Are you in charge of a consulting firm?
In search of a health and safety risk assessment tailored to your activity?
Do you need a pre-filled assessment to save you hours of work?
Want to be in compliance with safety regulations?
 
Our health and safety risk assessment is designed to meet your needs with:
→ A professional risk assessment totally specific to the consulting sector.
→ A professional risk assessment dedicated to consultants.
→ Risk prevention proposals for the consulting professions.
→ The integration of risks linked to the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.
 
All this in an easily editable Excel format, allowing you to make personalized updates on your own.
 
FEATURES OF THE HEALTH AND SAFETY RISK ASSESSMENT 
 
This 5-page Excel file includes:
A Cover Page
A Company Information page
A presentation of the Risk Assessment Methodology used.
An occupational risks assessment tailored to your sector of activity.
A risk prevention schedule with all the different safety measures.

It contains 19 occupational risk situations classified into 5 work units:
Working at the office
Field auditing
Customer contact and relations
Road travel
Work premises
 
☑ Complies with the employer's obligation to assess risks
(Regulation 3 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulation 1999)
☑ Adheres to the General Principles of Prevention
(Schedule 1 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulation 1999)
☑ Takes into account good practice and pitfalls in risk assessment
(Report RR151 from the Health and Safety Executive)
 
EXCERPTS FROM THE HEALTH AND SAFETY RISK ASSESSMENT:
 
The danger of stress resulting from companies' expectations of results: Consultants are subject to a certain amount of stress associated with their work. Indeed, consulting firms are often called upon by companies when they are faced with a problem they cannot solve themselves, sometimes with a sense of urgency. This can lead to tense situations, with high and sometimes excessive expectations of the consultant's performance. The psychosocial risks associated with these sometimes unrealistic expectations on the part of companies are felt by consultants on a daily basis. Factors such as unrealistic sales promises to customers, overloaded schedules that leave consultants no room for maneuver in the event of unforeseen events, and failure to respect the right to disconnect from work can further exacerbate the stress and anxiety experienced by employees on a day-to-day basis. The possible damage caused by repeated stressful situations is a deterioration in the work environment, irritability, stress, anxiety, problems with eating habits (e.g. comfort food, with health implications such as obesity), increased risk of attraction and dependence on psychotropic substances offering comfort (medication, tobacco, drugs), or even Burn-Out.
 
The danger of emotional tension due to customer contact: Being a consultant can be psychologically taxing, as you have to hide your feelings and emotions when dealing with customer complaints or disputes. For some consultants, this can lead to feelings of incomprehension, impotence and resignation, all the more so as the job requires constant availability and listening to customers. These risks are particularly present when the consultant has to work with a difficult customer, whether in terms of relationships (haughty, rude) or requirements (intolerance of the slightest error, including editorial). These risks are heightened when the consultant is facing personal difficulties in his life, and has to put them aside in order to appear "professional" in front of customers. The main risks are damage to psychological health, such as stress, anxiety, loss of self-confidence, lifestyle problems (insomnia), eating disorders (e.g. comfort food, with health implications such as obesity) and increased risk of attraction and dependence on psychotropic substances offering comfort (medication, tobacco, drugs).
 
The danger of prolonged screen work: The work of today's consultants requires daily use of the computer: e-mails to communicate with customers or send/receive documents, increasingly frequent use of videoconferencing, report writing on the computer, etc. The result of this daily use of the computer, backed up by the smartphone, is prolonged exposure to screens, which represents a definite source of physical risk in the short term, and possibly in the long term. The result of this daily use of the computer, backed up by the smartphone, is prolonged exposure to screens, which represents a source of physical risks that are certain in the short term and possible in the long term. The risks associated with working on a screen depend on a number of factors: screen size, distance between the user and the screen, screen brightness and brightness of the workroom, type of screen used (LCD, OLED, cathode-ray, etc.). If you don't take a break to rest your eyes during the working day, especially when staring into the distance, you increase the risk of visual fatigue, discomfort and loss of concentration. The main possible risks associated with prolonged computer screen use in the short term are fatigue, irritability, headaches, blurred vision, eyestrain and dry eyes. The use of close-up vision when working on a computer could potentially promote certain vision disorders over the long term, but this has not yet been demonstrated.
 
 
A GUARANTEE OF THE QUALITY OF OUR HEALTH AND SAFETY RISK ASSESSMENT 
_ We're registered as Professional Risk Prevention Consultants.
_  Our team comprises graduate safety engineers.
_ Our documents are routinely checked by safety inspectors.
_ We frequently update our Occupational Risk Assessments.
 
RESOURCES 
_ "Mental health conditions, work and the workplace" by Health and Safety Executive.