12 questions against the SSIP Core Criteria, the same standard behind the health and safety section of a Constructionline application, and shared with the sister SSIP schemes CHAS, SafeContractor and SMAS Worksafe. See where you stand, then get the document pack to close the gaps. We never promise a pass. We get you ready.
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Do you have a written health and safety policy, signed and dated within the last 12 months?
Have you written down how you manage the day-to-day risks of your work (safe systems, PPE, plant, welfare, emergencies)?
Do you have a named, competent source of health and safety advice, whether in-house or external?
Do you induct new starters and keep a record of the training and information you give people?
Do you keep a competence matrix of cards and tickets (CSCS, SSSTS, CPCS, IPAF) with renewal dates?
Do you carry out your own H&S inspections or audits, and an annual management review?
Do you have a set way to consult and communicate with your workforce on health and safety?
Do you have an accident reporting procedure that covers RIDDOR and record keeping?
Do you check a subcontractor’s competence, insurance and RAMS before you put them to work?
Are your risk assessments and method statements specific to the work you actually do, not generic templates?
Do you have arrangements for co-operating and co-ordinating with others on site under CDM 2015?
Do you confirm welfare (toilets, washing, drinking water, rest) is in place before work starts?
What an assessor wants to see against the SSIP Core Criteria, and the mistake that gets firms bounced, for every criterion in the check above. Readiness only. The assessor makes the call, never us.
Do you have a written health and safety policy, signed and dated within the last 12 months?
What good looks like: A statement of intent signed by your most senior person, dated within the last year, with an org chart naming the real people responsible.
Watch out: An unsigned or out-of-date policy, or a download still carrying someone else’s company name.
Have you written down how you manage the day-to-day risks of your work (safe systems, PPE, plant, welfare, emergencies)?
What good looks like: Practical arrangements naming the hazards of your trade, the controls you use, how plant is checked, the PPE you issue, and your fire and first-aid set-up.
Watch out: A wall of boilerplate that could belong to any firm, with no link to the work you actually do.
Do you have a named, competent source of health and safety advice, whether in-house or external?
What good looks like: A named advisor or consultancy with their qualification or membership stated (for example NEBOSH or Tech IOSH), and how they are engaged.
Watch out: No competent person named, or one named with no evidence of their competence.
Do you induct new starters and keep a record of the training and information you give people?
What good looks like: Inductions for new starters and subcontractors, toolbox talks, and a live record of training booked ahead of expiry.
Watch out: Claiming you train people with nothing to show how or when it happens.
Do you keep a competence matrix of cards and tickets (CSCS, SSSTS, CPCS, IPAF) with renewal dates?
What good looks like: A matrix listing each person, their cards and tickets, first aid, and the renewal dates.
Watch out: Blank or out-of-date renewal dates an assessor can spot at a glance.
Do you carry out your own H&S inspections or audits, and an annual management review?
What good looks like: A monitoring schedule with frequencies and owners, plus evidence the reviews actually happen and findings get closed out.
Watch out: A written procedure that clearly never runs in practice.
Do you have a set way to consult and communicate with your workforce on health and safety?
What good looks like: Defined routes such as inductions, toolbox talks and RAMS briefings, plus a no-blame way to raise hazards and near misses.
Watch out: Saying you consult with no description of how it works on the ground.
Do you have an accident reporting procedure that covers RIDDOR and record keeping?
What good looks like: Clear reporting steps, the RIDDOR categories and timescales, who reports, and how long records are kept.
Watch out: A one-line "we report accidents" with no RIDDOR detail or recording form.
Do you check a subcontractor’s competence, insurance and RAMS before you put them to work?
What good looks like: A documented approval step where accreditation, competence, sample RAMS and current insurances are checked and recorded before placing work.
Watch out: Engaging subbies with no recorded check of their health and safety credentials.
Are your risk assessments and method statements specific to the work you actually do, not generic templates?
What good looks like: Risk assessments naming your real hazards with sensible controls, a register, and COSHH assessments for the substances you use.
Watch out: Generic, copy-paste RAMS that could belong to any firm. Assessors read this section closely and boilerplate is easy to spot.
Do you have arrangements for co-operating and co-ordinating with others on site under CDM 2015?
What good looks like: Arrangements describing how you exchange risk information, work to agreed RAMS, and co-ordinate with the principal contractor and other trades.
Watch out: Treating your work as if it happens in isolation from everyone else on site.
Do you confirm welfare (toilets, washing, drinking water, rest) is in place before work starts?
What good looks like: A clear statement of how welfare is provided, whether by you or confirmed with the principal contractor before starting.
Watch out: Silence on welfare, or no recognition of the duty when you work on others’ sites.
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