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Pre-vetted Contractors

Under health and safety law, businesses have a duty to check the health and safety arrangements of any contractor they intend to engage to ensure that they will operate in a safe and legally compliant manner.

Click here for information regarding managing contractors and the law.

The following categories of contractors are considered to be safety critical and 1st Option has undertaken essential health and safety checks on each one listed in the categories below. This information will go some considerable way towards providing the obligatory ‘reasonably practicable’ checks productions are required to make before awarding a contract.
  • Aircraft (Balloons, Planes and Helicopters)
  • Armourers
  • Diving
  • Flying Ballet
  • Hoists/ Hydraulic Platforms
  • Location Catering
  • Location Lighting Services
  • Scaffolding (Scaffolders, Riggers & Wiremen)
  • Stunts
  • Special Effects (Pyrotechnics, Explosives & Fire Effects)
Contractors wishing to be considered for this scheme please click here for details

To see an example of the selection criteria we use, please click here.
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