GRADE CARDS & ASSESSMENTS CORONAVIRUS
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when a small contingent of staff were allowed back into The Walled Garden under strictly controlled conditions, arrangements were made for the cards to be posted out. We had a wee cottage industry going where we would meet in the car park of The Walled Garden, maintaining physical distancing, drop off cards that were ready to be posted, collect whatever supplies were needed for the next round and start all over again. It felt like a military operation and by the end of July, 4,000 replacement cards had been successfully distributed. This initiative meant that when we entered Phase Two of the Scottish Government Route Map, when non- essential construction work could restart, individuals had cards that would enable them to work on sites. While the team was processing new cards, our old database was put to bed and we began working on the development of the SJIB section on SELECT’s new database, iMIS. Throughout this period there were a lot of meetings, and testing and development work was carried out on the new database. Working live also brought its challenges. The team has worked incredibly hard to get us to where we are today and the fi nishing touches are now being made. There was an initial backlog of grade card applications, comprising those which had been received just before the end of March and those posted to the SJIB while The Walled Garden was completely closed. Due to the COVID-19 restrictions it was not possible for us to retrieve this mail, however, as soon as we could we collected and processed those applications. Work has now already begun on the
development of an online assessment process for grading applications, further details of which will be announced over the coming months.
Taking assessments online Having completed the grade card extension process, our next task was to reinstate the processing of ECS Health, Safety and Environmental Assessments. We reviewed our practices in light of
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our new mode of working and focused on being able to handle requests and mark assessments in a timely way. Electrical contracting businesses are asked to complete the normal ECS Request Application for the operative(s) concerned and post it to The Walled Garden. The administrators manage the requests and create the assessments,
which are emailed rather than posted to the company contact. Now that contractors are back at work, many have arranged to have more invigilators so that they can complete the assessments in-house while still maintaining physical distancing. In order for the completed ECS Assessments to be marked quickly and
THE TEAM BEHIND THE SCENES
Left to right: Riki Gillespie, Employment Aff airs Administrator, Gilian Hogarth, Employment Aff airs Administrator, NicolaWalker, Employment Aff airs Administrator and NickyDeighan, Employment Aff airs Administrator
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