Expertise
- Risk Assessment
- health and safety
- Health & Safety Advisory
- Health & Safety Legislation
- CHAS
- SMAS
- Construction online
- Accreditations
- Scaffold Inspection
- Work at Height
- CDM advice
- Business Improvement
- Bespoke service
- NASC
- scaffolding association
- safety advice
- safety audits
- rams
- Procurement
- Tendering & Procurement
- Scaffold Inspection Training
- client brief
- design brief
- retained service
- Expert witness
- scaffold
- Safe Contractor
- SSIP Safety Accreditation
- NASC Audit
- Health and safety made easy
- HSE
- Construction
- Management
- Workplace Assessments
- workplace
- Liability
- Compliance
- scaffold design
- Temporary Works
- inspection at height
Summary
Through our workplace H&S consultancy services, we help you to go beyond simple compliance by reducing risks, improving your performance and helping you innovate to face the challenges of occupational health and safety within your organisation.
YOUR WORKPLACE HEALTH AND SAFETY CONSULTANCY PARTNER
The workplace has a significant influence on the health, wealth, morale, and productivity of employees and visitors alike. Many researchers have proven the relationship between positive workplace performance and culture and positive and proactive workplace H&S management performance. Our workplace health and safety consultancy will work in a collaborative and partnership method to support organisations to improve workplace health and safety performance.
EXPERTS IN OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH & SAFETY
Through our in-house team of skilled, passionate, and qualified consultants, we help you to go beyond simple legal obligations, helping to reduce risk to protect employees, contractors, and visitors from workplace occupational hazards.
Instruct us as your Health and Safety Competent Person (as required by the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999), and you, your employees, clients and other stakeholders can have confidence in the highest possible standards of health and safety.
OUR OCCUPATIONAL H&S CONSULTANT SERVICES INCLUDE:
HEALTH AND SAFETY STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
Compliance Gap analysis
ISO 45001 Gap Analysis
Policies and Procedures Development
Certification
Full and part-time health & safety management
Bespoke creation
AUDITS
Management system
Management for H&S (HSG65)
Preparation for ISO 9001
Preparation for ISO 18001, now ISO 45001
RISK ASSESSMENT
Fire Risk Assessment
Quantitative Hazard and Risk Evaluation
Manual Handling
(DSE)Display Screen Equipment
Ergonomics
Workplace Risk Analysis
Scaffold RAMS (uniquely branded to your company)
INCIDENT INVESTIGATION
Root Cause Analysis
HAZARD ANALYSIS
Hazard identification (HAZID/SWIFT/HAZOP)
BENEFITS OF WORKPLACE HEALTH AND SAFETY CONSULTANCY
Boost internal morale, improve standards and help grow your business by demonstrating your commitment to health and safety.
You will receive systems and processes that go beyond compliance and drive continuous improvement.
Flexible consultancy support across all aspects of health and safety to suit your requirements
Reduce the risk of litigation and avoid costly legal proceedings
Enhance your company image by demonstrating a commitment to health and safety issues
Professional team of consultants working to the very latest standards and legislation
Flexible training solutions with a choice of learning delivery options
Identify adequate controls to maximise your safety performance.
Protect your team and improve your business credentials, and enjoy peace of mind
– With help from our team, add quality, value & protection to your business.
24/7 advice through our helpline service
Work at Height Specialists
Construction Design Management CDM Regs
Get up to date with the latest legislation
Create/review essential contracts, handbooks, systems and policies
Access to experts in your industry
Site Inspections Audit
Risk Assessments
Method Statement
Toolbox Talks
Accident Investigation
Training
Train the Trainer
Management support
HSE support
Expert witness
Boost your business prospects with accreditations like ISO, CHAS, SMAS, NASC Membership and Audited Membership of Industry Associations and many more:
Consultation
Achieve Your Goals
We examine what organisations are doing to stay relevant and competitive in this fast-paced world, and which ones are doing it best. We then strategise using smart tools and utilise adequate resources to understand the implications of every choice our clients can make. Get in touch to learn more about how this service can help you.
Planning
Expert Guidance
With years of experience, our staff has the capabilities and expertise to take your business to the next level. We combine our experience and skills to transform your processes and strategies and, in turn, your company. We’re proud to help shape and improve how our client's structure and manage their businesses.
