Newsletter November 2018

Pictured Above left to right: Pete Coleman of The Business Integrity Group and Classic Print Ltd, Danielle Shaw and Adrian Kirkby of AWSM Ltd, Lindsey Marsh – Deputy Head, Amanda Neuville – AWSM Ltd Training Centre Manager and Year 6 pupils Josh Farish & Sylvain Pennington.
A fundraiser which topped more than £900 in total sponsored by the AW Safety Management Ltd with many other local community businesses saw the new device (complete with paediatric pads for smaller children) donated on the 9th November 2018 at King Edwin Primary School in Edwinstowe, North Notts.
First Aid, CPR and AED trained staff at the school coupled with complete and easy access to the new defibrillator will hopefully ensure greater chance of survival should it ever be required
AW Safety Management Ltd would like to say a special “thank you” to the following partners for making this donation a reality:
Co-operative Edwinstowe, Royal Oak Public House, Hair by Design, Black Swan Public House, Fellaz Barbers Shop , Forest Lodge Hotel, Launay’s Restaurant, Butler Evans Risk & Insurance, The Business Integrity Group and JBT Joinery & Building Ltd

AWSM offer a range of Emergency and First Aid in the Workplace courses open to business and the public for more details call the office on 01623 821516 or email: training@awsafety.co.uk or check our website for further details www.awsafety.co.uk

Bio from: Simon Lambert – Director – Lambert Construction & Civil Engineering Limited based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire

Construction is something I was always surrounded by growing up. My Dad was a builder and I would often work with him on Saturdays and during school holidays. I always knew construction would be my career avenue and so after A-levels I went on to do a part-time degree in Quantity Surveying at Nottingham Trent University while working for a PQS company in Sheffield.

Once qualified I worked for several Yorkshire based Construction companies as a Quantity Surveyor, then a Senior Quantity Surveyor and eventually as a Construction Manager. Following on from this I had a short time as a Freelance Surveyor before realising that my aspiration was to run my own construction company and so in 2015 I opened Lambert Construction & Civil Engineering Limited.

Based in Sheffield, Lambert Construction & Civil Engineering has steadily grown over the last 3 years, starting with 2 office-based staff and 6 site operatives when we first opened, to today where we have 8 office staff and 50+ site operatives in a wide range of disciplines. We are very much a family business with reliability, professionalism, trust and integrity at the heart of our core values. We provide regional contractors and businesses in the public and private sectors with all aspects of civil engineering and construction services. Our projects range from £10,000 to £1m on social housing, educational, retail, commercial and industrial related schemes in Yorkshire and the surrounding areas.

As the company has progressed it has been important to us to continue to improve and with that in mind we contacted Adam Wade at AW Safety Management Ltd to provide a continuing scheme of training for our site operatives and also to assist with all Health & Safety aspects on site. As a result of this, in March 2017 we were pleased to be accredited with CHAS. This was a welcome addition to our other accreditations from NFB and Constructionline.

My plans for 2019 are to continue to build positive relationships with our current clients and to expand our client base. Also, using the knowledge and experience of myself and my staff, we are hoping to develop part of the company next year to undertake our own main contracting works.

I am incredibly proud to see what we have achieved so far and the most rewarding part is having a happy client at the end of each project!

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AW Safety Management Ltd offer comprehensive in-house consultancy and on-site and training centre-based courses for our Construction sector customer base. Our CITB, IOSH and First Aid open courses for 2019 are available to view and book on our website www.awsafety.co.uk or simply give us a call: 01623 821516 for more details or if you require alternative dates please just enquire. 

In recent years, CSCS has moved decisively towards a new regime in which every card issued represents a genuine qualification. While that is leading to a better qualified workforce, it also means that the cards are more valuable – and with that comes a new challenge.

It used to be pretty easy to get a card and now it’s considerably harder. Gone are the days when all you needed to do was pass the health and safety test and get an employer endorsement.

You now also have to demonstrate that you have a relevant qualification in construction which requires a commitment in terms of time and money. The card becomes intrinsically more valuable, hence attracting the attention of the criminals.

To an extent, fraud has always been an issue that CSCS has had to tackle. In the early 2000s, the main form of fraud was pretty basic, with people “mocking up the cards with pieces of plastic in their back rooms or garages”. In response, CSCS launched smart cards in 2010, which can be read electronically and are almost impossible to counterfeit. Smart cards are supported by a free app, GoSmart, which makes it easy for site managers to check the cardholder’s qualifications and the validity of the card electronically. You can read a card in a matter of seconds using a smartphone, tablet device or via your PC.

If you think you know someone using a fraudulent card you should: 

1. Retain the card if possible 
2. Make photocopies of front and back 
3. Record cardholder’s name and address 
4. Ask the cardholder where the card was obtained from 
5. Call the local police and report the matter 
6. Refuse access to site (subject to company rules) 
7. Forward copies of all evidence to CITB Quality Assurance Team, building 16, Bircham Newton, King’s Lynn, PE31 6RH, marked ‘SUSPECTED FRAUDULENT CARD’ with details of the crime number given by local police

Clearly CSCS is doing everything it can to counter fraud – but it also needs help from the industry to ensure cards are read electronically every time someone enters a site to establish the card is genuine and hasn’t been cancelled.

For more information about CSCS card applications or to arrange testing please call AW Safety Management on 01623 821516 or email info@awsafety.co.uk.

Article written by Adrian Kirkby – AW Safety Management Ltd – H&S Consultant 

Great News!
We’ve expanded our training capacity

AW Safety Management are pleased to announce the opening of our new additional 18 seat training room.
Contact us for all your H&S training needs. See our “offers of the month”

Call 01623 821516 or email training@awsafety.co.uk for more details.

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