Read on to find out what is needed to become CHAS Accredited with Safety Hangar!

What do i need to become CHAS Accredited?

Find out what documents are needed for CHAS?  CHAS is an assessment of your Health & Safety documentation, so you will need to provide evidence that this is carried out correctly. Depending on the size of your business depends on the information you need to provide. The details below are for 5 employees or less you will need more for 5+ employees.

Examples of documentation needed will include:

• Toolbox Talks attendance sheets
• COSHH assessments
• Risk Assessment and Method Statement for job specifics
• Sub contractor induction documentation
• Agreements to show evidence of your safety advisor.
• COVID 19 procedures and processes
• Evidence of training for your industry this can include:
  • Working at heights
  • Asbestos awareness
  • Manual Handling

All documentation is created with ease in the Safety Hangar software. E learning training courses are all available FREE as part of the Safety Hangar Package. 

CHAS assessment criteria

The CHAS assessment criteria are the same as those of all SSIP suppliers. SSIP (Safety Schemes in Procurement) is an umbrella organisation formed in 2009 to reduce the duplication of health and safety assessments.

The CHAS assessment standards and requirements are listed below.

• Individual Qualifications and Experience
• Monitoring, Audit and Review
• Risk Assessment Leading to a Safe System of Work
• Workforce Involvement
• Co-operation and Co-ordination
• Welfare Provision
• Subcontractors and Sub-consultants
• Contractor
• Principal Contractor
• Designer
• Policy
• Arrangements
• Occupational Health
• Behavioural Management
• Enforcement Actions
• Accident Reporting and Investigation
• Fleet Operations / Management Scheme
• Competent Advice – Corporate and Construction
• Drug and Alcohol Policy
• Training and Information

Fully branded templates can be found in the Document and Form sections to allow easy of use and speed of compliance in your workplace.  

Below is an idea of the detail required for the first parts of the CHAS application.

Policies

The Health and Safety Policy should be:

• In the company name 
•  Dated within the last 12 months
• Approved by the appropriate person
• Lists the persons with health and safety responsibilities and sets out the responsibilities of H&S management.

We can make the process of the CHAS application easy for you by providing the tools using our intuitive software.

Arrangements

• Accident reporting, including RIDDOR, first aid and work-related ill health 
• Training
• Information, instruction & supervision
• Communication
• Risk assessment
• Monitoring
• Emergency procedures
• Asbestos

Our package makes it easy for you to communicate anything you produce between staff, subcontractors and clients. 

Occupational Health

We have policies, documents galore to create all Occupational health needs.  

Accident Reporting and Investigation

You can record and audit within the software, aiding compliance. 

Find out more on the CHAS Website the link is below.

Contractor Health & Safety Assessment | Veriforce CHAS