{"id":131,"date":"2011-02-23T15:04:29","date_gmt":"2011-02-23T15:04:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/policybee.co.uk\/blog\/?p=131"},"modified":"2024-09-24T15:25:38","modified_gmt":"2024-09-24T14:25:38","slug":"a-new-register-for-health-and-safety-consultants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.policybee.co.uk\/blog\/a-new-register-for-health-and-safety-consultants","title":{"rendered":"What the OSHCR means for health & safety consultants"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Monday 31 January 2011 was a landmark date for health and safety consultants in the UK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because that’s when the all-new Occupational Safety and Health Consultants Register<\/a> (OSHCR) was launched.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Set up in response to Lord Young\u2019s review of the health and safety laws in the UK \u2013 Common Sense: Common Safety<\/em>, it was established by various professional bodies representing health and safety consultants in the UK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The intention was to set a benchmark for standards across the profession. And, importantly, the OSHCR asks that all members wanting to join meet various minimum entry criteria. Including having health and safety professional indemnity insurance<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What’s the point of the OSHCR?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Broadly, to provide organisations seeking commercial health and safety advice with an assurance that its members have fulfilled various standards within their professional body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This gives those same organisations the confidence to know that they\u2019ll be able to access well-qualified and experienced consultants capable of offering good quality advice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Until the register was established, knowing how and where to get this kind of reliable expertise in such a vital area could prove something of a struggle – particularly for small businesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Are there any requirements to be on the OSHCR?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Health and safety consultants wanting to join the register need to achieve at least one of the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n