Competent Person Chester & the North West

If you are an employer, it’s highly likely that you have come across the term ‘competent person’ but why it is important and why do you need one? 

A competent person is a person within an organisation that is appointed to help the business comply with the latest health and safety legislations and therefore help to take all reasonable steps to keep employees from harm.

Choosing the most appropriate competent person should be carefully considered and not rushed. Every organisation must appoint a competent person and failure to do could result in prosecutions and fines.

Here at Business Safety Solutions, we offer the latest health and safety training and can help to appoint a competent person within your organisation based on the following;-

• Relevant training.

• Skills and technical ability.

• Practical experience.

• Familiarity with organisation.

• Authority of individual.

• Applicable knowledge.

Choosing a competent person for your organisation is far more than just ticking a box. To ensure that you have got this role covered, experience, training and applicable knowledge may have to be gained beforehand to ensure a quality appointment. 

What Is The Role Of A Competent Person?

It is a legal requirement for employers to comply with all latest and relevant health and safety laws. The role of a competent person is to utilise their knowledge, experience and skills to help you comply with all relevant regulations and to ultimately ensure that all workers, visitors and customers are safe as a result of workplace activities that happens on-site or in the office. 

The appointed competent person must be able to identify existing and predictable hazards in the workplace environment and have the authorisation to implement health and safety procedures to keep all stakeholders in the business.

How Can Business Safety Solutions Help?

If you are unsure about the appointment of an in-house health and safety person, you may want to consider appointing external health and safety professionals such as Business Safety Solutions. 

We are able to provide tailored health and safety guidance and support as your competent advisors. We truly provide a flexible approach to modern health and safety requirements for your business and we will ensure that you have the correct systems and standards in place to best look after all stakeholders and avoid potential legal pitfalls. 

BSS will first to get to know the ins and out of your business before providing a bespoke competent person package that you’re satisfied with. For Business Safety Solutions to be named the health and safety advisor for your company, we offer an annual retainer service. 

Support

• A sense that the safety process is proceeding as planned and that they don’t need to worry

• Time and space to continue to run their businesses

• A clear idea of what should be happening and by when

• Honest, uncomplicated and timely advice when key decisions need to be taken not just a list of options

• A confidence that any problems encountered during the process will be overcome

Other Advice & Support

• The feeling we really do understand your business and your issues and therefore the advice they are getting is valuable

• Clear solutions to your issues and how they are going to implement them, and a realistic idea of the timescales

• Knowing that any practical support in implementing solutions will be delivered against agreed deadlines