Top safety accreditation for Aquajet Cleaning Equipment LTD
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Local business Aquajet Cleaning Equipment has been awarded accreditation from Safecontractor for its commitment to achieving excellence in health and safety.
S afecontractor is a leading third party accreditation scheme which recognises very high standards in health and safety management amongst UK contractors.
Employing 27 people, AQUAJET is principally involved in the CLEANING AND PRESSURE WASHER sector, specialising in the Transport, Food and Agricultural industries. Aquajet’ s most recent clients have included major players such as Greater Anglia and EMR Group.
" More companies need to understand the importance of adopting good risk management in the way that Aquajet has done. The firm’ s high standard has set an example which hopefully will be followed by other companies within the sector”
The company’ s application for Safecontractor accreditation was driven by the need for a uniform standard across the business.
Paul Keyland, Aquajet AfterSales Manager says‘ This award is something we take very seriously at Aquajet, and proves to our clients that we take every effort to make sure our workforce adhere to strict Health & safety procedures, and that they ensure their work standards on customer sites is achieved safely and to a high standard.
Safecontractor accreditation will enhance the company’ s ability to attract new contracts and its commitment to safety will be viewed positively by its insurers when the company liability policy is up for renewal.
Safecontractor is applicable to most sectors although it is particularly relevant to food manufacture, property, facilities management, retail and leisure sectors, all of which are big users of contracted services.
John Kinge, technical director of Safecontractor said, " Major organisations simply cannot afford to run the risk of employing contractors who are not able to prove that they have sound health and safety policies in place."
" More companies need to understand the importance of adopting good risk management in the way that Aquajet has done. The firm’ s high standard has set an example which hopefully will be followed by other companies within the sector.
Safecontractor plays a vital role in supporting our clients in meeting their compliance needs, whilst working with their contractors as they progress through the accreditation process.”
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