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Who is a ‘Competent Person’?

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A Competent Person is defined as someone who ‘has sufficient training and experience or knowledge and other qualities’ to enable them to carry out their duties.
Every employer must appoint one or more ‘competent persons’ in accordance with the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, so that accidents and ill health at work can be prevented so far as reasonably practicable.
In practice, you could appoint:

• yourself (if you are sure you know enough about what you would have to do);
• one or more of your employees, ensuring you give them enough time and other resources to do the job properly;
• someone from outside your firm to help you, if neither you nor your employees have sufficient competence (or resources).

Health and safety duties cover a wide range of issues, such as identifying hazards and assessing risks, preparing health and safety policy statements, introducing risk control measures, providing adequate training and assessing the effects of work on employee health.

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