Freelancers Need to Know About Homeworker Assessment and Its Importance

No matter who you are-an employee or the employer, if you are working in freelancing there are several necessary safety measures that need to be taken by you. Many people think that freelancers work within the comfort of their homes, then what sort of risk analysis is required by them.

Even though freelancing terms means doing work from home but just like the office, freelancer's work space needs to be analyzed as well by the professionals. This process is known as Homeworker assessment which ensures the safety and well being of the people at work. As productivity of any person gets affected if he is not well, this safety analysis is essential for all the employees as well as employers working as freelancers.

You can contact a reliable company which has an impressive portfolio of safety advisors to help you in this context. You should consider their knowledge and project done by them before instead of blindly trusting anyone. Once you have finalized the Safety Advisor for you, he would give you valuable information on various safety regulations like Health & Safety work act 1974, Electricity at work regulations 1989, Regulatory Reform order 2005 and Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 to name few.

Their vast knowledge and accordingly the Homeworker Assessment done by them would help you to get rid of common freelancing health issues. For instance, carbon monoxide poisoning, electric shock prone areas, slip prone areas, incorrect work station set up etc. would be identified by them. This would leave you with a completely safe and protected work environment, improving your health while increasing your work efficiency.

Find a government recognized company to get value worth suggestions. Professionals from these companies would perform the necessary steps to keep you safe. Some of the activities that they usually perform include smoke deduction, checking first aid contents, RCD functionality test, inspection of fire extinguisher, gas boiler service and many more. Moreover, they would take care of every possible aspect of homework safety by incorporating various steps involved in fire safety, to work space safety.

Not only this, the special safety measures need to implemented for mothers who are expecting a baby or have just got delivery. They would be given suggestions on how to sit in a good posture, not to work for long hours, avoiding the lifting of heavy load and work related stress to name few. Moreover, employees at home would also be trained about basic fire evacuation and visual electrical equipment.

They will finally generate the assessment report which describes what necessary actions need to be taken. This report is also distributed to both employees and their respective line managers to ensure the process has been completed successfully and suggestions have been given to create a safe work environment.

You can even take the assistance of these professionals for other safety issues like fire risk assessment, Asbestos Removal, management survey and refurbishment survey.

Peligro offer a fresh bespoke approach to health and safety consultancy. We have the skills, experience and flexibility to meet the ever changing demands of health and safety within your business.