Top Safety Accreditation for Watkins Hire Ltd.
Watkins Boiler & Chiller Hire Ltd, 19 April 2007
Watkins Hire Ltd is one of the latest group of successful companies to join a leading edge scheme, designed to help industry improve its safety record.
The West Midlands based firm recently received accreditation from SAFEcontractor, a programme which recognises very high standards of health and safety practise amongst UK contractors.
Employing 90 people, Watkins Hire Ltd is principally involved in the hire industry renting temperature control solutions to every other conceivable industry,
Specialising in the Process and Facility management industries and with a £7.5 million turnover, Watkins Hire’s most recent clients have included major players such as Dalkia, Total, Exxon, Mitie and many more.
The company’s application for SAFEcontractor accreditation was driven by the need for a uniform standard across the business.
A Watkins Hire spokesperson has quoted “This is an exciting new step forward for Watkins Hire, we are ready and able to deliver Steam boiler hire, Heating boiler hire, warm air heating hire and air conditioning and cooling hire solutions to a wider customer base as result of becoming a SAFEcontractor, this accreditation help us remain market leaders not only on steam boiler hire, heating boiler hire, warm air heating but also in air conditioning with the recent launch of our KwikCOOL rangeâ€.
SAFEcontractor accreditation is expected to enhance the company’s ability to attract new contracts and its commitment to safety will be viewed positively by its insurers when the company liability policy is up for renewal.
Safecontractor is operated by international safety, health and environmental risk management specialists, the National Britannia Group. The system is applicable to most sectors although it is particularly relevant to food manufacture, property, facilities management, retail and leisure sectors, all of which are big users of contract services.
James Ostler, Managing Director of Information Service at National Britannia said, "Major organisations can no longer run the risk of employing contractors who are not able to prove that they have sound health and safety policies".
"More companies need to understand the importance of adopting good risk management in the way that Watkins Hire Ltd has done. The firms’ high standard has set an example, which hopefully will be followed by other companies within the sector".
Under the SAFEcontractor system, businesses undergo a vetting process, which examines health and safety procedures and their track record for safe practice.
Those companies meeting the high standard are included on a database, which is accessible to registered users only via a website, www.safecontractor.com.
Employer-organisations who sign up to the scheme can access the database, which enables them to vet potential contractors before they even set foot on site. These employers agree that, as users of the scheme, they will engage only those who have received accreditation.
Over eighty major nation-wide businesses, from several key sectors, have signed up to use the scheme when selecting contractors for services such as building, cleaning, maintenance, refurbishment or electrical and mechanical work.
The West Midlands based firm recently received accreditation from SAFEcontractor, a programme which recognises very high standards of health and safety practise amongst UK contractors.
Employing 90 people, Watkins Hire Ltd is principally involved in the hire industry renting temperature control solutions to every other conceivable industry,
Specialising in the Process and Facility management industries and with a £7.5 million turnover, Watkins Hire’s most recent clients have included major players such as Dalkia, Total, Exxon, Mitie and many more.
The company’s application for SAFEcontractor accreditation was driven by the need for a uniform standard across the business.
A Watkins Hire spokesperson has quoted “This is an exciting new step forward for Watkins Hire, we are ready and able to deliver Steam boiler hire, Heating boiler hire, warm air heating hire and air conditioning and cooling hire solutions to a wider customer base as result of becoming a SAFEcontractor, this accreditation help us remain market leaders not only on steam boiler hire, heating boiler hire, warm air heating but also in air conditioning with the recent launch of our KwikCOOL rangeâ€.
SAFEcontractor accreditation is expected to enhance the company’s ability to attract new contracts and its commitment to safety will be viewed positively by its insurers when the company liability policy is up for renewal.
Safecontractor is operated by international safety, health and environmental risk management specialists, the National Britannia Group. The system is applicable to most sectors although it is particularly relevant to food manufacture, property, facilities management, retail and leisure sectors, all of which are big users of contract services.
James Ostler, Managing Director of Information Service at National Britannia said, "Major organisations can no longer run the risk of employing contractors who are not able to prove that they have sound health and safety policies".
"More companies need to understand the importance of adopting good risk management in the way that Watkins Hire Ltd has done. The firms’ high standard has set an example, which hopefully will be followed by other companies within the sector".
Under the SAFEcontractor system, businesses undergo a vetting process, which examines health and safety procedures and their track record for safe practice.
Those companies meeting the high standard are included on a database, which is accessible to registered users only via a website, www.safecontractor.com.
Employer-organisations who sign up to the scheme can access the database, which enables them to vet potential contractors before they even set foot on site. These employers agree that, as users of the scheme, they will engage only those who have received accreditation.
Over eighty major nation-wide businesses, from several key sectors, have signed up to use the scheme when selecting contractors for services such as building, cleaning, maintenance, refurbishment or electrical and mechanical work.