Putting safety firmly at the forefront of its training programme in 2014, Balfour Beatty Engineering Services has managed to increase its employees' skill set and at the same time reduce incidents by over 90%. Introducing an "Authorised Persons" training drive to carry out vital safety checks, Balfour Beatty has so far trained 250 individuals to have the sole responsibility of promoting and ensuring safety when commissioning electrical services. The two-and-a-half day course was specifically designed to provide participants with a detailed understanding of the range of electrical systems they will be inspecting daily. Authorised Persons are taught to thoroughly test units of cabling before, during and after installation, ensuring safe isolations can be conducted and safety measures are fully in place. In the first year of Authorised Persons, open-end incidents fell by 93%. It has also led to a reduction in time employees spend away from the workplace, and a rise in willingness to train.
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