Accreditation

CHAS

CHAS is a leading Health & Safety Accreditation scheme. Many companies insist on their suppliers and sub-contractors being CHAS accredited before they contract with them.
With our experience, we are able to support companies that may feel CHAS can look like a lengthy complex process, but to us it is just a formality that we can support you through. We can support in providing the evidence required to avoid any rejections.

What is the CHAS Accreditation?

The CHAS accreditation is a pre-approval scheme allowing contractors to demonstrate proficiency to the required Health & Safety standards.
CHAS (Contractors Health & Safety Assessment Scheme) is an accreditation scheme designed for those working within the construction industry. The purpose the CHAS accreditation is to provide a method of proving that your business’ health and safety processes are of a standard that is deemed suffice to a high standard.

How long does the CHAS accreditation last?

The CHAS accreditation can take as little as 10 days to complete, dependant on the documentation and systems you currently have in place. CHAS accreditations last for 12 months.

Benefits of the CHAS Accreditation

The CHAS Accreditation comes with several benefits including:
• Compliance with relevant Health & Safety legislation
• Client reassurance
• Pre-Approval to work with over 1000 CHAS clients
• Display compliance in a range of areas including Health & Safety, Environmental, Equality & Diversity – with the CHAS accreditation.
• Allows tender for contracts / jobs which may not be open to you without the accreditation.
• Save time and money when tendering, as quite often having the accreditation allows you to bypass some questions posed when completing a pre tender questionnaire.

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    Frequently Asked Questions

    • Health & Safety Assessment
    • Best Practice of COVID-19
    • Financial Section (self-certified)

    This part of the accreditation is an optional bolt on to CHAS Standard and includes the following sections –
    • Insurance Verification
    • Financial Verification
    • Environmental Verification
    • Quality Verification
    • Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Verification
    • Anti-Bribery & Corruption Verification
    • Modern Slavery Verification
    • Corporate and Professional Standing
    • Identity Verification

    CHAS Advanced demonstrates full PAS91 compliance.