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Hydrotech Water Services is fully committed to ensuring the health, safety and welfare of its employees so far as is reasonably practicable. We also fully accept our responsibility for other persons whose health and safety may be affected by our activities. We will take steps to ensure our statutory duties are met at all times.
Every new employee will be given Health and Safety guidance when they join the Company and each employee consulted with to enable the safe performance of work activities. All staff are required to comply with the company Health and Safety principles, rules, policies, procedures, method statements, risk assessments and safe systems of work applicable to the work that they undertake.
Adequate facilities and arrangements will be maintained to enable employees to raise issues of Health and Safety.
Competent people will be appointed to assist us in meeting our statutory duties including, where appropriate, specialists from outside the Company.
Each member of staff has a legal obligation to take reasonable care for his or her own health and safety and for the safety of others who may be affected by his or her acts or omissions and will cooperate and support the organization in implementing its statutory duties.
The successful implementation of this policy requires total commitment and co-operation from all levels of management and employee within our Company. This document will be reviewed annually.
The objective of Hydrotech Water Services (UK) Limited is to offer our clients a wide range of services broadly based around the potable water supply industry.
To achieve this objective, the organisation will maintain an effective and efficient Quality Management System based upon the requirements of ISO 9001:2015.
As such, the Directors of Hydrotech Water Services (UK) Limited are committed to the following:
Establish measurable quality and business objectives that are consistent with the context and strategic direction of the organisation and address risks and opportunities associated with them;
Ensure quality objectives help the organisation achieve customer requirements by:
delivering reliability, efficiency and quality to the client at minimum cost consistent with adherence to safe working practices and to minimise any environmental impact.
Monitor and measure the effectiveness of its business processes and objectives through management reviews and the internal audit process;
Proactively seek feedback from customers on how well its services meet their requirements and set objectives for continual improvement;
Analyse the causes of any complaint or problem, and take appropriate action to prevent recurrence;
Select and work closely with suppliers who enable the organisation to create and deliver a reliable performance;
Recruit employees who are customer-focused and support them with appropriate training and systems to ensure their competence always meets the organisation’s requirements;
Provide a work environment that promotes the wellbeing of its employees and encourages positive teamwork;
Encourage all employees to identify problems and make suggestions to improve all aspects of the organisation’s services and business processes;
Ensure that all employees are aware of the Quality Policy and are committed to the effective implementation of the Quality Management System;
Ensure that the organisation complies with all necessary regulatory and legal requirements.
Continual improvement of the Hydrotech Quality Management System is fundamental to the success of the business, and must be supported by all employees as an integral part of their daily work.
Hydrotech Water Services (UK) Ltd recognises that its business activities interact with the environment in a variety of ways. These activities have a significant impact in the key areas of:
· Energy wastage
· Material Wastage
· Pollutants to water, land, and air
· Noise pollution
· Risk to the general public and employees from operations and activities undertaken by the organisation.
Hydrotech Water Services (UK) recognises that it has a responsibility to help protect the environment wherever it has an opportunity to do so, to be a responsible neighbour, and to provide a comfortable environment for its employees to work in.
We are committed to the highest environmental standards and believe that in order to achieve this we must involve every employee, subcontractor, supplier, and partner in our environmental management to go beyond legal compliance and wherever possible drive continual improvement.
Continual improvement in the environmental impact of our business activities.
Preventing pollution.
Complying with all relevant legal, customer, and other third party requirements.
Establishing measurable environmental and business objectives and addressing risks and opportunities associated with them.
Achieving objectives to help minimise its environmental impact.
Adopting best practices applicable to its activities wherever practicable.
We recognise the impact of our operations on the environment and proactively embed environmental management to keep our impact to a minimum. We are committed to a business management system within the requirements of BS EN ISO 14001 and we commit to:
The implementation of this policy is fundamental to the success of the organisation’s business and must be supported by all employees as an integral part of their daily work.
This policy will be communicated to all our employees and organisations working on our behalf, displayed at our offices, on our Business Management System, and made available to third parties on request.