Part 3 – Health and safety duties and roles
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Part 3 – Duties and roles
General duties
Designers and contractors must have the skills, knowledge and experience to fulfil the role. Both the person making the appointment and the person being appointed are responsible for ensuring this is the case.
Duties of principal designer
With overall responsibility for coordinating pre-construction phase health and safety, they must prepare the health and safety file. They must ensure all designers comply with their duties and liaise with the principle contractor to ensure they have all relevant information to ensure health and safety.
Duties of designers
Designers must be satisfied that the client is aware of their duties. Risks should be designed out so far as is reasonably practicable, and those remaining should be in the health and safety file. They should also provide information required by others to comply with CDM 2015.
Duties of principal contractor
With overall responsibility for coordinating construction phase health and safety, they must prepare and maintain the construction phase plan. They have overall responsibility for site arrangements including site inductions and should consult workers on all issues affecting health and safety. They will also liaise with the principal designer.
Duties of contractors
Contractors must be satisfied that the client is aware of their duties. They should also provide health and safety training to their employees, prevent unauthorised access to the site and ensure compliance with Schedule 2 (welfare facilities).
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