a certified competent person on a one off or annual basis to suit your needs.
Health & Safety Support
Workplace health and safety planning is one of those necessary evils which many small businesses either avoid or forget until something happens and they are forced to do it.
Creating a safe working environment for your clients, staff and animals isn't rocket science. Having a formal, written health and safety policy with appropriate risk assessments and safe systems of work could save you trouble and money in the long run. It will certainly make life much simpler if you ever have to prove your compliance to an inspector.
Some health and safety advisors won't understand your industry and specific workplace challenges, and trying to make your situation fit their perception can lead to excessive controls or missed risks.
Cerdin Safety Services has extensive experience in a wide range of animal, equine and rural settings, as well as in more traditional workplaces.
Experience, understanding, and a common sense approach is what you need to help your business meet its legislative and best practice health and safety requirments.
Leglisation & Licencing
Does your business need to meet any particular legislative or licencing requirements, or are you thinking of expanding into an area that does?
Legislative and licencing documentation and compliance can appear complicated and confusing.