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Safety Passports
Introduction | The Course | Benefits | How do I get one?
Benefits for the whole industry
Yes, the safety passport will cost money but, and industry-standard safety qualification has benefits that outweigh the cost. From a wider perspective, the benefit to the whole industry is a greater emphasis on self-regulation; ma far better alternative to the imposition of standards such as those imposed on the event security and crowd management industries. The Health and Safety Executive are looking to reduce the incidence of accidents in our sector, an industry that introduces its own scheme that raises awareness of and deals with the main causes of injuries can only be seen in a positive light. The PSA will ensure that the relevant authorities are aware of the scheme – this can only be done with an industry standard rather than a mixed bag of independent courses.
Benefits for Companies
There are companies that do it right and companies that don’t. There are companies that say they do it right. In terms of safety training, the Safety Passport is a way to prove that you do it right. The claim that clients are not bothered about the safety policies of suppliers is a false one. The PSA has spoken with venues, event managers and licensing authorities. All are supportive of the scheme with many helping with the development of the sector day. The demand will be there for companies that adopt the scheme, the demand for companies that don’t will weaken.
A company whose workforce is well versed in safe working practices as part of a wider, better safety management policy presents a lower risk. Lower risk can mean lower insurance premiums. The PSA is communicating the benefits of the Passport Scheme to industry insurers.
The one, single and most important benefit is that greater awareness means less chance of your employees being injured or even killed. Accidents do happen but they happen less when everyone is aware of the hazards. For that reason alone, the Safety Passport should be embraced by our industry.
Benefits for Individuals
Again, the support for our scheme means that there is a growing demand for workers that can prove their safety awareness. Individual subcontractors are companies too so the same benefits apply.
The PSA is well aware of the number of self employed people in our sector, a large proportion of our members are individual subcontractors. We are exploring ways of reducing the cost burden of acquiring a Safety.
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