As home improvement window and door businesses return to work in response to the gradual lifting of lockdown restrictions, FENSA has issued a number of documents designed to assist its approved installers.
These include practical safety precautions; guidance on completing a risk assessment; and a guide specifically for homeowners.
The practical safety precautions document is organised into 11 sections: Materials; Travelling to site; Communication with the occupant; Personal Protective Equipment (PPE); Arriving at site / pre-installation; Social distancing & minimising contact; Access equipment; Refreshment breaks; Packing up at the end of the day; Disposal of waste products; Returning home.
The guidance for risk assessments includes a template form, and according to FENSA should be completed for each job in order to protect the company and individuals in the case of any potential claims arising from work carried out on site.
The guide for homeowners provides similar information as provided in the Practical safety precautions and FENSA is urging its installers to pass a copy to their customers in advance of an installation to ensure that both sides are fully engaged in all processes.
All documents, which are said to be written by experienced former installers, are available free of charge to FENSA approved installers.
Chris Beedel, FENSA director of membership, says it is important that FENSA Approved Installers operate to agreed and shared standards: “There are a number of documents around offering advice about how installers may return to people’s homes and all offer relevant if slightly differing information. Our publications, written by highly skilled former installers, bring all effective advice together for FENSA approved companies so there is consistency throughout the FENSA network, with all operating to the same high standards.”
