Health and Safety
Downlands recognises the importance of Health and safety at work to help protect staff, employees, the general public and property.
- Risk assessments are recorded for each operation to identify potential hazards enabling us to take positive steps to reduce risk and produce a ‘safe system of work’.
- All climbing and rigging equipment is regularly inspected and records kept conforming with the ‘Lifting Operations and Lifting equipment Regulations 1998’. (LOLER)
- Downlands is fully insured, public/products liability insurance to £5,000,000 and employers liability to £10,000,000. We will happily provide a copy of the policies to clients.
- Downlands is able to provide a Method Statement.
- All staff are trained, qualified and hold relevant NPTC certificates and work to British standard 3998.
- Working at Height Regulations 2005. All Downlands staff work in accordance with the guidelines set out in the Arboricultural Associations’ publication ‘A Guide to Good Climbing Practice’.