Top Safety Accreditation for Nova Weigh
20 March 2006 10:35
Nova Weigh is one of the latest group of successful companies to join a leading edge scheme, designed to help industry improve its safety record
Nova Weigh recently received accreditation from SAFEcontractor, a programme which recognises very high standards of health and safety practise amongst UK contractors
The company's application for SAFEcontractor accreditation was driven by the need for a uniform standard across the business
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 Nova Weigh 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
Nova Weigh has been providing process-weighing systems to the pharmaceutical and chemical industries on a worldwide basis for over a quarter of a century. We are a 'complete solution' provider of weighing systems for all process applications, including vessel weighing, platform and bench scales, weighing instrumentation, batch controllers and management systems, dispensary management systems and mobile weighing systems
As well as providing complete process weighing solutions, we also design, manufacture, install, commission, calibrate and maintain all systems
For more information on this company:
Nova Weigh - Process Weighing System Specialists for the Pharmaceutical Industry
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