So much of current quality management relies on all employees knowing what is required of him or her and what their role is in achieving a particular goal, health and safety is no stranger to this approach.

The health and safety process begins with a clear definition of the management's commitment to providing a healthy and safe work place, and the way in which the company will go about meeting its specific responsibilities. This is usually referred to as the Health and Safety Policy and Arrangements. For the policy and arrangements to be effective they need to be supported by a series of procedures which may start with simple concepts such as fire evacuation and be extended to include the most complex of situations.

The aim of writing procedures is to communicate a common approach to handling a problem situation and as a reference for employees who are unsure of what is expected of them in a given situation.

I can help you to write procedures for the various aspects of your business on an ad hoc basis or I can produce for your business a complete set of documents from safety policy to all procedures, whatever suits your situation best.