All your Health & Safety needs for 2024 in one place.

Here at Seguro we can be a one stop shop for your safety needs. We can help you with one off client requests or by being your competent person providing you with our full Safety package the choice is yours.

Competent Person

We provide a full Health & Safety Management System including a policy, employee handbook and an environmental policy. Expert advice is available for you 24/7.

Accreditation

We can help you to provide the paperwork needed to enable you to show you are capable of working safely. These vary depending on what accreditation you are looking to complete. We stay with you until the accreditation is achieved.

• CHAS All Levels available 
• Safe Contractor
• Constructionline All levels (Silver or Gold)

Risk Assessments & Method Statements

We have a full library of RAMS available for you to purchase from as little as £10. All of our documents are available in word format for you to be able to amend and use as you need in your business.

Safety Advisor

This is a support service for less than 5 employees, this comes with expert advice as well as access to our online documents and Risk assessments. This can be purchased separately or comes free with accreditation applications for less than 5 employees.

We offer many more services including PQQ preparation, Construction Phase Plan preparation. Why not visit our website and see if we can help you with any issues you have now and throughout 2025.

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What is Builders Profile?

Builder’s Profile provides a service enabling clients and contractors to procure the services of subcontractors who have demonstrated compliance and provided the necessary PQQ information.

The accessible database allows companies to submit their information and keep it up to date easily for clients and contractors to review. If you are a client or a contractor it gives you one location to view all the details you need to manage a supply chain no matter how large or small.

The idea behind Builders Profile is that subcontractors are able to fill in one PQQ instead of having to fill in different ones for each contractor they want to work with.

The benefit for contractors of Builder’s Profile is that all the information you need to select a subcontractor is all in one place.  This can help reduce the cost of procurement as well as administration.

There are various levels of membership available

• Main Contractor Membership
• Subcontractor Premium Membership
• Subcontractor Basic Membership
• Members of our Partner Trade Associations, Premium Membership
• Members of Supporting Trade Associations share a discounted Premium Membership

If you are looking for any advice on how to complete the application and ensure you have the documents needed get in touch with us today.

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If you’re an landlord, business owner, occupier, or other non-domestic premises, you’ll be the person responsible for fire safety. You’re known as the ‘responsible person’. The Fire Safety Order also applies if you run a bed and breakfast, guesthouse or let a self-catering property as you have paying guests.

Responsibilities

As the responsible person you must:

• carry out a fire risk assessment of the premises and review it regularly
• tell staff or their representatives about the risks you’ve identified
• put in place, and maintain, appropriate fire safety measures
• plan for an emergency
• provide staff information, fire safety instruction and training

Non-domestic premises

Non-domestic premises are:

• all workplaces and commercial premises
• all premises the public have access to
• the common areas of multi-occupied residential buildings

As the responsible person you must carry out and regularly review a fire risk assessment of the premises. This will identify what you need to do to prevent fire and keep people safe.

You’ll need to consider:

• emergency routes and exits
• fire detection and warning systems
• fire fighting equipment
• the removal or safe storage of dangerous substances
• an emergency fire evacuation plan
• the needs of vulnerable people, eg the elderly, young children or those with disabilities
• providing information to employees and other people on the premises
• staff fire safety training

Help with the assessment

You can do the fire risk assessment yourself with the help of standard fire safety advice documents.

You’ll need to appoint a ‘competent person’ to help, eg a professional risk assessor, if you don’t have the expertise or time to do the fire risk assessment yourself.

Your local fire and rescue authority might be able to give you advice if you’re not sure your risk assessment’s been carried out properly. However, they can’t carry out risk assessments for you.

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Health & Safety questions in July

At Seguro we regularly get asked questions that we can relate to other people and what they may be thinking, so we have decided to share some of them on a monthly basis.

If you have a question you would like answering please get in touch.

1.  I haven’t heard back form my assessor can you chase them?

As part of the process for applying for accreditation you are supplying the assessor with information relating to your company, as a third party we cannot approach them on your behalf.

2.  I am a Principle contractor but i have less than 5 employees which CHAS do i apply for?

When applying for your CHAS application if you require your certificate to say you are a principle contractor you will need to fill  in the appendix 2 form. This is classed as the large application and is normally only applicable to people with 5 employees or more. You will also require a competent person resource which gives you Health & Safety advice on a monthly basis.

