Health and Safety Services
Our focus is to strengthen your business through our Health and Safety services. We understand that effective health and safety goes beyond compliance, it involves building a resilient organisation. A robust health and safety policy, supported by an organised internal process, forms the foundation of a safe and productive workplace. The critical aspect is implementing the policy into day-to-day operations, where eqops plays a significant role.
As your health and safety partner, eqops brings expertise, industry knowledge, and a practical perspective to your operations. We guide you through each stage of the health and safety process, from detailed risk assessments to developing or improving your health and safety management system, including alignment with standards such as ISO 45001.
Our consultants work with your team to provide tailored staff training, design safe systems of work, deliver regular toolbox talks, and ensure your documentation is audit-ready and compliant with legal requirements. Whether you need to enhance your compliance framework, meet SSIP requirements, or prepare for regulatory inspections, eqops ensures the process is structured and aligned with your business goals.
Internally, our support fosters a safety culture through clearly defined roles, proactive hazard management, and continuous improvement. This can lead to greater employee confidence, improved morale, and higher engagement. Externally, allows your business to demonstrate leadership in health and safety, improving your reputation and positioning for success in tenders and supply chains.
The Benefits of Partnering with eqops
Partnering with eqops provides guidance throughout your compliance journey. We help identify and control workplace risks, develop a suitable management system, and, if required, ensure alignment with standards like ISO 45001. Our services reduce the burden on internal teams, streamline documentation, and prepare for audits or inspections with minimal disruption.
The result is a safer workplace, stronger legal compliance, reduced incidents, and an improved reputation. With eqops, you protect your employees, minimise business risk, and unlock opportunities for organisational growth.
Organisation
Good organisation is the backbone of any effective health and safety system. It ensures that responsibilities are clear, processes are consistent, and risks are proactively managed rather than reactively addressed. When health and safety is well-organised, it becomes an integrated part of daily operations, supporting not only compliance but also overall business performance.
Clear organisational structures ensure that everyone knows their roles and what is expected of them. This accountability reduces confusion, avoids duplication of effort, and ensures timely action on safety matters. It also makes it easier to track performance, review progress, and make informed decisions based on accurate, up-to-date information.
With organised documentation, such as risk assessments, training records, method statements, and incident reports, your business can respond quickly to audits, inspections, or legal challenges. It also ensures consistency in how safety is managed across teams, shifts, or sites.
Operationally, good organisation improves efficiency. Time isn’t wasted looking for information, redoing tasks, or correcting avoidable errors. Staff become more engaged because they understand the processes and trust the systems in place to protect them.
From a business standpoint, good health and safety organisation builds confidence with clients, stakeholders, and regulators. It demonstrates professionalism and a commitment to doing things properly, which in turn improves your reputation and ability to win contracts.
In summary, a well-organised health and safety system leads to fewer accidents, stronger compliance, improved productivity, and a more resilient business. It’s not just good practice, it’s good business.
Documentation
Compliant, practical documentation that protects your workforce and business. At eqops, we provide a wide range of professionally developed health and safety documentation to support compliance, protect personnel, and ensure safe working practices for all, whether directly employed or potentially indirectly affected by your operations.
Whether you’re in construction, manufacturing, logistics, hospitality, education, or any other sector, having the right documentation in place is not just a legal requirement, it’s a fundamental part of operating a safe and responsible business. Our documentation is designed to be clear, practical, and fully aligned with current legislation and industry standards.
We supply key documents including:
- Risk Assessments – Identifying workplace hazards and evaluating risks to ensure appropriate control measures are in place.
- Method Statements – Step-by-step procedures outlining how specific tasks will be carried out safely and efficiently.
- Safe Systems of Work (SSoWs) – Clearly defined processes that reduce risk and guide workers in safe task execution.
- Site-specific safety plans, COSHH assessments, toolbox talks, safety briefings, and more.
These documents are tailored to your work activities, environment, and workforce, ensuring that all employees and subcontractors have a clear understanding of the risks and the expectations for safe working. By equipping your team with well-structured, relevant documentation, you reduce the likelihood of accidents, improve operational efficiency, and demonstrate a proactive commitment to health and safety.
High-quality documentation also plays a vital role in fulfilling your legal duties under health and safety legislation, such as the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 and associated regulations. It provides essential evidence during audits, inspections, SSIP assessments, and accident investigations, proving that you have assessed risks, communicated procedures, and taken reasonable steps to protect people.
At eqops, we take pride in developing documentation that is not only compliant, but usable. We eliminate jargon, ensure clarity, and tailor each document to reflect the real conditions of your workplace, not just a generic template.
