Are you looking for sense when it comes to Health & Safety?

The registration of those who offer impartial, realistic and balanced advice has finally come about, with the launch of the Occupational Safety and Health Consultants Register (OSHCR).

Hjspeople welcomes the launch of the Register, and is ensuring that its own consultants in the field of Health & Safety and Environment are fully registered.

In order to join, consultants must conform to the minimum standard - namely a degree level qualification, at least two years’ experience and active engagement in a continuing professional development scheme. All consultants who join the register are bound by their professional body’s code of conduct and must be committed to providing sensible and proportionate advice.

The primary aim of the Register is to increase employer’s confidence in any help that they seek by ensuring that the advice they receive is both objective and sound, and perhaps most importantly, sensible and understandable.

The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) states that ‘while there is evidence that some businesses are using consultancy when they already have sufficient knowledge internally to manage health and safety, many others are still not accessing the advice they need’.