‘Safe Contractor’
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Sounds like the type of thing that County Deer Stalking would offer?
south-nofolk-stalker
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Jon P
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Just googled this- I am unsure if this is what the OP is referencing??
It is. A large company has requested some deer management but ONLY if the stalkers are safe contractor registered. They are completely inflexible on this. I believe it’s company policy that anyone working on site has the certification. As far as I can tell the company offering the certification just audit you qualifications/insurance etc and charge you (Just another middle man
) . Cost ranges from a few hundred £ a year to around 1K. Just wondered if anyone has been certificated specifically for Deer Management work.
SNH ? Night shooting deer is the only thing i know of , you just submit your experience through previous culling and they send you an e-mail back with your number . level 2 and they just send you the licence otherwise they want witnesses who already operate on it I believe.
Be careful with all these different Private courses , especially when you generally need nothing or nearest thing to nothing to set up and teach them.
Be careful with all these different Private courses , especially when you generally need nothing or nearest thing to nothing to set up and teach them.
Don't be daft
It is a contractor that delivers safes - of course
It is a contractor that delivers safes - of course
Two of my other non deer stalking businesses are safe contractor registered, but the shooting one isn’t. It’s mainly aimed at the construction industry in truth so I am not even sure there would be a category for shooting at stuff.
For my engineering businesses it was fairly easy to achieve, but this is due to the systems already in place for those companies. Just off the top of my head you will need:-
Company policy documents for pretty much everything from diversity to the environment.
Risk assessments for every actively.
Method statements.
Construction phase plan example, although how you could write one of these for stalking is beyond me.
Certifications for things like stalking plus manual handling, first aid, working at height etc.
Calibration certs for tools. Again god knows how this would work for shooting.
GDPR
Company insurance. Not BASC actual business insurance.
I can probably help out with some of the above if you get stuck.
For my engineering businesses it was fairly easy to achieve, but this is due to the systems already in place for those companies. Just off the top of my head you will need:-
Company policy documents for pretty much everything from diversity to the environment.
Risk assessments for every actively.
Method statements.
Construction phase plan example, although how you could write one of these for stalking is beyond me.
Certifications for things like stalking plus manual handling, first aid, working at height etc.
Calibration certs for tools. Again god knows how this would work for shooting.
GDPR
Company insurance. Not BASC actual business insurance.
I can probably help out with some of the above if you get stuck.
In all seriousness
This type of program has been running for years
It was designed to ensure a minimum standard of safe practice from (sub) contractors you may wish to bring on site
And for whose 'acts and omissions' you are responsible
My company used to run these type of courses in the past along with all sorts of IOSH approved and certificated quals
Land owners and forestry companies wanting to ensure they have met their due diligence and chosen competent (sub) contractors for deer culling, can/may look to other examples of quals and documented experience from prospective candidates
Use it all the time for our UK division and why on earth anyone would push it onto a stalker is beyond me. This was borne out of the cover-your-arse exercise when construction design and management regs came in. Totally inappropriate and missing the point for deer control. I would respectfully offer that point of view as I think you are getting a standard requirement from a factor who should think before asking.
Dan Newcombe
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We essentially do it to contract for forestry companies but usually just directly to their compliance folk.
Usually submit:
Firearms Certificates
Risk Assessments
Insurance (not BASC etc)
Fit and Competent Number
DSC 1&2 certificates
There’s a questionnaire on company structure as well but that’s simple
Nothing to vastly worry about as it doesn’t cost us anything but a little bit of time. If I had to pay to register then i would increase the price accordingly
Usually submit:
Firearms Certificates
Risk Assessments
Insurance (not BASC etc)
Fit and Competent Number
DSC 1&2 certificates
There’s a questionnaire on company structure as well but that’s simple
Nothing to vastly worry about as it doesn’t cost us anything but a little bit of time. If I had to pay to register then i would increase the price accordingly
It means that a business doesn’t have to conduct supplier audits because if you are “safe contractor “approved, then as already said, you have the process and insurance in place.
So it ticks the boxes for them.
We use it a lot and if a company isn’t approved, it isn’t a no, We have to investigate more. But some companies have flexibility and others do not.
So it ticks the boxes for them.
We use it a lot and if a company isn’t approved, it isn’t a no, We have to investigate more. But some companies have flexibility and others do not.
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