Health and Safety Assistance - Competent Person
A Competent Person support package that helps our customers win contracts

SMS Europe Ltd will provide you with accurate and relevant information, and are always only a phonecall away. We pride ourselves on our responsiveness and friendly professionalism. With an SMS consultant acting as a your 'Competent Person' under the Regulation 7 (Health and Safety Assistance) of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, you get access to advice 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

SMS Consultants are fully qualified and hold membership of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH), and International Institute of Risk and Safety Management (IIRSM). We have Chartered Safety and Health Practitioners and we are listed on the IOSH Register of Consultants. All staff keep up to date on a rigorous Continuing Professional Development programme and can apply their wide knowledge and expertise to your business, as well as provide the expertise required when winning contracts.

What The Law Says:
Regulation 7 Health and safety assistance
Every employer shall... appoint one or more competent persons to assist him in undertaking the measures he needs to take to comply with the requirements and prohibitions imposed upon him by or under the relevant statutory provisions and by Part II of the Fire Precautions (Workplace) Regulations 1997.

From the Approved Code of Practice
Employers are solely responsible for ensuring that those they appoint to assist them with health and safety measures are competent to carry out the tasks they are assigned and are given adequate information and support. In making decisions on who to appoint, employers themselves need to know and understand the work involved, the principles of risk assessment and prevention, and current legislation and health and safety standards. Employers should ensure that anyone they appoint is capable of applying the above to whatever task they are assigned. Employers must have access to competent help in applying the provisions of health and safety law, including these Regulations. In particular they need competent help in devising and applying protective measures, unless they are competent to undertake the measures without assistance. Appointment of competent people for this purpose should be included among the health and safety arrangements.

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