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OHSMT
specialises in the preparation of in-house Health & Safety
manuals and documentation that is designed to meet the
client's specific
needs. Well structured, supportive documentation can provide a very useful adjunct to the Health & Safety policy, and can often form the 'arrangements' section of that document. |
| During documentation preparation, close involvement is made with people on the ground who know what is really taking place. A full document is never produced until the draft has been carefully considered and any amendments and adjustments discussed and incorporated. This way the organisation has ownership of the final procedures and a greater likelihood that the procedures will be applied. | |
| The use of the
telephone, the internet
and e-mail together with a wide
knowledge of industrial processes and commercial practices means that
such documents can usually be produced, evaluated, amended and adapted
without a costly site visit. The wide availability now of
digital cameras and the facility to e-mail pictures makes the process
much more accurate and effective. The same process can help develop risk assessments. Often organisations are pursuaded that risk assessments can only be undertakern by 'specialists', and are encouraged to buy-in someone to undertake the process entirely on their behalf or even 'off the shelf'. Risk assessments should primarily be undertaken by those who are directly involved in the particular activities. OHSMT is able to provide support, advice and guidance through this process during both the planning and assessment stages, and to add comment and feedback at the conclusion. This process gives confidence to non-specialists undertaking the assessments who retain 'ownership' but who no longer feel isolated or exposed by their inexperience. |
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| Updated 08 July 2008 |