What checks do you make with your contractors before they enter your company?

One of the first steps of contractor compliance is knowing who is on site, when and where in the event of an emergency or evacuation. Using digital visitor management systems can solve this issue but did you know they can solve many other contractor compliance issues too! Manage contractor profiles – Manage and track contracts, contractor organisations, insurances, their employees, sub-contractors and their qualifications Contractor Portal for self-service – Share the responsibility with your contractors for keeping information up to date by providing them access to the Contractor Portal Streamline contractor inductions – Turn […]

The Victorian Government has announced that due to the high number of cases in the state, authorised workers who need to leave home to attend work will need: by 11.59pm on Friday 15 October to have had one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine or show that they have an appointment to receive their first dose by 11.59pm on Friday 22 October. Additionally, those workers must have had their 2nd dose by 26 November. Vaccination requirements for suppliers and contractors in Victoria In line with the Victorian Government’s public health order, workers of suppliers or […]

With Australia’s COVID-19 vaccination rollout underway and the increasing availability of vaccines, the focus is on opening up businesses and along with that yet another challenge for employers…. How do they manage these requirements as people enter their establishment – employees, contractors, visitors and guests? The first step is to get your head around the complex legal issues and what are the requirements in each state ie in NSW and VIC industries such as Education and Care Workers, Aged Care & Healthcare Workers, Airport Workres and certain Trainsport Workers will […]

Contractor Onboarding, what does this even mean?  There are multiple components to onboarding a contractor, I will dive in below… Organisations or suppliers – Organisations are the companies that provide services to your company.  Commonly organisations or suppliers will provide to your company insurances to confirm they are insured should anything go wrong while they provide a service. Some companies will need to hold more insurance coverage than others.  Most common in Australia for example is Public Liability Insurance, Professional Indemnity Insurance, Business Insurance, and Workers Compensation Insurance. Contractors or […]

Issuing keys is very easy to do, a person walks up and asks for a key, the key is issued and off they go. I remember the first time I came across an issue with key issuance. It was a High School where the keys were kept in a cupboard back then behind reception. An employee would walk up and ask for the key to the ute, the key was issued, noted on a piece of paper and then the worker would go off with the ute. Eventually, the worker […]

When you replace your paper sign in process with an automated visitor management system you open up a whole new world for reporting. With a Visitor Management System you are provided a variety of ways to quickly and easily sign in your visitors, contractors and employees plus turn on some more features to access reports that may include; People Presence – Report on the people that have been recorded on-site. Custom Questionnaire Reports – Report on the answers to custom questions asked upon sign in and out. Acknowledgement Notice Reports – Report on […]

Breathalyser testing has been around for a long time, Alcolizer has been providing services for more than 30 years. I first came across Alcolizer with a Boral location in Western Australia where the location wanted to integrate the contractor sign-in process with the Alcolizer in 2014. Thanks to this project, Alcolizer Integration is now available for every customer. Today we are going to explore visitor and contractor sign-in through visitor and contractor management software that introduces the process of a breath test prior to the completed sign-in process by the […]

How and when we delivery safety content to people coming on-site is determined by multiple variants which might include; Purpose for coming on-site ie. Visitor, Contractor or Employee Job role whilst on-site ie. high risk, hot works The length of time spent on-site The location – remote, warehouse, hazardous Electronic Visitor Management Systems allow you to deliver this content in different ways and at different times. The two main ways are at the Kiosk when signing in and/or online prior to arriving on-site (PC or mobile phone).   Kiosk Inductions […]

Common problem customers can experience when moving to a digital visitor contractor management solution with built-in compliance is the contractor who fails the compliance test or cannot sign in for any reason when signing in as a contractor will try and sign in as a visitor to bypass the contractor sign-in process. Several issues can come from contractors signing in like visitors Contractors signing in as visitors bypass key contractor compliance including inductions, qualifications including licenses, insurances, and more. Contractors may now be on-site and not signed in correctly. Notifications […]