Solutions
Grow Your Business
Are you looking to develop your business but not sure where to turn? Need help planning or executing your next project? Let us guide you. Any organisation can move forward with small incremental changes, but building for the future in today’s rapidly evolving environment means taking bold chances and making insightful decisions.
Our Director/ Lead Consultant:
Steven Gregory MIIRSM
Steven has over 30 years + of experience in the Construction, Scaffolding and Access Industries. During this time, he has progressed through roles of Scaffolder, Team Leader, Contract Manager, Coordinator, Inspector, Managing Director, Scaffolding Instructor, Health and Safety Consultant, Internal Quality Assurer, A1 Assessor and Lead Auditor. In these roles, he has gained valuable experience in work based within the Oil and Gas processing, Construction, Industrial and Domestic Housing industries.
Steve has been a Fully Accredited and registered CITB/CISRS Scaffold Instructor & PASMA Instructor during his career and actively undertakes bespoke training solutions for clients. Steve is still an active member of the IIRSM (International Institute of Risk Safety Management), and his current membership level is a full member. He undertakes a voluntary role as a committee member of the West Midlands International Institute Risk Safety Management (IIRSM).
During his career, he has practised his skills to enhance various nationalities and countries where he has been involved in the writing of country standards within regional Law and underlying industry best practices to improve their own safety cultures.
Experience
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scaffsafe ltd
Director
1 - 5 Employees 2019 - Current
Steven has over 30+ years’ experience in the Construction, Scaffolding and Access Industry. During this time, he has progressed through roles of Scaffolder, Team Leader, Contract Manager, Coordinator, Inspector, Managing Director and more recently Scaffolding Instructor, Health and Safety Consultant, Internal Quality Assurer, A1 Assessor and Lead Auditor. In these roles he has gained valuable experience in work based on both within the Oil and Gas processing, Construction, Industrial and Domestic Housing industries.
Steve has been a Fully Accredited & Registered CITB/CISRS Scaffold Instructor & PASMA Instructor during his career and actively undertakes bespoke training solutions for clients. Steve is still an active member of the IIRSM (International Institute Risk Safety Management), and his current membership level is a full member and undertakes a voluntary role as a committee member of the West Midlands branch on their behalf.
PROFESSIONAL & VOCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
➢ City in Guilds – Internal Quality Assurer NVQ L4
➢ Lead Auditor NVQ Level 4
➢ City in Guilds – A1 Assessor NVQ L3
➢ PTLLS NVQ Level 3 award L3
➢ NEBOSH - General Certificate
➢ Emergency First Aid at Work QCF L2
➢ CISRS Scaffolder Advanced NVQ Level 3 & Systems
➢ CISRS Scaffold Inspection- Advanced
➢ CISRS Scaffold Supervisor
➢ CITB Complex Scaffolding Safety Inspection, Risk Assessment/Method statement and Safety Officers Scaffolding.
