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Davit arm and anchor systems can provide safe access, rescue and lifting support in demanding work-at-height environments, including confined-space and façade-access applications.

Guidance for contractors, designers, and clients considering the options available when refurbishing a roof.

This guidance includes an example employee health surveillance questionnaire.

This four-page guidance note provides a handy reference document with shortcuts to the relevant HSE guidance notes which assist in quickly locating the relevant information that may be needed by roofing contractors.

This guidance is not a method statement but highlights important items that the method statement for Safe System of Work (SSOW) should cover for loading out portal frame structures in preparation for installing roof sheets and panels.

This guidance outlines considerations to either eliminate the risk or specify risk mitigation measures when carrying out hot works.

This two-page guidance document provides a summary of the 2005 Work at Heigh Regulations. It raises awareness of the most common causes of work at height accidents, who the regulations apply to, how to you comply with them and considerations when planning work at height.

This document has been developed to set out the minimum requirements required by NFRC members when working on pitched roofs.

This guide is an overview of HSG33 - Health and safety in roof work, to support the construction industry address the fatalities and accidents caused by working on roofs and guidance on how to plan and work safely on roofs.

This guidance gives an overview of the third edition of HSG168 Fire Safety in Construction which was released by the HSE in June 2022.

This guidance supports the changes to PPE that come into effect on 6 April 2022.  Under the amendment to this regulation the employer must treat Labour only sub-contractor workers the same as employees with regards to the provision, instruction, and training of PPE.

This guidance defines who is the client and explains their responsibilities for checking and ensuring that any individual they appoint to carry out a survey on their roof is competent to undertake the survey safely.

This guides gives health and safety guidance on holes and voids that require temporary protection to prevent persons and/or materials from falling through during the construction phase of a project.

This guidance note is for roofing trades who may encounter or be affected by gas flues whilst undertaking their work, for example, when a vertical flue is venting through a tiled roof.

This guidance sets out the simple steps you must work through when carrying out rope access working at height. It gives an overview of rope access and advice on selecting a contractor for rope access work.

This guidance provides information on the types of fire extinguishers relevant to roofing works. It outlines the skills, knowledge and training that anyone in engaged in roofing work should have.

This guidance explains The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations (CDM 2015) which are the main set of regulations for managing the health, safety and welfare on construction projects and the simple steps required to ensure compliance.

This guidance gives advice on the correct use of RPE face fit masks to effectively control the dust levels when cutting roof tiles a chase in brickwork or paving slabs.

This guidance gives advice on how to spot counterfeit or illegal PPE and what you need to be checking.