KeyOstas runs the Electrical Contractors’ Association’s exclusive Health & Safety Competent Advisor Service — ongoing, on-site competent advice for ECA Members, delivered by CMIOSH consultants who understand electrical work. Partnering with the ECA, and trading since 1984.
Every ECA Member can already access free competent health and safety advice from the ECA by phone or email — a great way for an electrical contractor to show H&S competence. But many Members tell the ECA they also want ongoing, on-site support from a competent external advisor who knows their business.
For exactly that, the ECA arranged an exclusive Health & Safety Competent Advisor Service — and appointed KeyOstas as its health and safety partner to run it. It is a retained competent-advisor service built around how electrical and electrotechnical contractors actually work: project RAMS, CDM 2015 alignment, the paperwork principal contractors demand, and a named CMIOSH advisor as your Regulation 7 competent person.
KeyOstas has delivered UK H&S consultancy since 1984. The same five CMIOSH consultants and OSHCR-registered lead who serve our wider client base deliver the ECA Member service — at exclusive, highly competitive ECA Member rates.
KeyOstas is the ECA’s appointed health and safety partner. The Competent Advisor Service is arranged exclusively for ECA Members and is described on the ECA’s own member-support site (Health & Safety → Training and Assessment). ECA Members can log in to the ECA website for the Competent Advice Service leaflet and Member pricing.
A retained competent-person service built for electrical contractors — the sector-specific H&S support ECA Members need to work safely and win contracts.
Your Regulation 7 competent person — a Chartered consultant who knows electrical work and is on call for senior advice.
Risk assessments and method statements written per job — electric shock, arc flash, work at height, isolation and lock-off.
Construction Phase Plans and CDM duty-holder guidance so you meet your obligations on every notifiable project.
Support passing principal-contractor checks and schemes such as CHAS and SafeContractor — faster, first time.
COSHH, asbestos-awareness and electrical-specific assessments aligned to the Electricity at Work Regulations 1989 and BS 7671.
A written H&S policy and management documents tailored to an electrical contracting business, kept current.
Four reasons the Electrical Contractors’ Association chose KeyOstas as its health and safety partner.
Five CMIOSH-grade consultants — Chartered Members of IOSH, the highest grade IOSH awards. Most one-person UK consultancies hold no Chartered grade at all.
Our lead consultant is listed on the Occupational Safety and Health Consultants Register — the cross-body register endorsed by HSE, IOSH and IEMA. Verify us directly on OSHCR.
No junior account managers, no offshored advice lines. The Chartered consultant who scopes your engagement on the free call is the consultant who delivers it.
Findings closed, not just listed. Documents your team will actually use. The benchmark is whether this made your business safer.
From first call to delivery, the Chartered consultant you meet is the consultant who does the work — no handoffs, no junior advisors.
Talk to a Chartered consultant. We map your current state, your regulatory exposure and your priorities. No obligation, no pitch.
Written scope, deliverables, the named consultant who will lead, and a fixed fee or retainer rate — in your inbox within one working day.
Site work, documentation and ongoing competent-person support if you need it. The consultant who scoped the work is the consultant who delivers it.
The Competent Advisor Service is offered at exclusive, highly competitive rates for ECA Members. Confirm your Member rate on the free scoping call; project RAMS are quoted to scope.
A retained competent-advisor service at exclusive ECA Member pricing. ECA Members can also view the Competent Advice Service leaflet and rates in the Member area of the ECA website.
Project-specific RAMS, Construction Phase Plans and PQQ documentation packs, quoted to the job. Retainer clients get priority turnaround.
The questions UK buyers ask us most about this service. Tap any to expand.
It is an exclusive service the Electrical Contractors’ Association arranged for its Members who want ongoing, on-site health and safety support from a competent external advisor. The ECA appointed KeyOstas as its health and safety partner to deliver it — a retained competent-person service built specifically for electrical contractors.
Yes. The ECA describes KeyOstas as its health and safety partner and arranged the exclusive Competent Advisor Service to be run by KeyOstas. ECA Members can read about it on the ECA member-support site under Health & Safety → Training and Assessment.
Yes — every ECA Member can access free competent H&S advice from the ECA by phone or email. The KeyOstas Competent Advisor Service is the next step up: ongoing, on-site support from a named competent external advisor for Members who want a hands-on retained relationship.
RAMS stands for Risk Assessment and Method Statement — a document setting out a task’s hazards and the safe, step-by-step way to do it. Electrical contractors are normally required to provide job-specific RAMS before starting work on any commercial or construction site, and principal contractors will not let you start without them.
The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 apply to almost all construction work, including electrical installation on construction projects. As a contractor you have duties to plan, manage and monitor your work safely, cooperate with the principal contractor, and contribute to the Construction Phase Plan. The service helps you meet those duties without drowning in paperwork.
Book a free 20-minute scoping call with KeyOstas, or log in to the ECA website (Member Support → Health & Safety → Training and Assessment) for the Competent Advice Service leaflet and your exclusive Member pricing. We confirm a written proposal within 24 hours of the call.
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Free 20-minute scoping call for ECA Members. Written proposal within 24 hours, at exclusive ECA Member rates. No obligation and no pitch.
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