When you implement a visitor management system like a turnstile, you are also ensuring that your regular staff and contractors are signing in when they appear for their shift. From this perspective, there are a number of benefits: You always know who is onsite, which is important for emergency reporting, and evacuations. You can keep track of when employees have arrived to start their shifts. Shift changes are monitored. Security is not needed to monitor employee whereabouts. You can ensure employees leaving for lunch breaks return on time.
If you are hosting a corporate event or conference, you can also make the most of attending it. After all, if you are arranging it, you could likely benefit from the exposure to important discussion and education in your industry. Once the event is organized, you can spend time determining how you will benefit by: Identifying your goals – what would you like to get out of attending the conference? Would you like to make industry connections? Learn about the latest developments? Promote your own brand by speaking and educating […]
Sometimes visitors that come to your office environment for a corporate visit come from out of town. When they are in attendance, it is particularly important to take extra measures to make their visit comfortable, particularly as usually it is upper-management that makes the trips. To make them feel welcome: Make travel arrangements on their behalf – book their flights, and definitely book their hotels. After all, as a local, you are better familiar with the best places to stay. Make sure that staff know that you will have important […]
While having visitors drop by your job site may be a normal part your industry, you can choose to try and plan visitor-friendly days. This doesn’t mean that you need to host a social event that allows employees to bring friends and family – simply ensure that visitors that need access to the site to see progress come at one prescheduled time. Having a planned day, whether it is weekly or monthly, can ensure that the entire site is prepared in the following ways: Employee and contractor awareness that less […]
When you have visitors on a busy job site, it can be important to ensure that they are properly identified so that other employees are aware of who they are. When visitors are identifiable from trained staff and contractors, there is increased safety. So what can you do to ensure that visitors are well-identified? Use visitor passes – ensure that visitors wear passes clearly displayed that identify their role on the job site. You can use different coloured passes for visitors with different levels of experience on construction sites. Those […]
Every month that went past last year we got asked more and more for Contractor Compliance. I heard many stories through the year and will relay a couple of them here, let me know if this sounds like your current situation. I was chatting with a company who had in excess of 4000 contractors across hundreds of locations, the reality was the current paper based system was not coping with the needs of today, the paper based system had been in place for more than 15 years and the company […]
There are a number of reasons why it is important to know who has been on your job site during the various days, weeks, and months that have passed. Liability issues – if something comes up later down the road that requires you to track everyone that was on site at a given time, then it is important to have those records available. While you may be able to provide this for employees based on their scheduled shift, it is essential to have this information on hand for visitors as […]
A construction site is one place where keeping track of visitors is essential. However, beyond tracking and documentation, you’ve also got to ensure that your visitors are familiar will be safe, and that involves educating them: Make sure they review a manual on visitor safety – a basic safety manual should be read by all visitors before entering a work area. Additionally, they should also be verbally briefed by a site worker that can tell them about more specific things to watch out for. Have them sign that they understand […]
A job site is not a work location where visits should be taken lightly. They are many active hazards that can pose risks to individuals that are untrained to be at such a location. So when setting rules with regards to visitation policy, who should you allow on your job site? Clients – without a doubt, individuals that employ you will need to have the opportunity to visit and see the progress of what’s happening with the job. Ensure that they are invited at a time when someone can take […]
Share your insights with us on your Evacuation Process so we can share the collective results with you as an Infographic in early 2013. The team at WhosOnLocation are in the process of gathering as much research and data as possible on the way organisations evacuate their premises. Visitor Management, contractor Management and employee management all need to be managed through an evacuation. We are looking to share with the public and our followers the key insights gained from a wide range of organisations and demographics. If you are a […]
Any computer in your business can become a kiosk, some customers setup a laptop as a kiosk. Kiosk’s are normally required where you want employees, staff, contractors and others to check in and out without the assistance of others. Monitor size, colour and company branding are just some of the ways these kiosks stand out in your business. You will see some examples below of recent customer kiosks. Kiosks can be used for visitors, contractors and inductions. Kiosks can be manned and unmanned. Kiosks can also include waist high and […]