SCT:

Safety Management Systems of Temporary Employment Agencies and Intermediaries

The SCT standard (Safety and Health Temporary Employment Agencies and Intermediaries) is derived from the SCC standard (Safety Certificate Contractors) The SCT procedure is designed for the objective and structural assessment and certification of the safety management systems for temporary employment agencies and intermediariesTÜV Austria provides an accredited certification for this standard in safety, health and environmental matters (SHE) for the personnel provider.

The clearly defined structure, the concrete definition of the requirements for the implementation and documentation, characterizes the SCT in particular. It is therefore suitable for personnel services and as tool for the assessment of suppliers that are employing staff from temporary employment agenciesSCT is in specific designed for the needs of temporary employment. Companies that are operating in this scope can obtained the significant certificate from the TÜV AUSTRIA CERT GMBH for the status of safety, health and environmental

The SCT certification provides also a good synergy with the certification of other management standards such as the quality management standard ISO 9001
The TÜV AUSTRIA CERT GMBH offers the common certification for SCC and SCT to companies that are operating both as contractors and as temporary employment agencies

Audits are performed by using the SCT checklist which is structured into seven chapters

Safety, Health and Environmental protection (SHE): Policy, Organization and Commitment of the Management
Identification of SHE Hazards, SHE Action Plan
Training, Information and Instruction
Communication on Safety, Health and Environment
SHE Project Management
Occupational Medical Care
Reporting, Recording and Investigation at Accidents, Near misses and Unsafe situations

29 questions are mandatory questions and five questions are supplementary questions. All mandatory questions and at least three supplementary questions have to be fulfilled.

Each question on the checklist is indicated with its appropriate marking (* for mandatory question, ▲ for supplementary question).

Each question includes information on its aim, its minimum requirements and the necessary documents.

Objectives and advantages of the SCT Certification

Less financial burden by accidents or illnesses of staff and by reduced downtime of equipment
Support at the selection of suppliers, by providing objective decision criterions to your clients
Efficient management processes and sequences
Reduction and avoidance of accidental losses – support on the occupational health care
Increased awareness on safety and motivation of staff
Increased legal certainty in fact of documentation by objective evidences
Increased company image
Reduction of direct and indirect consequential costs of accidents
Improvement at the operational and organizational structure
Competitive advantage
Enhanced safety and the reduction of critical situations at the operational sequences
Enhanced cooperation in fact of the common configured base of operation
A veritably implemented SHE system provides legal security for both the employees and the management of the companies

Contact persons:

Ing. Roland SCHIMPL
TÜV AUSTRIA CERT GMBH
Barichgasse 40-42
1030 Vienna
Phone: +43 (0)1 514 07-6072
e-mail: sci@tuv.at

Dipl.-Ing.Christian SCHÜTZ
TÜV AUSTRIA CERT GMBH
Barichgasse 40-42
1030 Vienna
Phone: +43 (0)1 514 07-6070
e-mail: schue@tuv.at