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COMPETENCE ASSURANCE
Key issues covered include: competence of employees and
contractors; training programmes and inductions; task auditing;
overcoming language barriers, driver training; and safety events.
Effective training can help businesses avoid the distress and financial costs of
accidents and occupational ill health.
There are an increasing number of workers from EU member states employed directly or
as contractors on site. Companies should consider whether they have ensured that their
language skills are sufficient to understand health and safety information in English
– or whether they need to provide translations.
““Competence assurance means a simple system of assuring you, your work colleagues,
the contractors you work with and everyone else associated with a quarry knows what to
do, how to do it correctly and maximizes benefit for all concerned. No truly professional
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manager should want to manage any quarry without such a system in place.”
Clive Webb, EPIC
www.safequarry.com