[Archer]

Hi,

quick question, i am a member of SAFEcontractor and the hassle filling all the forms in, really is bonkers, but now i have won a contract that requires me to be CHAS Registered.

I have instructed a company to complete my forms on my behalf for a fee, as i am too busy and have not got the patience to go through all that again.

Have any of you seen any benefits from being a member of CHAS,

Thanks

Chris.

[Moderator David@stives]

Chris

I am Chas, just going through renewel, cracking idea paying someone to do it.  might do that myself.

you know the score with these things,

You are reaffirming to your clients you are the H&S boy who is doing a double effort.

[stracey]

 We got chas registered two weeks ago , did all the work through my experiance and IOSH training.
I will take your money off you if you need help with the form filling.
Tell me what the H+S advisers are charging you, ill beat the price.

[Moderator David@stives]

stracey

name your fee and you might have a customer

[stracey]

 I have all the needed evidence that you require becoming chase registered.
You can doctor the evidence to include your own details.

There are two types of registration = Companies up to 5 employees
                                                                                 Or
                                                            Companies of more than 5 employees.
We are registered up to 5 employees. If you have a recognised H+S qualification or can prove you are a competent person responsible for the H+S in your business then the process is straight forward.

Chas charged us £88 +vat to be assessed by an H+S advisor, the same advisor wanted £250 an hour for help, no thanks.     

[richywilts]

what sort of paperwork do they require??? id like to gettin these recognitions for my business but havent really got a lot of commercial as yet but its building steadily. id also like to get the correct paperwork in place for peace of mind

cheers richy

[Gav Camm lammy 283]

youve got me 

[richywilts]

exactly lammy i need health and safety paperwork in place!!!

[Gav Camm lammy 283]

 

[gary evans]

Hi Chris

Good luck with the CHAS, its not to bad when you get going, one thing though, yourself & Dave Morris & similar companies, Safecontractor, is not the accreditation of choice no more. I dont normally talk of my business, but, yes i am CHAS, SAFECONTRACTOR & the new one on the block that councils & h/a,s are looking for is Constructionline.

To be begin with i disagreed with having to have Constructionline as we are not builders, but, somewhere somebodys influence, how i can only guess, have persuaded authorites that is what we all need.

So eventually or on re-newal of your contracts, you will be asked for Constructionline & when you say you have Safecontractor they,ll say WHO!!

All he best

Gary

[Archer]

Dave,

get stracey to do it pal,

Ive paid £700.00 - NOT BOTHERED need it asap and they wikll have it for me within the week

[ronnie paton]

chris i have everyhing you need instead of paying some one £700 mate email me

[stracey]

The consultant advisors only spend 10mins on giving you templates that you have to doctor yourself.

The cost of £700 is about what they charge for putting your application through.
I took the decision that if i couldnt do the application myself then i was not a competant person to be running my commercial cleaning business, let alone be responsible for the safety of my employees or the public.

Most experianced guys on here could do the application themselves with a little help.
Do not be taken advantage of by this money making training industry

[trevor perry]

Reading the above posts just shows what a mockery these schemes are there are people who are not even in our industry doing our health and safety forms for us, cleaning companies are providing doctored paperwork just to get accredited so it is possible for some firms to look very professional but in truth are not really putting the health and safety in place on the job where it really counts.
 

[♠Winp®oClean♠]

Reading the above posts just shows what a mockery these schemes are there are people who are not even in our industry doing our health and safety forms for us, cleaning companies are providing doctored paperwork just to get accredited so it is possible for some firms to look very professional but in truth are not really putting the health and safety in place on the job where it really counts.
 

Agreed, pretty much common knowlage though. It's about how you appear, not what's factual. It's all about getting the contracts.

It's down to the readies every time. Look at the recent threads on NVQ's. The promotor of these "apparently" get £1300 from the coffers for every taker! If I were in their shoes I'd be promoting my bo**ox off!

[richywilts]

can anyone tell me what paperwork they require???

[Archer]

Stracey,

i AM capable of completing the form myself as i completed my SAFEcontractor,

i CANNOT BE BOTHERED completing the CHAS forms, thats the reason i have paid £700 to get it sorted quickly.

Filling stupid & pathetic money making bits of paperwork, that annoy me so much - is WORTH paying the money to keep my stress levels down and concentrate on what i do best, clean windows, run a buisness and have alittle more time.

SIMPLE AS THAT


As for being competent and the health & safety of employees, i am strict as anything on H&S, so just because you fill your forms in - it doesnt mean your well up on H&S,,,,,, The health and safety aspect of the job, comes down to common sense

[G Griffin]

Chris

I am Chas, just going through renewel, cracking idea paying someone to do it.  might do that myself.

you know the score with these things,

You are reaffirming to your clients you are the H&S boy who is doing a double effort.

I thought you were Dave 

[stracey]

The process is simple if you have the experience and training, you just need to provide evidense
of what you are already doing.
The money we saved by doing the process ourselves saved enough money to buy a Super Max 40ft
for the business, thats a win win situation, dont be put off with the paper work.