1SC Policies

Health and Safety Policy Statement
Equal Opportunities Policy
Quality Policy Statement

Health and Safety Policy Statement

1SC GUARDING LTD. will:
Establish and implement a Health and Safety Management System to manage the risks associated with our premises and activities.

Regularly monitor our performance and revise our Health and Safety Management System as necessary to ensure we achieve our objective of continuous improvement.
Provide sufficient resources to meet the requirements of current Health and Safety legislation and aim to achieve the standards of •Good Practice• applicable to our activities.

Safety issues, encouraging staff to identify and report hazards so that we can all contribute to creating and maintaining a safe working environment. Communicate and consult with our staff on all issues affecting their health and safety and, in doing so, bring this policy to their attention.

Provide adequate training for our staff to enable them to work safely and effectively, and to ensure they are competent and confident in the work they carry out.

Carry out and regularly review risk assessments to identify hazards and existing control measures.We will prioritise, plan and complete any corrective actions required to reduce risk to an acceptable level.

Maintain our premises and work equipment to a standard that ensures that risks are effectively managed.

Ensure that responsibilities for Health and Safety are allocated, understood, monitored and fulfilled.

Retain access to competent advice and assistance through the support of Croner Consulting (formerly IRPC), thereby ensuring that we are aware of relevant changes in legislation and •Good Practice•.

Provide health surveillance for staff where appropriate and maintain records.
Co-operate with other organisations on construction sites to ensure that they are aware of any risks to their employees and other people posed by our activities, that we are aware of any risks to our employees from their activities, and that we comply with the requirements of relevant legislation. It is the duty of all of us when at work:

• To take reasonable care of our own safety
• To take reasonable care of the safety of others who may be affected by what we do or fail to do
• To co-operate so that we can all comply with our legal duties
• To ensure we do not interfere with or misuse anything provided in the interests of health and safety.

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Equal Opportunities Policy

1SC is committed to actively oppose racism, sexism and all other forms of discrimination faced by black and ethnic minorities, by women or people with disabilities.

The company aims to ensure that equal opportunity in our employment becomes a reality in practice and not just paperwork.

The company aims to ensure that equal opportunity in our employment becomes a reality in practice and not just paperwork.

Our policy will ensure that no job applicants or employees receive less favourable treatment on grounds of race, colour, ethnic and national origins, sex, marital status, domestic circumstances, sexual orientation, age, class, beliefs, basic skills or trade union activities.

Applicants who are physically and or mentally handicapped will receive and be encouraged in consultation with trade unions to apply for positions which are best suited to their abilities taking into consideration special needs.

Our aims are:

1. To ensure that no potential job applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment than another because of race, colour, ethnic and national origins, sex, marital status, domestic circumstances, sexual orientation, age, class, beliefs, basic skills or trade union activities. Each individual will be assessed according to their capability to carry out a given job.

2. To ensure that no potential job applicant or employee is placed at a disadvantage by requirements, or condition, which have adverse effects on a particular group and which cannot be shown to be justifiable.

3. To increase staff understanding, of the ways in which equality of opportunity in employment can be achieved.

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Quality Policy Statement

1SC Guarding Limited has elected to operate a formal •Quality Management• system for ALL activities undertaken, that complies with the (current versions and) requirements of: ISO 9001, BS 7499, BS 7858 & BS 7984.

The purpose of this is to provide a framework that assists with both effective and efficient operational management, and to ensure that all related requirements, (customer, regulatory or legal), are suitably addressed and monitored.

This system applies to all aspects of operation from initial contact with Customers, and continues right through to successful provision of the involved / agreed •service• levels. Thereby addressing both Customer needs and expectations.

All staff, from senior management down, need to be actively involved and committed to this at all times for this approach to benefit the business. As a result, system compliance should be fundamental in all work undertaken and practised daily in all activities, wherever the "work environment" may be.

Our •mission statement• to supplement this is:

"To provide our Customers with a reliable and professional service that gives total reassurance and confidence at all times, whilst targeting continual improvement at all times".

Within this, we aim to provide the necessary resources and to work towards best practice industry standards, resulting in a dedicated professional service to our Customers.

To assist in realising this policy in practice, supporting quality objectives have been established. These relate both to the Quality Management System and Contractually agreed levels of service. These are monitored for achievement, reported as applicable and consequently used to drive improvement initiatives relating to the effectiveness of operation and supporting Quality Management •arrangements• (where appropriate). For those applicable to the Quality Management System refer to QM 06/9.

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