The Obligation Of The Employer (SO2-AC4)

Resource management is the process of planning the resources necessary to meet the objectives of the project, and to satisfy the client's requirements.

The Contractor must adequately allocate resources, responsibility and accountability to ensure the effective implementation, maintenance and continual improvement of the contractor’s health and safety management system on the projects required by Construction regulation of 2014.

For each role that carries health and safety accountability and/or responsibilities (including legislative requirements), a role description detailing the accountability and/or responsibilities must be documented.

All appointments (i.e. the assignment of specific SHE responsibilities to individuals in accordance with legal or project requirements) must be done in writing. Documented proof of each appointment (i.e. a signed appointment letter) must be retained.

Contractor should not discharge any legal responsibilities to employees who are not legally appointed.

Skilled and experienced workers should be seen as an asset in which the company has invested; replacing them is costly. At the same time, an employer who provides safe working conditions is also likely to benefit from better labour relations generally, not forgetting improved employee engagement and staff retention and less absenteeism.

Smaller contractors that take health, safety and environmental legislation seriously will find their reputation with the larger construction companies is improved, thus their chances of being included in big projects. Safety-conscious companies are more reliable on all sorts of levels.