Apply for authorisation as a health and safety consultancy

You must have the competencies to assess the psychosocial working environment, identify any issues and prepare a report outlining the findings and the methods used. You must also have the competencies to advise and support companies that do not have the necessary expertise to take a preventive approach to the psychosocial working environment.

In addition, as a consulting company, you must have competencies and knowledge of psychosocial risks and effective preventive measures in the psychosocial working environment. This may include, for example, offensive behaviour, high emotional demands when working with people or work-related stress.

You must have the competencies to advise on identifying and assessing the ergonomic working environment in companies that do not have the necessary expertise in-house. You must also have the competencies to advise and support companies in taking a preventive approach to the ergonomic working environment. 

As a consultancy you must also have the competencies to advise on complex health and safety problems related to ergonomics, for example, manual handling, repetitive work, working postures and movements as well as lifting, pulling and pushing.

You must have the competencies to advise on identifying and assessing the risk of exposure to biological agents. This includes, for example, work involving large quantities of organic material or indoor climate problems caused by dampness and mould growth.

You must have the competencies to advise on mapping and assessing the chemical working environment, including how to carry out a chemical risk assessment. You must also be able to advise on the choice of effective preventive measures when working with hazardous substances and materials, where there is a risk of exposure to them and when storing them. 

As a consultancy, you must also have knowledge of assessing the hazards of chemical substances, information requirements throughout the supply chain and the principles of substituting hazardous chemicals. 

You must have the competencies to advise on mapping and assessing the physical working environment in order to identify any problems. 

You must be able to advise companies on:

• Noise and poor acoustic conditions
• The use and layout of technical equipment (with and without CE marking)
• Work in explosive atmospheres (ATEX)
• Internal traffic and handling of goods where vehicle and pedestrian traffic intersect.

In addition, the consultant must have knowledge of and be able to advise clients on preparing a Health and Safety Plan (PSS) for construction sites.