Catten College - Colchester

Health and Safety Risk Assessment

This assessment is designed so that your business can have a fully compliant policy designed for them or an existing one can be updated.

Identify the hazards
Decide who could be affected
Evaluate how likely employees and others are to be hurt and how effective your existing precautions are
Decide what can be done to eliminate or minimise the risk
Record the outcome of the health and safety risk assessment and suggest any corrective action that needs to be taken
Send an annual reminder of the need to review your assessment.

The assessment will be carried out by a fully trained Health and Safety Officer and he will provide you with feedback on any issues that are discovered.

Health and Safety Policy Writing

Catten College will construct your policy using the data gained in the Risk Assessment. It is important to remember that under section 2 of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 any employer who has five or more employees must produce a written safety policy.

In this document key responsibilities for health and safety will be recognised, and the general arrangements for health and safety within the organisation will be outlined in the policy.

As it is intended as a living document, it must be reviewed on a regular basis, and revised to account for any changes in the law or in working procedures. With this in mind the college will keep a copy of your H & S policy on file and thus will be able to assist you easily in any changes that need to be made.

The assessment will be carried out by a fully trained Health and Safety Officer and he will provide you with a document that fulfils your company's legal requirement

PAT Testing - In-service Inspection & Testing of Electrical Equipment.

Catten College can now offer complete In-service Inspection & Testing of Electrical Equipment.

The Electricity at Work Regulations (1989) requires "All electrical systems shall be maintained so as to prevent, so far as is reasonably practicable, any danger". This is interpreted as covering the fixed electrical installation as well as portable and transportable equipment connected to it. The Regulations also state "It is the duty of every employer and self employed person to comply with the provision of these Regulations."

A qualified P.A.T. tester will provide a:

�          Formal Visual Inspection

�          Replacement Fuses

�          Earth Bond Safety Test *

�          All appliances labelled

�          Polarity Inspection and Test *

�          Insulation Safety Test

A complete asset register and certificate of conformity can be provided for an additional fee.

Please note the extra special price of 60p per item# for those businesses which have learners with Catten College.

*Where required
# This is subject to the minimum call-out and other conditions being met as set down in the current price list available from the college or from the downloads page.