CNS Consultancy Services, a Merseyside based health & safety consultancy, has been helping contractors achieve CHAS accreditation for 15+ years and has submitted over twenty CHAS applications in the past two months alone – 85% of which were completed within 3 days.
Brian Smithwick, the company’s owner, explains why CHAS is his preferred choice of accreditation scheme.
Why CNS use CHAS to carry out 95% of their assessments
Many customers are looking for a fast turnaround and CHAS provides the most simple, straightforward and speedy service.
We’ve submitted over 90 CHAS applications in the last 12 months, all have gone through within 10 working days and 85% of those have been completed within 3 days.
Other assessment schemes have been known to take up to 20 days, so for us it’s a no brainer – CHAS just gets it done.


Adds extra value
Offering our customers value added extras to the accreditation process is also an attractive draw with CHAS. Membership benefits such as TradePoint discount cards, which offer a 10% discount at B&Q, and Business Shield, which provides free expert advice on health and safety and environmental issues, are huge pluses which we are able to pass on to our customers at no extra cost.
CNS Love working with CHAS
The CHAS way of working is unique. The communications, including direct contact with the assessor involved, the friendliness and efficiency of the entire team, is second-to-none. Assessments are completed to a consistent level land we rarely have issues.
There’s always a helpful person on hand to solve any problems quickly and the website and MYCHAS portal are clear, simple and easy to use – which streamlines my admin and saves precious time.
My recommendation to other consultants considering which accreditation scheme to offer their customers is – just choose CHAS, they make it easy and you won’t look back.

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