STERTIL KONI ACHIEVES SAFEContractor STATUS FOR FIFTH YEAR RUNNING
Vehicle lift specialist Stertil Koni is celebrating its achievement of SAFEContractor for five years in a row. The market-leading firm has been granted full accreditation for the health and safety scheme, which assesses the competency of contractors, every year since 2005.
Many large organisations now use SAFEContractor as their primary means of selecting contractors, by searching its database of 'approved suppliers'. With a legal obligation to ensure contractors operate safely, SAFEContractor offers companies a simple way to access a list of accredited firms.
Stertil's continued accreditation recognises its consistently high standards of health and safety. In support of its application, the company has to submit evidence of its safe working practices, including details of risk assessments and emergency procedures; health and safety training arrangements; details of equipment testing and maintenance and procedures on implementation of policy and control of sub-contractors.
Martin Paynter, Managing Director of Stertil UK, is delighted to have achieved SAFEContractor status again: "We were the first company in our sector to gain this accreditation and to be awarded it once again confirms our continuing commitment to the highest standards of health and safety management."
For a contractor, SAFEContractor accreditation not only makes it simple to demonstrate health and safety competency to potential clients, but it can also mean significant reductions in insurance premiums. Then there is the potential to increase new business opportunities via the ever-growing number of organisations accessing the SAFEContractor database.
The world's leading supplier of mobile column lifts, Stertil Koni is the only UK lift supplier to have been awarded SAFEContractor, Environmental Accreditation and ISO 9002. Specialising in the design, manufacture, installation and maintenance of hydraulic vehicle lifts, the company uses its own factory-trained engineers and keeps parts in stock for every model for at least 25 years after production.