➢ CITB Supervisor
➢ Layher Instructor (German Scaffold System)
➢ PASMA – User
➢ PASMA - Instructor
➢ GDPR 1 Day Course
➢ Basic Offshore Safety Induction & Emergency Training (OPITO) (now expired)
➢ Basic Hydrogen Sulphide training (OPITO) (now expired)
➢ OGUK Medical (now expired)
Work Experience
Best For Solutions
Best for Solutions is an independent consultancy offering personal client safety services for the scaffolding sector and Audits on behalf of the Scaffolding Association. He vacated the business to create ScaffSafe Ltd.48.3 International Design and Technical Services - Dubai UAE
UAE business of temporary works UK company 48.3 scaffold designs where Steve was employed as Senior International Instructor / Assessor for the Middle Eastern region. Delivering CITB, PASMA & LAYHER training and also undertaking the role of training new Instructors to add to the vast growing network of the company. The role also includes the monitoring of the centres. Active involvement in the development of staff and dealing with all Health & Safety aspects of the business, along with the health and safety Consultancy side, which included Audits for ADNOC. Steve was continually active in inspecting the events industry and was the leading Layher Instructor for the GCC region. Steve was an active member of the IIRSM (International Institute Risk Safety Management) Middle East Region and was pivotal in writing the UAE and African Scaffold Standards for their Health and Safety Policies.Simian Risk / Simian Skill Dubai. AE
He was employed as our International Scaffolding Instructor for Simian Skill UAE. His role includes the management of the training delivery team and providing technical expertise to internal and external stakeholders. He is responsible for reviewing the training and development needs of staff through observation and performance reviews and ensuring continued currency and competency are maintained. I was accountable for Course Development and Standardisation and ensuring that all training provisions met the needs of the department clients and that they fell within the criteria of awarding bodies such as CISRS. He also played an integral role in developing quality standards and the Abu Dhabi Code of Practice 26, Nigerian PDR & Lagos State Safety Commission Standard, also Oman PDO.Safety and Access - Nottingham and Immingham
Employed as Scaffold Assessor and Internal verifier for all aspects of CISRS training and NVQ Qualifications of the QCF framework for Scaffolders Diploma levels 2 & 3. I was a primary developer in the E-portfolio framework run by Cskills. This enabled delegates to utilise the internet to achieve for all delegates. I often worked hours, giving his own time to assist delegates with online issues.Neta - Stockton
Employed as a Scaffold Instructor and Assessor, I trained delegates using the QCF framework for scaffolders diploma level 2 & 3. During my time there, I completely took my leadership skills and transformed the training Centre into a state-of-the-art training Centre. I undertook my Internal Verification Qualifications while he was there and brought the training Centre into the current market with a dynamic, unique approach. Neta is now under Stockton College and still going strong in the UK training market.
Managing Director
In this former role, I was responsible for overseeing, advising, and collaborating on all contracts and complex structural design projects. In addition, he developed and ensured all company safe working procedures and relevant industry standards were implemented and
maintained during all installation and dismantling processes with his own health and safety business. He also worked as a freelance CISRS registered Instructor at three other registered CISRS accredited centres in the UK, delivering training from beginner level to management level.
His duties included the development and implementation of all operatives’ and management’s training plans; undertaking of all applications for the achieving and maintaining of all externally awarded company accreditations; and ensuring efficiency, compliance and productivity standards were maintained, ensuring contracts were always delivered on time and to their specific program specifications.
Countries where Steve has worked during his career:Steve has worked with many nationalities throughout his career, and he has the simple ability to input a compelling safety culture message across all staff, from company CEOs to the general labour force, because he has a vision that every life matters. He has a unique selling position to be able to offer his services and knowing knows he can delivery a quality service to any sized organisation.
UK, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Germany, Kuwait, Bahrain, Egypt, Nigeria, Cameroon, Pakistan, India, Nepal.
Qualifications
➢ City in Guilds – Internal Quality Assurer NVQ L4
➢ Lead Auditor NVQ Level 4
➢ City in Guilds – A1 Assessor NVQ L3
➢ PTLLS NVQ Level 3 award L3
➢ NEBOSH - General Certificate
➢ Emergency First Aid at Work QCF L2
➢ CISRS Scaffolder Advanced NVQ Level 3 & Systems
➢ CISRS Scaffold Inspection- Advanced
➢ CISRS Scaffold Supervisor
➢ CITB Complex Scaffolding Safety Inspection, Risk Assessment/Method statement and Safety Officers Scaffolding.
➢ CITB Supervisor
➢ Layher Instructor (German Scaffold System)
➢ PASMA – User
➢ PASMA - Instructor
➢ GDPR 1 Day Course
➢ Basic Offshore Safety Induction & Emergency Training (OPITO) (now expired)
➢ Basic Hydrogen Sulphide training (OPITO) (now expired)
➢ OGUK Medical (now expired)
Clubs and Associations
As a member of the International Institute of Risk Safety Management, I recognise that going that extra mile is rewarding to so many others. I volunteer a few days a year to assist with local charities.
We are also members of the NASC giving our members a vocal voice in the industry where we also ensure our clients are kept up to date with all new industry information and innovations to assist their businesses.
Interests and Hobbies
I enjoy the fact that I can assist so many different people and issue solutions to their problems. This is what drives me every day.
I am a quiet person who enjoys taking the Mrs for a meal and being a family man.
I call myself an armchair supporter of football these days.
I enjoy live music concerts.
