» Back to listing Happy New Year to Everyone!
8th January 2014
We are sure a few of you have made resolutions? Well how about a few for your Health, Safety and Environmental systems?
At Peak HSE we believe that your systems can always benefit from a periodic refresh and what better time of year to be thinking about changes for the better. We have suggested three New Year’s Resolutions to start your 2014 the way you mean to carry on.
- Review your policies – Many organisations write their policy
statement and then fail to adequately review it, in the mean-time the business
has moved on, processes and activities have changed and so have your HSE
priorities. Remember your policy is the public face of your systems and
presents an opportunity to tell all your stakeholders about the positive things
that you are doing to manage your business, make sure that it does you
justice! - The law – are you upto date with the current requirements for Health and
Safety and Environment? As I’m sure you are aware legislation is often
changing, whether it be ‘simplification’ or new items of legislation
nothing seems to stay the same for very long. We try to keep you upto
date with the latest changes but are you confident that you have a
comprehensive understanding of the law and it’s requirements. If
you do not maintain registers of legislation then maybe it’s a good time to
start to compile one, if you have them already then you should definitely check
to make sure that they are current. Health and Safety Executive and Environment
Agency websites are a good place to start and legislation.gov.uk carries most
legislation in full and some accompanying documents. - Competence – is everyone competent to carry out the roles that they are
required to undertake for management of your Health, Safety and Environmental
needs? It has long been an area of interest for regulators and auditors
to check to see if everyone on site is competent to carry out their roles and
responsibilities. ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 require that the organisation
carry out a training needs analysis (TNA) to identify and then meet training
needs across the business. If you haven’t done one yet, now is a great
time to start to plan your business’s training requirements and remember Peak
HSE can provide accredited and bespoke training for you and your organisation.
