Asbestos Removal Contractor Audits - Trident Surveying
by Liz Seyi Digital marketing manager
The asbestos removal
industry is one of the industries in which companies require a licence to
operate. Asbestos is classified as a category 1 carcinogen, with asbestos
related disease causing around 5000 deaths every year in the UK. Work with
asbestos requires a high degree of regulatory control and the purpose of
licensing is to achieve this. Licensing is an addition to the general framework
of health and safety law. It builds on the fact that the legal duty to manage
risk lies with the organisations that create them.
The Health & Safety Executive's Asbestos Licensing Unit (ALU) is robustly
enforcing the requirements of the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012
(CAR2012) through constant unannounced site visits. This has resulted in some
asbestos removal contractors failing to meet the Industry Standards required by
the regulations.
When industry standards and best practice are not being met or there is a
breach of the regulations the actions available to enforcement officers are:
- the issuing of Improvement
Notices (IN);
- Prohibition Notices (PN) and
- prosecution.
In addition to this, the following
sanctions are available to the ALU to address licence-holder poor performance:
- the use of extra licence
conditions e.g. the requirement to submit air monitoring results on a
quarterly basis;
- issue a licence for less than 3
years or reduce the licence term at any time;
- the refusal to grant a licence
on a permanent or temporary basis;
- the revocation of a licence
that prevents the contractor from carrying out licensed work altogether.
Trident Surveying Ltd Working with the Contractor
Trident Surveying Ltd is a totally independent asbestos
consultancy dedicated to providing a first class and truly independent asbestos
management and site auditing service to companies or individuals who are
involved in asbestos related industries.
Complying with current Health and Safety legislation,
particularly the asbestos regulations is becoming increasingly time consuming,
Trident's Asbestos Removal Contractor Compliance Audits provide informed
feedback regarding legislative compliance, and if utilised positively can provide
the contractor with a very powerful management tool.
As far as the asbestos contractor is concerned, it is far
more preferable for the contractor to identify his own mistakes and remedy
them, than it is to have an enforcement officer identify the problems which may
lead to prosecution, enforcement action or worse still, loss of licence.
Through site compliance auditing Trident can provide a
valuable service to contract managers, directors, etc. and actually assist in
developing management tools and working strategies, ensuring legislative
compliance for under-pressure contract managers. Independent audits provide
peace of mind that you're compliant with legislation and also demonstrate to
the HSE, upon license renewal, your continual, conscientious commitment to
meeting Industry Best Practise and Standards.
Trident's Management compliance auditing is designed to be
utilised to assess the effects of company policies relative to their health and
safety plans and safe working procedures. It also provides a snapshot of site
conditions to ensure that company working procedures are being implemented
correctly and finally it provides companies with the confidence that they are
complying with relevant H&S legislation, plus allowing them to focus freely
on other aspects of their businesses at the same time as delivering a truly
safe working environment for their employees.
For further details on our asbestos removal contractor audit service please contact us on 03333 441555 to see how we can help you.
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