Hi,
Just cruising through old stuff here, but all you guys that do trauma cleanups etc are registered, use COSSH sheets, PPE, method stements etc etc. These 'east europeans' or 'girls' that are doing your work presumable arent.
Surely all you have to do is go to the local council and show them your expertise in what you do. If it was me I would call the 'elf and safety man when they nick a job off you, tell him whats going on and you would get all the work you want then
If these 'other' contractors whatever they are have to show the council their creditability and expertise to do the work. If they fall over, cut themselves, get blood poisoning etc etc they will be seriously ill and what then.
The council or who ever these days has a duty of care to check on them. You cant work in a school with out a CRB check so how can you work in a trauma scene clear up without being checked out. You couldnt just put an 18 year old kid in there and tell him to get on with it, you would be in court in days! Which is exactly what your opposition is doing and the council or whoever is condoning.
I did a BDMA course in fire and flood damage years ago, it was what the industry requires as a minimum to work for the Insurance companies. Although my membership has now lapsed I can still say with knowledge that 'anything damaged by black or grey water after x days has to be removed and cant be cleaned' surely the same applies with blood, carsogens etc and all the cr@p that you have to clean up.
For my tenpennuth when we did a fire or flood in a pub or shop or where there was food etc I would allways ask the Environment man to come down and check our work at the end. If he signed it off we were all happy and so was the Loss Adjuster and Ins Co etc and most of all they could start trading again. If these 'other people' clean and granny goes down with food poisoning after not been cleaned properly who is to blame?
Good luck with it anyway.
Murky
