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A Passport To Safety

10 November 2017 | Updated 01 January 1970
 

Highways England has announced the new Health and Safety Passport scheme at the national Highways UK conference, held in Birmingham on November 8

With an ambition to set a common safety standard for more than 50,000 workers across its whole supply chain, Highways England, the passport strives to simplify the method of gaining access to construction sites with a personalised smart card, assuring competency, qualification and fitness  to work across Highways England’s construction workforce.

Operations Regional Director at Highways England, Simon Jones said: “Our Health and Safety Passport scheme sets a common safety standard for colleagues across our supply chain. It will make it simpler for staff to transfer between sites and for companies to verify that the people who work for them have the training, qualifications and competencies to work on any site.

“We hope that within 12 months all the suppliers we work with will be using the system.”

The card is checkable using smartphone technology to help build a picture of the workforce and help colleagues to transfer between sites and suppliers with ease.

Working together with over twenty different suppliers and partners from across the industry, the common introduction course delivered by Lantra covers all major projects and construction and renewal sites. Alongside the common induction training, a passport smartcard will be issued to the individual who will be able to carry around their training record, qualifications and competency details in their pocket wherever they work.

Picture: The new Health and Safety Passport scheme was launched at the national Highways UK conference, in Birmingham on November 8

 

Article written by Brian Shillibeer | Published 10 November 2017

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