Competent Person Services

Competent Person Services in Derby

Name: Integral Safety Ltd
Address: 53 John Cooper Way, Coalville, Leicestershire, LE67 4AP, GB
Telephone: 01530 382 150
Price range: ££

Technical health and safety support for Derby engineering and manufacturing, from consultants who understand machinery, extraction and exposure.

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20+ years Protecting Midlands workplaces
Local to you Based in Coalville and Melton Mowbray
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Professional Competent Person Services in Derby

Every employer must appoint one or more competent persons to help them meet their health and safety duties. That is a legal requirement, not a recommendation, and for most small and medium businesses the practical answer is an external appointment. We act as your competent person, giving you qualified advice on call without the cost of an in-house appointment.

Based in Coalville, Leicestershire, Integral Safety is ideally positioned to serve businesses in Derby. Choosing a local consultancy means a named consultant who knows your site and can attend when it matters, rather than a call centre and a ticket number.

Derby manufacturers need a competent person who can talk about guarding, isolation, LEV and exposure limits without needing it all explained first. Generic advice does not go far in an engineering environment, and shop floor staff can tell immediately whether the person advising them understands the work.

The other Derby-specific need is having somebody available when a customer audit lands. Those often come with short notice and specific technical questions, and having a competent person who already knows the plant makes that a manageable event.

Local knowledge

Business and Industry in Derby

Derby is one of the country's leading centres for advanced manufacturing and engineering, with aerospace, rail and automotive at its core and a deep supply chain of specialist SMEs feeding them. That supply chain is where most of our Derby work sits: precision engineering, fabrication, surface treatment and assembly firms who face higher-hazard processes and demanding customer audits.

Business parks and estates we work on

Pride Park
Wyvern Business Park
Derwent Business Centre
Sinfin Commercial Park
Ascot Drive Industrial Estate
Spondon
Raynesway
Chequers Road Industrial Estate

Getting to you

Derby is about 30 minutes from Coalville up the A38 or A50. We regularly work along the Ascot Drive and Raynesway corridor and out to Pride Park and Sinfin.

What we see

What We Commonly Find in Derby

Recurring issues we come across doing this work locally. If any of these sound familiar, they are all fixable.

Manufacturers with excellent quality systems and no equivalent for safety
Technical questions from customer auditors that nobody in the business can answer
Machinery modified in-house over the years with no reassessment
Health surveillance obligations known about but never actually started

Who we work with

Sectors We Support in Derby

Practical, sector-specific advice for the kinds of workplaces we visit every week.

What we do

Our Competent Person Services Services

Formal appointment as your competent person
Telephone and email advice whenever you need it
Annual or periodic site visits
Policy and risk assessment reviews kept current
Legislative updates relevant to your business
Support during inspections, incidents and investigations
Documentation for insurers, clients and tenders
Escalation to specialist support where needed

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The difference it makes

Benefits for Your Business

Meet your duty under the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999
Chartered-level advice at a fraction of an in-house salary
Someone who already knows your business when something goes wrong

Insurers and clients satisfied that competent advice is in place
Keep pace with legislative change without tracking it yourself
Predictable cost rather than crisis-driven consultancy fees

Coverage

Areas We Cover in Derby

We provide competent person services throughout Derby and the surrounding area, including:

Derby City Centre
Alvaston
Chaddesden
Chellaston
Littleover
Mickleover
Spondon
Allestree
Belper
Ripley
Ilkeston
Swadlincote

“Integral Health and safety Consultants have been undertaking H&S audits for the past twelve months on one of our large value developments. They have dealt with various issues that we have had very quickly using minimal hassle to us. Their Site Visits are weekly and their paperwork is always prompt. We would recommend Integral Health and safety consultants to any business that wants a reliable and professional company to take care of their health and safety issues.”

Mick Starkey S & S Contracting Ltd

Questions

Competent Person Services in Derby: Your Questions

Do you understand manufacturing well enough to advise us?

Yes. A good deal of our work is in engineering and manufacturing across Derby and Derbyshire, covering PUWER and guarding, safe isolation, LEV and welding fume, noise and vibration exposure. If something falls outside our expertise we will say so and bring in a specialist rather than guess.

Can you support us during a customer audit?

Yes. For retained clients we will help prepare beforehand and, where it is useful, attend on the day to handle the technical health and safety questions. Auditors generally respond well to a business that can produce its competent person and answer properly.

Can you act as our competent person in Derby?

Yes. We act as the appointed competent person for businesses throughout Derby and the surrounding area, which typically means advice on call, periodic site visits, and keeping your policy and risk assessments current as your business changes.

Is appointing a competent person actually a legal requirement?

Yes. Regulation 7 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 requires every employer to appoint one or more competent persons to assist in complying with their health and safety duties. The regulations express a preference for appointing someone from within your own organisation where a suitably competent person exists, but for most smaller businesses an external appointment is the realistic route.

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