The Occupational Safety and Health Consultants Register (OSHCR)[1] is a public register of UK-based occupational health and safety advice consultants, set up to assist UK employers and business owners with general advice on workplace health and safety issues. The register was established in response to the Government’s October 2010 report on 'Common Sense, Common Safety', which recommended that all health and safety consultants should be accredited to professional bodies and a web-based directory established.[2]
Occupational Safety & Health Consultants Register
Formation
2011
Type
Professional Consultants Register
Location
OSHCR Ltd, PO Box 169, Redgrave Court, Liverpool, Merseyside L20 7WU. United Kingdom.
The scheme is voluntary for individuals who provide commercial advice on general health and safety management issues. Consultants who are registered on OSHCR have been assessed by their professional body and have achieved a set standard based on their qualifications and experience. Each consultant must maintain their continuing professional development, abide by a code of conduct and be committed to giving sensible and proportionate advice to businesses. The reason for this is that many people did, and still do, set themselves up as 'experts when they have neither the qualifications nor the experience to advise vulnerable or unwary clients.[3][4][5][6]
On launching the register Work and Pensions MinisterChris Grayling said "We have launched an official Occupational Safety and Health Consultants Register for those health and safety practitioners who are properly accredited to one of the professional bodies in the industry.".[7]
Also at the launch in 2011, (Dame) Judith Hackitt (Chair of the Health & Safety Executive) said the register would provide "an independent way of demonstrating professional competence in occupational health and safety consultancy and should also encourage those who have not yet met these standards to do so." However in an interview with IOSH Magazine shortly before she left her post in April 2016, she said: "I don't think it has done what it set out to do at all."[8]
In April 2021 the Institutution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) announced that they had been asked to take on the Register as one of its companies, and help make it a more widely recognised source of competent, independent and proportionate OSH advice.[9] They appointed Richard Orton, IOSH Director of Strategy and Business Development to the OSHCR board, until he left IOSH in January 2022, taking over as Managing Director at Certsure. He was replaced by Ruth Lake as IOSH's representative on the Board [10]
Services to business ownersEdit
Many businesses develop in-house competence to manage their health and safety risks and do not need to use health and safety consultants. Other employers however, may need additional help and the consultants registered on OSHCR will have a status recognised by the participating bodies in the OSHCR scheme.
The register enables businesses, once they have registered, to search for a consultant by geographical area, industry or topic, in order to enable them to find someone who will provide specific, tailored, advice relevant to their business needs.
EligibilityEdit
OSHCR has a webpage dedicated to eligibility standards.[11] These criteria have been agreed by the network of professional bodies and stakeholders involved in developing the register. Only those consultants who meet the eligibility criteria can apply to join the register.
Part of the application procedure to join the register will involve a check with the relevant professional body that an individual has achieved a certain status within that professional body.
However, in summary consultants must have achieved at least one of the following:
1. Chartered status with:
IOSH (Institution of Occupational Safety and Health);
Chartered Member of the BPS (British Psychological Society);
CIEH (Chartered Institute of Environmental Health); or
REHIS (Royal Environmental Health Institute of Scotland) with health and safety qualifications
2. Fellow status with IIRSM (International Institute of Risk and Safety Management) with degree level qualifications
3. Charted Member or Charted Fellow of BOHS (British Occupational Hygiene Society) Faculty of Occupational Hygiene
4. Registered Member or Fellow status with CIEHF (Chartered Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors).
In addition, all consultants wishing to join the register will be asked to declare that they will:
Demonstrate adequate continuing professional development
Abide by their professional body’s code of conduct;
Provide sensible and proportionate advice; and
Have professional indemnity insurance or equivalent to cover the nature of their duties.
