Health, Safety & Environmental Consultancy

SHEAS Advisory Support

We understand that organisations have many challenges to overcome in protecting their workforce and achieving legal compliance. Whether you need additional resources, specialist technical advice, or independent consultative support, we work alongside you to understand and help you to achieve your health, safety and environmental goals. 

First we understand your need

Your Astutis Consultant will work with your management team to understand what the specific health, safety, and environmental needs are for your company and help you agree objectives. 

Then we tailor our support to match your needs

We understand that every organisation has a unique set of factors, such as internal resources available or sector specific challenges, amongst others, that determine the type and level of consultancy support required. So, we tailor and adapt the consultancy support exactly to enable your management team to move forward and successfully meet objectives.

We provide ongoing support

You will have a dedicated Consultant that best fits your organisation’s needs. They will be an independent resource to provide competent advice and support to enable you to practically achieve your objectives. If expertise in a particular technical area is required, you will have access to our large team of Chartered Health, Safety and Environmental Practitioners with first hand experience in diverse sectors. Ongoing consulting includes:

Scheduled Visits

Benefit from the practical support from your dedicated Consultant to enable you to achieve tangible positive results.

Access to ongoing expert advice

You also have access to our consulting team of experts to act as an ongoing resource. They are on hand to offer technical/ professional advice and discuss any questions via email or phone.

Discounted rates on health, safety and environmental training

Benefits of Astutis Consultancy Services

• Flexible consulting tailored to fit organisational needs.
• Access to independent advice. 
• Confidence that compliance to legal/external recognised standards is being achieved.

We support your auditing process

Health and Safety, and Environmental Audits are an invaluable tool that provide an objective and systematic evaluation of how your company is managing safety and its effectiveness. Our experienced team of chartered consultants can work closely with your team to provide independent support in the area you need. We will understand your goals whether it is achieving certification of ISO 45001, BS OHSAS 18001 Quality Management System, ISO 14001 Environmental Management System or supporting internal initiatives and then agree the level of auditing required. 

We work closely with your staff observing work conditions and practices, assessing your current policies, procedures and management systems to produce a snapshot of your organisation’s performance with prioritised recommendations to implement.

Gap analysis

Dependent on your requirements of the Audit, the first part will often be a Gap Analysis. For example we will carry out a detailed audit of your health and safety, and environmental and sustainability system against recognised standards i.e. Quality Management Systems or internal company standards and report on the areas that need to be addressed.

Compliance review

We can also carry out a Compliance Review of your company’s current health and safety, and/or environmental systems and procedures against the specific requirements for example legislation. We will provide recommendations to practically implement to help you achieve compliance of the certification or the specific legislation resulting in improved performance.

Benefits of auditing support from Astutis

• Access to independent expert advice
• Confidence that compliance to legal/external recognised standards will be achieved
• Cost-effective support that brings results and avoids expensive disruption
• Development of your staff competence in auditing 

Our consultants provide an independent evaluation of organisational risk and corrective action:

• Manual handling
• Display screen equipment
• Fire
• Workplace transport
• Workplace heights
• Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH)
• Hazard and Operability studies (HAZOPs)
• Dangerous Substances and Explosive Atmosphere Regulations (DSEAR)
• Hazardous Area Classification (HAC)
• Environmental

We also offer consultancy support on Accident Investigation, Fire Safety, Construction Design Management, Manual Handling, Occupational Hygiene and a range of environmental and sustainability services.

All consultancy work is managed through our quality system to ensure that you receive cost effective and pragmatic solutions within your timescales.

Why do you need a Management system?

Organisations with effective management systems tend to perform more successfully, reflected in some of world’s most profitable organisations earning the confidence from key stakeholders. This can positively impact new business, insurance premiums, staff morale and your company image. 

Management systems are an essential tool to enable companies to operate to best practice standards and protect people from injury and prevent potential legal action. Legislation requires Senior Management team of companies to be responsible for suitable management arrangements for health and safety. 

How can we help?

We can review the performance of your existing management system or help you set up a management system based on externally recognised standards such as ISO 45001, BS OHSAS 18001 Quality Management System or ISO 14001 Environmental Management System.  

We understand your challenges

Following an initial discussion of your specific needs we would typically carry out a review of your existing management arrangements against ISO 45001, BS 18001 or ISO 14001 and your own business objectives. We work closely with your team on the priorities throughout.

We will provide a gap analysis of your system against the relevant standard and identify areas that need to be addressed. 

We tailor the solution to your needs

We will work with your Senior Managers to understand your health and safety business ambitions. This will enable us to integrate your management system into your general management arrangements. We can then develop your bespoke action plan designed to help you achieve your objectives.

We offer the right ongoing support

We audit and offer ongoing support to help keep your organisation on track with implementing or
correcting your management system to ensure effective and sustainable performance and a culture of safety across all staff and behaviours. 

We can provide training in a wide variety of health and safety topics to support your goals.

Business benefits:

• Access to impartial expert advice tailored to your needs
• Confidence that compliance to legal & management system standards is being achieved
• Continuing support to improve safety performance and reduce disruption and associated costs