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Gardenchief is now Safe Contractor accredited!

Posted by phil@gardenchief.co.uk on March 1, 2013 at 9:44am in Accreditation

Today i can confirm that my company Gardenchief has gained Safe Contractor accreditation.

Just want to thank Phil and his site for guiding me in the right direction for this, the templates and advice on here are invaluable.

It's also made me get my head round health and safety paper work which can only be a good thing.

So things are on the up for Gardenchief and i know this will give me confidence to approach bigger and more lucrative contracts.

Many thanks.

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    Brian www.mibservices.co.uk March 1, 2013 at 10:15am
    Excellent news Phil, congrats
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    Gary RK March 1, 2013 at 11:12am
    +1 Like :-)
  • Justin Hemming March 1, 2013 at 1:22pm

    Well done! I'm thinking of doing it this year, how long did it take and what was the process like?

    I hope it leads to some nice contracts for you.

    Justin

  • phil@gardenchief.co.uk March 1, 2013 at 2:04pm
    Well done! I'm thinking of doing it this year, how long did it take and what was the process like?

    I hope it leads to some nice contracts for you.

    Justin

    Altogether about 8 weeks but some of that was my lack of time, which was the reason i did it in the winter so i had more time! i suppose it also depends on the size of your company eg. employees and what activities you get up to eg. working at height because these thing need more paperwork.

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    Phil Voice March 1, 2013 at 2:46pm

    That's brilliant news Phil..power to your elbow:-))

  • Andrew Evans March 1, 2013 at 8:08pm

    Congrats! Did ours in January!

  • Justin Hemming March 4, 2013 at 1:46pm

    Hi Phil,
    I've been looking again at the Safecontractor process and thinking about my own set up.

    To pass I think I will have to renew my emergency first aid for sure. What about other certificates? I have PA1 & 6 I got last year, chainsaw and tree climbing.

    I know there are certificates for mowers, hedge trimmers and strimmers - would I need these?

    Thanks

    Justin

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    Brian www.mibservices.co.uk March 4, 2013 at 7:48pm

    No, you don't need any of these certs Justin, its more about RAMS and H & S than training / qualifications. Good record keeping is a must also though.
    Justin Hemming said:

    Hi Phil,
    I've been looking again at the Safecontractor process and thinking about my own set up.

    To pass I think I will have to renew my emergency first aid for sure. What about other certificates? I have PA1 & 6 I got last year, chainsaw and tree climbing.

    I know there are certificates for mowers, hedge trimmers and strimmers - would I need these?

    Thanks

    Justin

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    Gary RK March 4, 2013 at 8:38pm

    Only comment I would make is that when selecting the type(s) of work you perform under Safe contractor categories, don't be tempted to 'tick' all boxes.

    Every 'tick' brings with it an amount of RAMS stuff you need to put in place and be audited against.

    So, for example, if you select tree works, you will need CS NPTC Certs, Insurance cover & RAMS to cover it.

    Just review the work types sensibly and overlay what YOU do onto their work type categories.

    Certs will only be needed where you select a type of work that needs mandatory training & certification.

    Does that make sense :-) ?

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    Brian www.mibservices.co.uk March 4, 2013 at 8:53pm

    Correct Gary. Sorry Justin, just checked mine, as Gary says, where mandatory certs are required you will need to supply proof of certs.

    Gary RK said:

    Only comment I would make is that when selecting the type(s) of work you perform under Safe contractor categories, don't be tempted to 'tick' all boxes.

    Every 'tick' brings with it an amount of RAMS stuff you need to put in place and be audited against.

    So, for example, if you select tree works, you will need CS NPTC Certs, Insurance cover & RAMS to cover it.

    Just review the work types sensibly and overlay what YOU do onto their work type categories.

    Certs will only be needed where you select a type of work that needs mandatory training & certification.

    Does that make sense :-) ?

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