A good alternative to this is outsourcing health and safety management to a third party organisation who is qualified to professionally provide health and safety advice, or even become your nominated ‘health and safety competent person’.
What is Health and Safety Management?
Health and safety management is the ongoing process of updating and maintaining procedures and policies (such as evacuation plans) in the workplace to maximise safety, and minimise the risk of accidents, injuries or property damage.
Health and safety management is primarily focused on creating a safe working environment for employees and, in some cases, members of the public. It might involve:
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Outsourcing Health and Safety Management vs managing in-house
Often, businesses are reluctant to outsource health and safety management. Whilst the prospect of fully managed risk assessments and emergency procedures is tempting, many business owners feel that they can do this job themselves or in-house to save costs.
In many cases, acting as a competent health and safety person is a whole job in itself, and you might end up having to pay for one or more internal members to do this, or these responsibilities could end up distracting you from your priorities (such as growing the business!).
When outsourcing management, you take what is often a confusing and time consuming ongoing process, and pass the responsibility to someone else. Using a trusted risk management provider ensures that you’re getting specialist help and advice at prices lower than you’d expect.
Some businesses choose to take a hybrid approach to outsourcing health and safety management. This might consist of some responsibilities falling in-house, and others falling on the third party provider through health and safety consultancy.
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The benefits of outsourcing Health and Safety Management
There are a number of positives and to outsourcing health and safety management over managing in house. Let’s break some of these down:
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Signs that your business needs to outsource Health and Safety Management
There are a few signs you should look out for which indicate that your business should outsource health and safety management:
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