Contractor Questionnaire
Health & Safety Xpert™ Total Toolkit is an easy to use software package that will save you massive amounts of time producing crucial health and safety documentation legally required under current UK law. This includes the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 and the new Construction Design Management (CDM) Regulations 2007.
The Contractor Questionnaire printout is available with Health and Safety Xpert Total Toolkit. Click here to view a sample Contractor Questionnaire PDF
The Management of Health & Safety at Work Regulations 1999 clarifies what employers are required to do to manage health and safety under the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 . It applies the principal of prevention, through effective arrangements for health & safety (planning, organization, monitoring & review).
More specifically under the Construction Design Management (CDM) Regulations 2007, the principal contractor is responsible for planning, managing and controlling health & safety during the construction phase of the project by:
- Developing and implementing the construction phase health & safety plan from the pre-tender info pack
- Ensuring that competent and properly resourced subcontractors are used where necessary
- Ensuring so far as reasonably practicable that all contractors comply with the rules laid down in the Health & Safety Plan
- Obtaining risk assessments & method statements from contractors
- Ensuring that workers have received adequate training
- Monitoring health & safety performance
Use the Contractor Questionnaire provided with Health & Safety Xpert to ensure that the principle contractor and any other subcontractors have made adequate provision for health and safety and can provide documentary evidence of methods they use to implement their policies and procedures. It is important to file these records so that they could be consulted by an inspector if necessary.