Contractors
You can apply to become a CHAS Member and begin your accreditation process, by pressing the link here. This will give you a step-by-step guide on becoming a CHAS Member.
Not at all! There are different applications based on different industries. We also have a vast selection of work categories to select from, so you are able to provide evidence based specifically on the type of work your company conducts. For more information on the different industries, click here.
CHAS membership is an annual subscription that gives you access to our membership benefits for an annual fee. CHAS Accreditation is evidenced by the certificate you receive, once you’ve successfully achieved the assessment standard. Think of it as Membership expiry is your annual payment date, and Accreditation expiry is your annual assessment renewal. For more information on the different accreditation packages we offer, please click here.
The number of employees is the total number of direct employees, PAYE, permanent, temporary, part-time, and labour only subcontractors. According to UK law, a labour only subcontractor is considered as an employee. This does not include bona-fide subcontractors who are regarded as companies in their own rite, as they work with their own tools and have their own insurance etc.
SSIP is an umbrella organisation whereby all scheme members assess health and safety to a recognised standard which is endorsed by HSE. For more information please visit www.ssip.org.uk. If you have an existing SSIP Accreditation, click here to read about our Deemed to Satisfy application process.
To renew your CHAS Membership, please either log into your MyCHAS Portal by clicking here and make the payment online, or contact our Renewals Team on 0345 521 9222.
Once you have finished filling in your assessment and have submitted, it will be assigned to one of our assessors and reviewed within a maximum of 10 working days. We also offer a Fast Track service, which takes the review period down to a maximum of 2 working days. If further information is required, a 2-week deadline date will be issued and all responses will need to be submitted by this date. If you feel like you cannot meet this deadline, please contact the Membership Team on 0345 521 9111.
If your application has been closed for less than 14 days, we will be able to reopen the assessment for a fee. Unfortunately, this is only able to be offered once, any further time from this or further failures, would result in a new application needing to be purchased.
If you need to respond to a request for additional information, you can do so by leaving comments in the text box below the assessor’s request in your MyCHAS Portal. Alternatively, you can contact the Membership Team on 0345 521 9111 to request the email address of your assessor, for more direct communication.
Clients
We help you manage your compliance and risk as well as raising and improving standards across your supply chain. We help you to save money both in terms of cost and time. In essence, we complete the initial health and safety application process for you.
The scheme is open and FREE to the public and private sectors. CHAS client access extends to health trusts, councils, emergency services, the voluntary sector, housing associations, government departments and private companies who have a supply chain.
No. The database stores information on a wide range of contractors and consultants (suppliers). It addresses all categories of work from asbestos removal to window cleaning and from catering to residential care. We currently have 124 work categories to select from in the database.
If you currently manage subcontractors then you could potentially gain access to the FREE CHAS client portal. If you are interested in access to the client portal, please click here.
Your login id will be an email address that is registered on your account. If you have forgotten your password, please press “Forgotten Password” on the login page. This will send a password reset email to your account and you will be able to reset your password from here.
CHAS will offer a dedicated account manager who will be available to help resolve issues or queries you may have.
There is no charge for being a CHAS Client.
Yes but only to the first stage described in PAS91. A compliant contractor has demonstrated they have adequate compliance with current legislation and sound management of health and safety. Health & safety legislation requires the client to undertake a second stage (job or project specific) assessment. CHAS cannot do this for you.
The simple answer, no.
Yes, but only in the form of a ‘comment’ or ‘private comment’. A supplier who has been listed as compliant on the database, has achieved the required threshold standard. As the standards for a second stage are not clearly defined, someone using the information will be unaware of what has been checked, and there can be no guarantee of consistency.
Yes, it can but you should remember that your selection process must be fair, clear and auditable when drawing up the short-list. All contractors must be treated in the same way. Your application used in the process would need to reflect CHAS standards, and also build on them to elicit information relating to the second stage. If a contractor is currently assessed as CHAS (stage 1) compliant, you need only assess the second stage competence element.