most health and safety is common sense all you need is to be guided in the right direction and as repeated earlier the h & s website does just that .there is nothing complicated or dangerous about the work most of us do and if if you follow sensible work practices you cant go wrong.
you are not going to be asked for a risk assesment or a method statement by a domestic customer so if you only do domestic work then as long as you are not like mr bean and you are fully aware of the dangers your equipment could pose to others and use it within the manufacturers guidelines you cant go wrong.
commercial work on the other hand could be more of a problem especially if the company you are working for has an onsite h & s advisor as he may well ask you for a risk assesment or a method statement but what is a method statement ?, its you telling the company how you intend to carry out the work you have been contracted to do,
ie the carpets will be cleaned out of normal working hours when all the staff have left the building, the chemicals being used are non toxic and safe for people and animals data sheets are enclosed , wet floor signs will be in place and the waste water will be diposed of via the toilets and not the drains. all electrical appliances used have current pat and all staff have been trained to use the equipment provided.
maybe i have over simplified it but for carpet cleaners there is very little need to pay for this info.
if anyone wants to be properly trained in h&s
www.rrc.co.uk do the full nebosh course as e learning for about £490 + vat exams are another £100 or so and then you are fully qualified to be a health and safety advisor and believe me the course is not difficult it is all about common sense. you may also be able to do the course at your local college either over a two week period with exams at the end or as a one day a week course for about twelve weeks these courses are sometimes more expensive but as an example bridgend college did the course last year over 16 weeks for abour £400.
if paul pierce is doing the training then he has done the course in the last six months, wonder if he paid for it or the ncca, if it was the ncca then it came out of the members subscriptions so why should you have to pay again for the training ? just a thought, now i'm in trouble :
