New system offers pioneering approach to construction skills management
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Liverpool-based technology company, Human Recognition Systems (HRS), have developed a ground-breaking new system called MSkills, set to make the lives of construction workers safer.
Using cloud technology, it allows construction companies to define rules of entry to their sites based on their job role and the training required for that role. By providing the tools to track who has attended which training courses across all sites, MSkills can then inform access control systems to grant or deny access at the turnstile, thus automatically enforcing company policies.
“What’s different about MSkills is its ability to link seamlessly with our access control system,” Health and Safety Director at Lend Lease, Brian Van Campenhout said. “This allows us to rest assured our health and safety policies are being followed on all of our sites across thousands of operatives. If they’re not, untrained workers won’t be able to enter and we are alerted to the problem.”
Delivering the training is absolutely necessary, but failure to share training attendance records between sites and head office has seen many companies lose out on several hundred thousand pounds per annum, in some cases as much as £0.5m in lost CITB grants.
Brian Van Campenhout added: “The simple training attendance reports that MSkills provides also allow us to automate our CITB grant claims process across all sites and maximise the financial returns.”
Growing numbers of access control systems have been catering for the input of external qualifications and certifications for employees, the validity of which can then be used to drive decisions at the perimeter fence. However, MSkills pioneers the inclusion of ‘on-the-job’ training which is so vital in ensuring a worker’s competency is both current and relevant to the site.
For further information visit www.hrsid.com