PROCESS SAFETY FEATURE
has been helping organisations verify that everyone in their supply chain is working to a consistently high standard for several decades - this means CHAS checks, for example, whether contractors have adequate health and safety systems in place, establish whether an organisation has ready access to competent health and safety advice/assistance and make checks around training and competency. CHAS also provides an alert system which notifies contractors when insurance policies and health and safety qualifications are about to expire which helps to ensure contractors’ qualifications are always up-to-date. Clients looking for competent contractors can
sign up to become a CHAS Client free of charge which gives them access to an industry leading database of over 35,000 accredited contractors. CHAS Clients can instantly find compliant contractors via the CHAS Client Portal, where they can search by geographic area and trade (no matter how specialist) to help them identify contractors who are accredited and available. CHAS Clients also have access to CHAS’s business services completely free which includes compliance assessments, contractor matching and contractor engagement services.
INDUSTRY WIDE APPROACH In 2019 CHAS became the first accreditation body to offer the Common Assessment
Standard (CAS), a new pre-qualification system developed alongside Build UK and the Civil Engineering Contractors Association which standardises the construction pre- qualification process. For contractors the introduction of the Common Assessment Standard means that passing one annual assessment will make them eligible to work with a host of clients who have already signed up to the scheme – which it is hoped will eventually be adopted unanimously. These assessments are made freely available to clients so that they can quickly and easily find qualifying contractors with a proven commitment to upholding, not only high health & standards, but also high standards
across a number of other areas including anti-bribery and corruption, modern slavery prevention and environmental sustainability to name a few. Choosing to use accredited contractors, such
as those assessed to the Common Assessment Standard, therefore helps clients to demonstrate responsibility and safeguard their workforce, their reputation and their business. Meanwhile contractors can be confident that demonstrating their commitment to the standards specified in the Common Assessment Standard, via a short annual assessment, will open up additional employment opportunities.
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