The Managing Director and Management team of Vermkil Consultants Ltd. place great importance on, and are committed to, ensuring the health, safety and welfare of all employees and any other persons who could be affected by the Company’s activities. We believe that an excellent company is by definition a safe company. Since we are committed to excellence, it follows that minimizing risk to people, plant and products is inseparable from all other company objectives.

The specific objectives of this policy are to establish key responsibilities for health and safety, to promote safe working methods, the prevention of accidents and to establish a commitment to continual cost effective improvement. The company seeks to have all employees accept their responsibilities for health and safety.

It is the aim of the company to ensure that:

1. Offices, sites and other areas of work under its control are maintained in a safe and healthy condition.
2. Safe systems of work are provided and maintained and that the provisions of occupational health and safety legislation and other requirements to which the company subscribe to are compiled with.

It is the policy of Vermkil Consultants to provide in so far as is reasonably practicable,

• Adequate and appropriate resources to ensure provision can be made for health and safety.
  • Plant, tools, and systems of work that are safe and without risk to health and safety.
  • Information, instruction, training and supervision as is necessary to ensure employees health and safety at work and the safety of others who may be affected by their actions.
  • Suitable facilities and/or make the necessary arrangements for the welfare of all employees at work
  • Facilities for consultation to enable employees to cooperation promoting and developing a positive health and safety culture throughout all areas and activities.
  • Where appropriate, health surveillance will be provided
  • Monitoring activities to maintain agreed standards.

Employees

The co-operation of all employees is vital to achieve the Company aims. Every employee must realize that he/she has a legal duty while at work,

• To take reasonable care for the health and safety of themselves and other persons.
  • To co-operate with the company in all matters relating to health, safety and welfare.

The effective management of health and safety is essential to the success of the company. All managers from the managing director to team leaders have responsibilities for health and safety. These responsibilities are detailed in this safety manual.

General

The company will,

• Communicate this policy to all employees.
  • Review the working of this policy annually
  • Amend and update the policy as necessary. Communicate any changes to all employees.
  • Provide this written statement on its general policy on Health and Safety and the organization and arrangements for carrying it out.

This policy is issued for the direction, guidance and information of all employees, suppliers, clients and members of the public to whom it may relate.