Many principals continue to assume that OH&S obligations can be avoided through the appointment of a contractor, or by divesting responsibilities.
OH&S legislation indicates that the owner will still retain some liability, regardless of how explicit contractual provisions may be in divesting obligations to another party.
Delegation of many responsibilities is possible, but overall the owner will retain responsibility.
To ensure that contractors who are tendering on work packages are able to complete the works in a safe manner they need a detailed audit of their OHS management systems, procedures and practices to look at all aspects of the tenderers systems that could potentially relate to OHS.
Allan Wollard Consulting Services can provide a comprehensive service that will evaluate tenderers on past performance and provide a percentage of probability that injury causing incidents could occur during the term of engagement.
This is a unique service and meets all probity requirements.