Whether you’re starting from scratch, updating outdated materials, or preparing for a tender or audit, we’ll create the full suite of documentation you need to support compliance, operational safety, and workforce confidence.
Training
Training that embeds safety into your workforce culture. At eqops, we provide practical, hands-on health and safety support designed to help your business remain compliant, protect your workforce, and foster a lasting culture of safety. One of the most powerful tools in achieving this is effective training, not as a one-time obligation, but as an ongoing investment in your team’s confidence, competence, and commitment to working safely.
Our face-to-face training sessions are fully interactive and tailored to your team’s roles and responsibilities. We go beyond theory to ensure your employees understand real-world applications, giving them the knowledge and tools to make informed, safe decisions on the job. Through live demonstrations, group discussions, and scenario-based learning, we turn passive instruction into active engagement.
We also develop bespoke training programmes that reflect the specific risks, legislation, and operational realities of your industry. Whether you operate in construction, manufacturing, logistics, hospitality, education, or healthcare, we ensure your workforce is equipped with sector-relevant guidance that complies with regulatory requirements and industry best practices.
In support of formal training, eqops creates clear, practical safety guidelines and procedures, enabling your teams to follow safe systems of work confidently and consistently. These materials are designed to be accessible and actionable, helping reinforce safe behaviours as part of everyday operations, not just during training sessions.
To maintain awareness and keep health and safety front of mind, we also deliver regular toolbox talks. These short, focused sessions target key topics such as PPE use, working at height, slips, trips and falls, manual handling, and hazard communication. Toolbox talks are ideal for site teams, maintenance crews, or shift workers and are an excellent way to reinforce expectations, address emerging risks, and build daily accountability.
With eqops as your training partner, health and safety becomes an integrated, practical part of your business operations, not an afterthought. Our training ensures that every member of your workforce understands their role in keeping themselves and others safe, contributing to reduced incidents, stronger compliance, and a safer, more productive work environment.
Day to Day
Reliable, ongoing Health and Safety support for operational success. At eqops, we provide ongoing, day-to-day health and safety support that goes far beyond box-ticking compliance, we become a trusted extension of your team. Our role is to help you maintain safe, compliant, and efficient operations with practical, expert-driven guidance available when and where you need it most.
Our day-to-day support ensures you’re never left guessing about what to do or how to respond to evolving safety needs. Whether it’s answering a quick compliance question, advising on the safe execution of a high-risk task, or guiding your team through a site-specific challenge, we deliver clear, prompt, and actionable solutions.
We conduct regular site audits and inspections, helping you identify potential hazards before they become incidents. Our findings are documented with practical recommendations that are easy to implement, supporting continuous improvement and audit readiness.
In the event of an accident or near miss, we lead or assist with thorough investigations, identifying root causes, documenting corrective actions, and helping you prevent recurrence. We also support reporting to enforcing authorities where required, ensuring regulatory obligations are met.
Our consultants are also on hand to review and update your RAMS, policies, and procedures to keep them aligned with changing work conditions, legal updates, or industry standards. We help coordinate toolbox talks, safety briefings, inductions, and ensure your safety communications remain relevant and engaging for your team.
Additionally, we work closely with supervisors and managers to embed a positive safety culture, offering mentoring, advice, and training where needed to support leadership in safety responsibilities. This helps strengthen compliance, reduce downtime, and foster trust at all levels of your workforce.
With eqops as your dedicated health and safety partner, you benefit from responsive, expert support that integrates safety into daily operations, minimising disruption, reducing risk, and contributing directly to your business success.
SSIP
SSIP Certification (Safety Schemes in Procurement) – Strengthen Compliance and Win More Work. Many clients, particularly in the construction, maintenance, and facilities management sectors, now require contractors and suppliers to hold a valid SSIP certification before allowing them to work on site. SSIP is a recognised umbrella body for health and safety pre-qualification, designed to streamline the tendering process and ensure a consistent standard of safety management across industries.
An SSIP certification is granted after a registered SSIP member, such as SafeContractor, SMAS, CHAS, or Acclaim, assesses your health and safety documentation. If your systems meet the required standards, you’ll be issued a certificate that confirms your company’s commitment to managing health and safety effectively. This certificate gives clients and main contractors a simple, trusted way to verify your competence, saving time, reducing paperwork, and building immediate credibility.
Beyond meeting client demands, having an SSIP certification enhances your business reputation, even when not mandatory. It shows that your organisation takes health and safety seriously, adheres to recognised best practices, and operates to a standard trusted by leading industry bodies. This can give your company a competitive edge in tendering, subcontracting, and forming strategic partnerships.