Participating bodiesEdit
The professional bodies and other stakeholders involved are:
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Consultants RegisterLocationOSHCR Ltd PO Box 169 Redgrave Court Liverpool Merseyside L20 7WU United Kingdom Membership1 183 Mar 22 Official languageEnglishWebsiteOSHCR Contents 1 The register 2 Services to business owners 3 Eligibility 4 Participating bodies 5 External links 6 ReferencesThe register EditThe scheme is voluntary for individuals who provide commercial advice on general health and safety management issues Consultants who are registered on OSHCR have been assessed by their professional body and have achieved a set standard based on their qualifications and experience Each consultant must maintain their continuing professional development abide by a code of conduct and be committed to giving sensible and proportionate advice to businesses The reason for this is that many people did and still do set themselves up as experts when they have neither the qualifications nor the experience to advise vulnerable or unwary clients 3 4 5 6 On launching the register Work and Pensions Minister Chris Grayling said We have launched an official Occupational Safety and Health Consultants Register for those health and safety practitioners who are properly accredited to one of the professional bodies in the industry 7 Also at the launch in 2011 Dame Judith Hackitt Chair of the Health amp Safety Executive said the register would provide an independent way of demonstrating professional competence in occupational health and safety consultancy and should also encourage those who have not yet met these standards to do so However in an interview with IOSH Magazine shortly before she left her post in April 2016 she said I don t think it has done what it set out to do at all 8 In April 2021 the Institutution of Occupational Safety and Health IOSH announced that they had been asked to take on the Register as one of its companies and help make it a more widely recognised source of competent independent and proportionate OSH advice 9 They appointed Richard Orton IOSH Director of Strategy and Business Development to the OSHCR board until he left IOSH in January 2022 taking over as Managing Director at Certsure He was replaced by Ruth Lake as IOSH s representative on the Board 10 Services to business owners EditMany businesses develop in house competence to manage their health and safety risks and do not need to use health and safety consultants Other employers however may need additional help and the consultants registered on OSHCR will have a status recognised by the participating bodies in the OSHCR scheme The register enables businesses once they have registered to search for a consultant by geographical area industry or topic in order to enable them to find someone who will provide specific tailored advice relevant to their business needs Eligibility EditOSHCR has a webpage dedicated to eligibility standards 11 These criteria have been agreed by the network of professional bodies and stakeholders involved in developing the register Only those consultants who meet the eligibility criteria can apply to join the register Part of the application procedure to join the register will involve a check with the relevant professional body that an individual has achieved a certain status within that professional body However in summary consultants must have achieved at least one of the following 1 Chartered status with IOSH Institution of Occupational Safety and Health Chartered Member of the BPS British Psychological Society CIEH Chartered Institute of Environmental Health or REHIS Royal Environmental Health Institute of Scotland with health and safety qualifications2 Fellow status with IIRSM International Institute of Risk and Safety Management with degree level qualifications3 Charted Member or Charted Fellow of BOHS British Occupational Hygiene Society Faculty of Occupational Hygiene4 Registered Member or Fellow status with CIEHF Chartered Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors In addition all consultants wishing to join the register will be asked to declare that they will Demonstrate adequate continuing professional development Abide by their professional body s code of conduct Provide sensible and proportionate advice and Have professional indemnity insurance or equivalent to cover the nature of their duties Participating bodies EditThe professional bodies and other stakeholders involved are British Occupational Hygiene Society BOHS 12 British Safety Council BSC 13 British Safety Industry Federation BSIF 14 Chartered Institute of Environmental Health CIEH 15 Health and Safety Executive Northern Ireland HSENI 16 Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors IEHF 17 International Institute of Risk amp Safety Management IIRSM 18 Institution of Occupational Safety and Health IOSH 19 National Examination Board in Occupational Safety and Health NEBOSH 20 Royal Environmental Health Institute of Scotland REHIS 21 Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents ROSPA 22 Health and Safety Executive 23 External links EditOSHCR Website The UK Health amp Safety Executive websiteReferences Edit OSHCR The Occupational Safety and Health Consultants Register About OSHCR About OSHCR Consultant fined for providing incompetent health and safety advice 14 July 2020 Site manager and safety consultant jailed after labourer s death 8 December 2014 Consultant Risk Assessor Receives Prison Sentence for Woefully Inadequate Fire Risk Assessment Fire Safety Law Safety Advisor fined by HSE for poor occupational health advice 26 July 2016 New online directory of health and safety advisors OSHCR needs reform says outgoing HSE chair 25 April 2016 New governance signals bright future for OSHCR OSHCR LIMITED people Find and update company information GOV UK Eligibility BOHS British Occupational Hygiene Society BSC British Safety Council BSIF British Safety Industry Federation CIEH Chartered Institute of Environmental Health HSENI Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland IEHF The Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors IIRSM International Institute of Risk and Safety Management IOSH Institution of Occupational Safety and Health NEBOSH National Examination Board in Occupational Safety and Health REHIS Royal Environmental Health Institute of Scotland RoSPA Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents HSE The Health and Safety Executive Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Occupational Safety and Health Consultants Register amp oldid 1147845396, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
