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Ever had that thought? Health & Safety - oh no!! Fineturf’s Anthony Hardy guides us through one company’s approach to improving industry standards
Goal One ...
Fineturf, one of the country’s leading sports ground contractors, specialise in the construction, maintenance and installation of natural sports turf surfaces. With 16 years experience, Fineturf have successfully completed contracts for golf courses, football and rugby pitches, cricket pitches, bowling greens, race courses and local authorities, both at a local and national level. A new partnership, formed in 2009 between Fineturf and Lakeland Specialist Earthworks, presented opportunities to expand the national role of the company, to compete for larger more technical earthwork construction contracts. These contracts presented new challenges, especially relating to health and safety. Following the formation of the
partnership, directors Simon Hutton and Wayne Freeman felt a complete review of all health and safety procedures was necessary. The next six months saw a vast amount of review and assessment, with new processes put in place to ensure the correct health, safety, training and up skilling were achieved.
How this was achieved
Firstly, all existing policy documents and procedures were examined to ensure they were up to date and met current legislation. Secondly, an evaluation of employee skills and future training requirements took place. Anthony Hardy, Operation Manager of Fineturf, shares with us the steps the company went through in terms of improving health and safety, environmental and quality control procedures. Anthony explains; “It wasn’t about training every employee
across the board, but looking at present and future contracts and the skill sets and specific training that would be required to maximise our performance.” An employee representative was nominated to work closely with Anthony and the team to identify employee training needs and wishes. Following the review, and discussions with health and safety representatives, a twelve month programme was established which set the ambitious target to achieve the required health and safety qualifications for 100% of the operational staff. Through its membership with the British Safety Council, Fineturf took advantage of the free NVQ level 1 health and safety qualification. External training was undertaken and employees were also required to pass the Construction Skills Certification Scheme (CSCS) touch screen test. Successful completion of the
test demonstrates health and safety awareness, with a number of contractors and clients requesting proof of this prior to being eligible to even submit tenders for many larger contracts. Simon Hutton had identified
potential contracts with some of the country’s biggest civil engineering construction companies. “It soon became clear that some of our most experienced staff, who had been operating tractors, plant and machinery for over twenty years, would not be allowed on the national sites without the CSCS and Construction Plant Competence Scheme (CPCS) cards” says Simon. The latter covers the operation of agricultural tractors, and plant and machinery, such as dump trucks, 360 excavators,
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