At eqops, we provide full support to help you achieve SSIP certification with confidence and efficiency. Our consultants will:
- Review and prepare your health and safety documentation to SSIP standards
- Ensure your RAMS (Risk Assessments and Method Statements), policies, and procedures are compliant, robust, and professionally presented
- Identify and address any gaps or weaknesses that may prevent certification
- Support you in submitting your SSIP application and responding to assessor queries
- Provide ongoing advice to maintain compliance year after year
Whether you’re new to SSIP or renewing an existing certification, our expertise ensures that your submission is accurate, complete, and ready for approval. With eqops by your side, you’ll save time, avoid costly delays, and demonstrate your safety competence to every client you work with.
ISO45001
ISO 45001:2018 is the internationally recognised standard for Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S) Management Systems. It offers a comprehensive, risk-based framework for identifying, managing, and reducing workplace health and safety risks, supporting the well-being of employees and improving organisational performance.
Designed to be applicable across all industries and business sizes, ISO 45001 helps organisations create a safer working environment by embedding health and safety practices into their core operations. Unlike reactive or minimum-compliance approaches, ISO 45001 promotes a proactive culture of prevention, continuous improvement, and accountability at every level of the organisation.
Achieving ISO 45001 certification demonstrates to customers, regulators, employees, insurers, and stakeholders that your business meets globally recognised safety standards. It provides clear evidence of your commitment to protecting people, complying with legal requirements, and managing operational risks in a structured and reliable way.
In today’s increasingly regulated and risk-conscious world, failing to prioritise occupational health and safety can have serious consequences. Businesses that overlook structured OH&S systems often experience higher incident rates, face legal liabilities and non-compliance fines, incur increased insurance costs, and suffer from disrupted operations and reputational damage.
In contrast, implementing ISO 45001 enables organisations to identify and control workplace hazards before they result in injury or illness, reduce downtime, and improve overall productivity. It also boosts employee morale, engagement, and retention by fostering a safer, more supportive work environment. Furthermore, ISO 45001 enhances credibility in competitive tenders and supply chain relationships while demonstrating strong leadership and a genuine commitment to corporate social responsibility.
Some companies avoid certification due to perceived complexity or cost, relying instead on informal or outdated safety measures. However, this leaves them vulnerable to non-compliance, accidents, and reputational harm. Investing in ISO 45001 is more than a compliance exercise, it is a strategic decision that protects your people, strengthens operational resilience, and supports sustainable business growth.
At eqops, we work with you to implement a practical, compliant, and effective ISO 45001 system tailored to your unique operational risks and goals. Whether you’re starting from scratch or transitioning from OHSAS 18001, we’ll guide you from initial assessment to successful certification, helping you build a safer, stronger organisation.
Organisation
Good organisation is the backbone of any effective health and safety system. It ensures that responsibilities are clear, processes are consistent, and risks are proactively managed rather than reactively addressed. When health and safety is well-organised, it becomes an integrated part of daily operations, supporting not only compliance but also overall business performance.
Clear organisational structures ensure that everyone knows their roles and what is expected of them. This accountability reduces confusion, avoids duplication of effort, and ensures timely action on safety matters. It also makes it easier to track performance, review progress, and make informed decisions based on accurate, up-to-date information.
With organised documentation, such as risk assessments, training records, method statements, and incident reports, your business can respond quickly to audits, inspections, or legal challenges. It also ensures consistency in how safety is managed across teams, shifts, or sites.
Operationally, good organisation improves efficiency. Time isn’t wasted looking for information, redoing tasks, or correcting avoidable errors. Staff become more engaged because they understand the processes and trust the systems in place to protect them.
From a business standpoint, good health and safety organisation builds confidence with clients, stakeholders, and regulators. It demonstrates professionalism and a commitment to doing things properly, which in turn improves your reputation and ability to win contracts.
In summary, a well-organised health and safety system leads to fewer accidents, stronger compliance, improved productivity, and a more resilient business. It’s not just good practice, it’s good business.
Documentation
Compliant, practical documentation that protects your workforce and business. At eqops, we provide a wide range of professionally developed health and safety documentation to support compliance, protect personnel, and ensure safe working practices for all, whether directly employed or potentially indirectly affected by your operations.
Whether you’re in construction, manufacturing, logistics, hospitality, education, or any other sector, having the right documentation in place is not just a legal requirement, it’s a fundamental part of operating a safe and responsible business. Our documentation is designed to be clear, practical, and fully aligned with current legislation and industry standards.
We supply key documents including:
- Risk Assessments – Identifying workplace hazards and evaluating risks to ensure appropriate control measures are in place.
- Method Statements – Step-by-step procedures outlining how specific tasks will be carried out safely and efficiently.
