23 September, 2021
Health and Safety within your salon and how Salon Tracker can assist you with keeping within the guidelines
Risk
Assessment
It is essential that your salon has a risk assessment in
place that is continuously monitored and updated when potential new risks
occur. Within a risk assessment you must identify the variety of risks that
occur within the workplace and put procedures such as management measures to
minimize or eliminate the hazard. If any accidents were to take place due to
the hazard not being eliminated you must record the incident and carry out an
investigation in line with Health and Safety Executive reporting standards. When
procedures and policies are put in place to prevent hazards, they must be documented
so that you are able to refer back to them in any necessary given moment.
Age
Limitations
Under The Sunbeds Regulations Act 2010 it is an illegal
offense for people under the age of 18 to use sunbeds in any facility, meaning
that if the client appears to be under the age of 21 or 25, they will be asked
to verify that they are 18 or over by showing valid proof of age. The
regulations also state that the prescribed health information is provided on an
A4 and A3 piece of paper so that clients are reminded each time they enter the
salon, this is the only information that should be displayed information such
as health effects of sunbeds will not be displayed.
Beauty therapists must protect and promote the welfare of
under 16-year-olds therefore it is not recommended to carry out treatments on
individuals within this age group. However, you are able to carry out beauty
treatments on 16-year-olds but to do so you must oblige by the manufacturer’s
instructions and guidelines.
Keeping
your Salon and Staff Members Safe
As a salon owner you have a duty of care to your employees and clients this means that you must consider things such as: personal protective equipment, the correct facilities and equipment for staff to be able to carry out services safely and controlling substances that can be classed as hazardous to health regulations. In order to maintain high standards of care within the work environment it is important to appoint a first aider they will also be in charge of the first aid arrangements within the salon. The welfare of the employees and clients is a high priority within the salon, this means that you must be able to provide them with facilities and other measures to ensure the individuals wellbeing needs are met. The need for insurance within a salon environment is essential as it plays a vital part in protecting you when it comes to legal claims and financial losses that the salon may face.
Health
and Safety Policy
If your salon has five or more employees then it is
necessary that your salon has a health and safety policy in place, however it
is good practice for your salon to have a policy in place with less than five
employees. The law states that you must provide training for staff members so
that they are able to enforce health and safety legislations as well as the
policy you created for your salon.
Using
Salon Tracker to Stay Within Health and Safety Guidelines
How can Salon Tracker assist you with maintaining the health
and safety standards within your salon? Within the system you are able to store
information such as client allergies on their client card you can add this
information in as an alert therefore it will appear in a red box when the client’s
card is opened, the allergy information can be gathered through consultations
and skin tests. Salon Tracker also provides hardware that is able to assist you
with health and safety for example; the signature pad allows you to store the
customers signature on your agreement within their client card along with a
date and time of when it was signed. Another example of how Salon Trackers
hardware is able to aid you in staying within the guidelines is through the
fingerprint reader in which you are able to identify which client is in the
salon through their unique finger print this eliminates the risk of under age
individuals using other clients name to access the services in the salon which
they are not legally permitted to have.
There are tanning regulations implemented into the system so that you are able to prevent clients from returning to the salon more than once a day you can also prevent underage clients from using the sunbeds. The system also connects with Sigma and T-Max which means that the beds can be controlled from Salon Tracker within this you are also able to control the dress down and cool down periods for the beds which can help to prevent the beds from over heating in your busier time periods.
If you wish to book in for your free demonstration and two-week trial don't hesitate to contact us on 0113 350 8230 or alternatively email us at info@salontracker.co.uk.
Salon Tracker Team. X
