Effective strategies for contractor safety management in the workplace
Discover essential best practices for contractor safety management to enhance workplace safety and compliance.
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Managing contractor safety
A well-structured safety management system is vital for managing contractors effectively and ensuring a safe working environment.
Using a streamlined contractor management system allows you to manage health and safety obligations, conduct safety inductions, manage contractor documentation and keep on top of legal requirements.
Understanding health and safety responsibilities
It's important to make sure you're meeting safety obligations and meeting requirements associated with the WHS act.
Engaging contractors in the safety process
When working with contractors, it’s important to have effective consultation and communication about WHS risks, hazards and processes.
When you engage contractors, ensure they are aware of their duties and responsibilities and have the right processes set up to meet compliance and legal obligations.
Gather relevant licences and insurance documentation from them and set up contract specific WHS requirements.
Engage in monitoring activities to stay on top of compliance such as scheduled meetings, audits, reports and adjustments to processes where required.
Contractor safety management - best practices
Preventing safety incidents
Ensuring you have the correct processes such as risk controls and SWMS in place for hazards is vital for maintaining a safe work environment and for preventing safety incidents.
It’s important to encourage a culture of safety within your workplace. This helps to give workers the motivation to follow safety obligations correctly and helps you ensure nothing slips through the cracks.
Hazards and risks are subject to change as each site and project can be different. Keeping on top of training and evolving your procedures and documentation allows you to ensure compliance and keep your workers safe.
Compliance with the Safety Act
Your safety procedures need to align with the WHS Act and regulations to ensure compliance and avoid safety hazards and liability. It’s vital to understand your responsibilities and duties under the act and a safety management system is a great way to keep on top of these regulations. Keep on top of changing regulations and regularly review and update your policies to always remain compliant.
Providing safety induction and training
Inductions and training are a vital component of safety procedures. Identify a centralised system that you can use as your vessel to train workers and store important information.
During the induction process you can also assess worker skills and knowledge to ensure they have the means necessary to carry out their work safely.
Provide refresher training and supervision, keep on top of changing requirements and documentation, and receive notifications for expiring licences to maintain compliance standards and prevent safety incidents.
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