- Safe Systems of Work (SSoWs) – Clearly defined processes that reduce risk and guide workers in safe task execution.
- Site-specific safety plans, COSHH assessments, toolbox talks, safety briefings, and more.
These documents are tailored to your work activities, environment, and workforce, ensuring that all employees and subcontractors have a clear understanding of the risks and the expectations for safe working. By equipping your team with well-structured, relevant documentation, you reduce the likelihood of accidents, improve operational efficiency, and demonstrate a proactive commitment to health and safety.
High-quality documentation also plays a vital role in fulfilling your legal duties under health and safety legislation, such as the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 and associated regulations. It provides essential evidence during audits, inspections, SSIP assessments, and accident investigations, proving that you have assessed risks, communicated procedures, and taken reasonable steps to protect people.
At eqops, we take pride in developing documentation that is not only compliant, but usable. We eliminate jargon, ensure clarity, and tailor each document to reflect the real conditions of your workplace, not just a generic template.
Whether you’re starting from scratch, updating outdated materials, or preparing for a tender or audit, we’ll create the full suite of documentation you need to support compliance, operational safety, and workforce confidence.
Training
Training that embeds safety into your workforce culture. At eqops, we provide practical, hands-on health and safety support designed to help your business remain compliant, protect your workforce, and foster a lasting culture of safety. One of the most powerful tools in achieving this is effective training, not as a one-time obligation, but as an ongoing investment in your team’s confidence, competence, and commitment to working safely.
Our face-to-face training sessions are fully interactive and tailored to your team’s roles and responsibilities. We go beyond theory to ensure your employees understand real-world applications, giving them the knowledge and tools to make informed, safe decisions on the job. Through live demonstrations, group discussions, and scenario-based learning, we turn passive instruction into active engagement.
We also develop bespoke training programmes that reflect the specific risks, legislation, and operational realities of your industry. Whether you operate in construction, manufacturing, logistics, hospitality, education, or healthcare, we ensure your workforce is equipped with sector-relevant guidance that complies with regulatory requirements and industry best practices.
In support of formal training, eqops creates clear, practical safety guidelines and procedures, enabling your teams to follow safe systems of work confidently and consistently. These materials are designed to be accessible and actionable, helping reinforce safe behaviours as part of everyday operations, not just during training sessions.
To maintain awareness and keep health and safety front of mind, we also deliver regular toolbox talks. These short, focused sessions target key topics such as PPE use, working at height, slips, trips and falls, manual handling, and hazard communication. Toolbox talks are ideal for site teams, maintenance crews, or shift workers and are an excellent way to reinforce expectations, address emerging risks, and build daily accountability.
With eqops as your training partner, health and safety becomes an integrated, practical part of your business operations, not an afterthought. Our training ensures that every member of your workforce understands their role in keeping themselves and others safe, contributing to reduced incidents, stronger compliance, and a safer, more productive work environment.
Day to Day
Reliable, ongoing Health and Safety support for operational success. At eqops, we provide ongoing, day-to-day health and safety support that goes far beyond box-ticking compliance, we become a trusted extension of your team. Our role is to help you maintain safe, compliant, and efficient operations with practical, expert-driven guidance available when and where you need it most.
Our day-to-day support ensures you’re never left guessing about what to do or how to respond to evolving safety needs. Whether it’s answering a quick compliance question, advising on the safe execution of a high-risk task, or guiding your team through a site-specific challenge, we deliver clear, prompt, and actionable solutions.
We conduct regular site audits and inspections, helping you identify potential hazards before they become incidents. Our findings are documented with practical recommendations that are easy to implement, supporting continuous improvement and audit readiness.
In the event of an accident or near miss, we lead or assist with thorough investigations, identifying root causes, documenting corrective actions, and helping you prevent recurrence. We also support reporting to enforcing authorities where required, ensuring regulatory obligations are met.
Our consultants are also on hand to review and update your RAMS, policies, and procedures to keep them aligned with changing work conditions, legal updates, or industry standards. We help coordinate toolbox talks, safety briefings, inductions, and ensure your safety communications remain relevant and engaging for your team.
Additionally, we work closely with supervisors and managers to embed a positive safety culture, offering mentoring, advice, and training where needed to support leadership in safety responsibilities. This helps strengthen compliance, reduce downtime, and foster trust at all levels of your workforce.
With eqops as your dedicated health and safety partner, you benefit from responsive, expert support that integrates safety into daily operations, minimising disruption, reducing risk, and contributing directly to your business success.