3. How long do my e-learning certificates last?

These vary for each course and are as follows:

• Manual Handling lasts 3 years
• Working at Height lasts 3 years
• Asbestos awareness last 1 year

4. Can i use your presentations in a classroom environment?

Our Health & Safety presentations are designed for you to be able to use for a number of people in an assessment environment, the presentation is in power point so can be printed out for note taking and also has an assessment sheet at the end for you to assess the participants.

3. What login details do i need for my CHAS application?

CHAS will provide you with a Username and Password for your application, this is the only detail you will need when trying to access your account with CHAS.

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Why use Seguro for your CHAS Accreditation?

We supply bespoke documentation to help complete the sections needed for CHAS as well as a dedicated consultant for you to contact at any time through the process.

We help you to submit all the documentation on the CHAS online portal providing you with a step by step guide for your involvement.

We have over 25 years’ experience in the industry and successfully complete over 900 applications every year. Our job is to make your life easier letting you focus on your business.

Call us now on 0800 031 5404 or send us a quotation request, we will reply within the same working day.

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Who needs CHAS accreditation?

CHAS is normally requested by the client you are looking to work for. CHAS Health & Safety and covers Main contractors through to window cleaners.

How often do i need to update my company policies for CHAS?

CHAS is an annual renewal so you will need to amend your policies inline with your renewal.

What does CHAS 5 employees or more mean?

This is where you have more than 4 employees and are classed as a large application (employees are people you pay through your PAYE system)

Is CHAS a license?

CHAS is a certificate to show your Health & Safety has been third party assessed.

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Completing a PQQ can seem like a daunting task.

There are lots of sections and information about your company that you may not have had to think about before. Submitting a good PQQ doesn’t mean it will be a winning PQQ but it does mean you have a much better chance if you have shown you have taken the time to complete it properly.

It goes without saying a good PQQ has no errors or information missing and that you have answered all questions as fully as you can.

We have compiled a handy top ten tips list that should should help:

Top Tips

1. Read the PQQ fully as the beginning so you can understand what is required of you.
2. When putting the PQQ together take it one question at a time.
3. Always provide evidence and supporting documentation when asked for.
4. Ensure your answers focus on the requirements set out in the specification and evaluation criteria.
5. Provide all of the information requested. If you cannot provide some of the information, for whatever reason, ask for advice or as a minimum give a reason for not providing the information so they know you have not just skipped that section.
6. Where relevant, cross-reference the answers or responses in your PQQ to the questions as this will make it easier to evaluate.
7. Be clear on your pricing model and state any assumptions you have made when pricing. This will enable the assessor to see the reasons you may be more expensive or indeed cheaper.
8. The assessor can only evaluate what you have submitted. The assessor cannot refer to any previous knowledge or experience it has had with you unless it is in your submission
9. Make sure you are aware of the objective of the contract – this will help focus your submission.
10. Don’t be put off by the PQQ documentation – you can always ask for help.

A must for every PQQ is that you complete and return the document by the deadline and in the correct format that has been requested. Failure to do those simple thing could mean your PQQ isn’t even looked at.

If you still feel you need some help we are more than happy to see if there is anything we can do.

Get in touch with us via our General PQQ submission.

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Welcome to the October edition of ask Seguro

Please find below the five questions we thought were worth sharing from this months queries that have come into our office here at Seguro.

How does a small building company become CHAS accredited?

CHAS is applicable to all companies and has the same set up process in place, you can find out how to apply by clicking here.

How can you check a supplier on CHAS?

CHAS is part of the SSIP group so you can find out if a company is SSIP registered by logging here.

How much does CHAS cost?

There are different fees depending on your size and the activity your company carries out. Please see the price chart here.

How much to outsource CHAS?

There are various consultants that can help you in the perpetration of your documentation, this is also a service we offer more information can be found here.

What health and safety training do i need for CHAS?

Each company will need various training depending on their activity there are three courses that tend to cover all the requirements and these can be carried out via E-learning. Learn more about e-learning.

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Get rewarded for your loyalty!

Here at Seguro we have looked into how we can reward our customers who give us their repeat business. We ensure we provide the best service we can every year but sometimes a Thank You goes a long way.

We wanted the rewards to be something that would actually benefit each and every business.

So during 2024 the following will be available :

• Refer a business and on sign up you will receive a credit for a free eLearning course worth £25 (up to 4 in one year)
• Refer 5 companies and once they all successfully sign up you will be credited with a free renewal for the accreditation we assist you with

If you would like further information on our loyalty scheme please get in touch

Contact Amanda 

amanda@seguro-safety.co.uk
0151 350 3743

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