When to use:
Health and safety legislation requires all employers to operate a safe system of work. One way of discharging this duty is to implement rules and regulations, training and other systems which aim to prevent accidents. Even if you have no employees, the regulations apply to cover other visitors to your premises.
There are two good reasons to buy these documents.
First, Net Lawman has drawn a set of Fire Safety document templates to create for you a low cost route to compliance. As with all such documents, simply completing a form does not automatically mean you have complied. The purpose of the regulations is to make us all consider fire risks, reduce them where possible and inform everyone as appropriate. However, if you have a legal claim, or an employment claim, or simply a visit from your insurer, it will be difficult for anyone to say you have failed to comply, if these documents are in place.
Second, if you have the documents in place, it is very easy to diarise ahead a few months and update them. You can turn another piece of mind boggling red tape into a 30 minute task. (Note however, that in law, the duty is ongoing and requires constant monitoring!)
ZA-HSE042: Employee fire safety questionnaire
This document sets out an example policy for you to adapt to your business. This document can be used intermittently throughout an employees course of employment, and, or can be used as part of the induction pack.
ZA-HSE042 includes provisions for the following:
- identifies the person being assessed, their department, location and supervisor.
- lists a series of questions regarding the employees awareness of fire safety measures
- evaluates the employees weakness regards fire safety measures and enables their supervisor to iterate important procedural matters.
- ensures both the employee and supervisor have fully comprehended the extent of the employees awareness by incorporating signatures of both.
