Plastic Surgeon has been successful in obtaining the SMAS Worksafe Contractor accreditation. This confirms that Plastic Surgeon has been approved by the Safety Management Advisory Services Limited and has been awarded a full Worksafe Contractor Membership Certificate.

The SMAS Worksafe Contractor accreditation provides our customers with the assurance that we have been assessed and accredited by an SSIP Forum member and have achieved the competence to provide specific services within a common health and safety threshold.

The assessment followed the Core Criteria Stage 1 Contractor Assessment process for assessing health and safety competence of contractors and consultants working in the construction industry. The introduction of these competence criteria provide an opportunity for existing health and safety prequalification schemes to build on and formalise mutual recognition already in operation amongst some schemes.
 
Plastic Surgeon awarded SAFEcontractor accreditation

Plastic Surgeon has been awarded SAFEcontractor accreditation for 2010 / 2011. The company’s application for SAFEcontractor accreditation was driven by the need for a uniform standard process across the business.

John Kinge, Head of Risk at SAFEcontractor said, “Major organisations can no longer run the risk of employing contractors who are not able to prove that they have sound health and safety policies”.

“More companies need to understand the importance of adopting good risk management in the way that Plastic Surgeon has done. The firm’s high standard has set an example, which hopefully will be followed by other companies within the sector”.

Under the SAFEcontractor system, businesses undergo a vetting process, which examines health and safety procedures and their track record for safe practice. Those companies meeting the high standard are included on a database, which is accessible to registered users only via a website, www.safecontractor.com.

Plastic Surgeon achieves NHBC SAFEMARK certification

Safemark has been developed to help builders meet their obligation to only appoint competent contractors. The scheme is a pre-qualification assessment designed around the requirements of Appendix 4 of the Approved Code of Practice to CDM `07.

Plastic Surgeon has been assessed against Stage 1 criteria, and has satisfied the requirements for a health and safety policy, access to competent health and safety advice and for ensuring its employees are appropriately trained.

Plastic Surgeon has demonstrated Stage 1 competence providing home building customers with:

• reassurance that Plastic Surgeon is compliant with important health and safety legislation
   
• time saved as customers can use our services without the need to undergo repetitive Stage 1 health and safety assessments. 

NHBC's health and safety reputation speaks for itself with many years experience of running an Audit and Accreditation scheme, quality of assessment is guaranteed.  

Safemark is accredited to the Safety Schemes in Procurement (SSIP) standard, of which NHBC is a founder member.