Contractor Duties
What are the Duties and Responsibilities of a general Contractor?
General Duties
- A Contractor MUST have the Skills, Knowledge and Training & Experience (SKATE) to take on the role
- If the Contractor appoints any other Designers or Contractors – Make sure they have the necessary SKATE
- Co-operate with everyone involved in the project and make sure everyone under their control co-operates with each other
- Report any Health & Safety issues that they become aware of to whom they are working for
- When providing information or instruction – make sure it is comprehensible and provided in good time
Specific Duties
The Contractor must
- Ensure that the Client is aware of their duties – if not they must not start
- Plan, manage and monitor construction work including that of others under their control
- Comply with the direction of the Principal Contractor and/or Principal Designer when applicable
- Comply with the Construction Phase Plan
- If they are the only contractor they must take account of the General Principles of Prevention when
- Deciding design, technical and organisational aspects of the work
- Estimating the time required for the work
- Prepare a Construction Phase Plan BEFORE work starts on-site (when they are the only contractor on a project)
- Provide each worker with supervision, instruction and information including a site induction (if there is no principal contractor induction)
- Prevent unauthorised access to the site
- Provide (where not provided by a Principal Contractor) welfare facilities to comply with Schedule 2.
Note - This page is for guidance only. Application on a project must comply with the official HSE issue of the Regulations