SSIP
SSIP Certification (Safety Schemes in Procurement) – Strengthen Compliance and Win More Work. Many clients, particularly in the construction, maintenance, and facilities management sectors, now require contractors and suppliers to hold a valid SSIP certification before allowing them to work on site. SSIP is a recognised umbrella body for health and safety pre-qualification, designed to streamline the tendering process and ensure a consistent standard of safety management across industries.
An SSIP certification is granted after a registered SSIP member, such as SafeContractor, SMAS, CHAS, or Acclaim, assesses your health and safety documentation. If your systems meet the required standards, you’ll be issued a certificate that confirms your company’s commitment to managing health and safety effectively. This certificate gives clients and main contractors a simple, trusted way to verify your competence, saving time, reducing paperwork, and building immediate credibility.
Beyond meeting client demands, having an SSIP certification enhances your business reputation, even when not mandatory. It shows that your organisation takes health and safety seriously, adheres to recognised best practices, and operates to a standard trusted by leading industry bodies. This can give your company a competitive edge in tendering, subcontracting, and forming strategic partnerships.
At eqops, we provide full support to help you achieve SSIP certification with confidence and efficiency. Our consultants will:
- Review and prepare your health and safety documentation to SSIP standards
- Ensure your RAMS (Risk Assessments and Method Statements), policies, and procedures are compliant, robust, and professionally presented
- Identify and address any gaps or weaknesses that may prevent certification
- Support you in submitting your SSIP application and responding to assessor queries
- Provide ongoing advice to maintain compliance year after year
Whether you’re new to SSIP or renewing an existing certification, our expertise ensures that your submission is accurate, complete, and ready for approval. With eqops by your side, you’ll save time, avoid costly delays, and demonstrate your safety competence to every client you work with.
ISO45001
ISO 45001:2018 is the internationally recognised standard for Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S) Management Systems. It offers a comprehensive, risk-based framework for identifying, managing, and reducing workplace health and safety risks, supporting the well-being of employees and improving organisational performance.
Designed to be applicable across all industries and business sizes, ISO 45001 helps organisations create a safer working environment by embedding health and safety practices into their core operations. Unlike reactive or minimum-compliance approaches, ISO 45001 promotes a proactive culture of prevention, continuous improvement, and accountability at every level of the organisation.
Achieving ISO 45001 certification demonstrates to customers, regulators, employees, insurers, and stakeholders that your business meets globally recognised safety standards. It provides clear evidence of your commitment to protecting people, complying with legal requirements, and managing operational risks in a structured and reliable way.
In today’s increasingly regulated and risk-conscious world, failing to prioritise occupational health and safety can have serious consequences. Businesses that overlook structured OH&S systems often experience higher incident rates, face legal liabilities and non-compliance fines, incur increased insurance costs, and suffer from disrupted operations and reputational damage.
In contrast, implementing ISO 45001 enables organisations to identify and control workplace hazards before they result in injury or illness, reduce downtime, and improve overall productivity. It also boosts employee morale, engagement, and retention by fostering a safer, more supportive work environment. Furthermore, ISO 45001 enhances credibility in competitive tenders and supply chain relationships while demonstrating strong leadership and a genuine commitment to corporate social responsibility.
Some companies avoid certification due to perceived complexity or cost, relying instead on informal or outdated safety measures. However, this leaves them vulnerable to non-compliance, accidents, and reputational harm. Investing in ISO 45001 is more than a compliance exercise, it is a strategic decision that protects your people, strengthens operational resilience, and supports sustainable business growth.
At eqops, we work with you to implement a practical, compliant, and effective ISO 45001 system tailored to your unique operational risks and goals. Whether you’re starting from scratch or transitioning from OHSAS 18001, we’ll guide you from initial assessment to successful certification, helping you build a safer, stronger organisation.
Quality Health and Safety Service
High-quality, professional health and safety support is essential not only for protecting employees but also for enhancing business performance. Far beyond meeting legal obligations, well-managed system contributes to safer workplaces, improved productivity, and increased operational efficiency.
Effective support goes beyond generic advice. It involves practical, hands-on collaboration to create environments that are safe, compliant, and tailored to the unique needs of your business. This includes developing clear policies, conducting thorough risk assessments, implementing ISO 45001 management systems, and achieving accreditations such as SSIP, ensuring relevance across industries and operations.
Ongoing support services, such as regular audits, targeted employee training, and expert guidance during inspections or investigations, help organisations stay ahead of risks and meet evolving regulatory requirements with confidence.
What sets eqops quality support apart is its ability to simplify complex requirements, reduce pressure on internal teams, and maintain high standards without unnecessary bureaucracy. Ultimately, effective health and safety builds trust, drives performance, and embeds a culture that supports sustainable growth and long-term success.
