WHY IS THIS CONTRACTOR VETTING RATING CARD REQUIRED?

Contractor Control and management must play a huge role in your Health and Safety system, mainly because you want to keep your employees Healthy and safe to return home to their loved ones after work. Contractors bring their own unique risk and challenges that must be identified and controlled to prevent incidents and injuries to your staff and premises, as well as their staff and equipment.

WHY IS THIS CONTRACTOR VETTING RATING IMPORTANT?

To manage contractors in a structured and effective way, a robust contractor management system must be set in place. This system should include processes for pre-qualifying contractors before working on site and ensuring all requirements as per your standard or purely legislative standards are met. The Contractor Vetting and compliance rating card will assist companies to pre-qualify contractors.

VALIDITY

The Contractor Vetting and compliance rating card should be updated once a year.

HOW DOES THIS WORK AS A CONTROL MEASURE?

In the hierarchy of controls, this Contractor Vetting and compliance rating card forms part of the administrative control measures which should be in place to ensure that contractors comply with health and safety and their files are current and valid and applicable to the business.