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Tarmac Celebrating Major Milestone as OneCard's 10,000th Smartcard Issued

Tarmac have reached a significant landmark in the rollout of their OneCard system after presenting their 10,000th HGV driver with a smartcard. 

OneCard is Tarmac's name for their award-winning SkillGuard implementation, provided by Reference Point. It digitally captures information and data on drivers’ credentials and training history, as well as key qualifications such as CPC hours.  

 

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The Communication Challenge and How You Can Overcome it

Effective communication across your entire workforce can make or break your health and safety programme. Yet, communication poses a challenge...

 

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Geomapping Transforming The Way Clients Engage With Swipe Data

Geomapping is a new feature in the recent SkillGuard 5.1 update, which is transforming the way our clients engage with the wealth of swipe data within the system. 

 

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Network Rail Ensure Workforce Safety While Workers Keep Railway Running

Reference Point deploy extensive updates to Network Rail’s Sentinel system. The safety of passengers, the public and workers is Network Rail’s priority...

 

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How Technology Can Help Keep Mobile Workforces Safe During a Pandemic

COVID-19 has taken the complex challenge of ensuring mobile workforce safety and amplified it. Many of the processes... 

 

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SkillGuard Protects Workers During Pandemic with Paper-free Technology

SkillGuard provides protection to key workers during the COVID-19 pandemic with powerful and user-friendly app technology...

 

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Competency Management Solution Launches for the Australian Rail Industry

The new Rail Industry Worker Program’s (RIW) SkillGuard solution for the Australian Rail Industry has officially launched...

 

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Playing Your Cards Right in the Interests of Safety

Reference Point, are the lead software solutions technology partner supporting the delivery of The Rail Industry Worker (RIW) program in Australia...  

 

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Highways Passport Finalist in Constructing Excellence Awards 

The Health & Safety Passport Steering Group is a finalist in the SECBE Constructing Excellence Awards 2019...  

 

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Highways Common Induction & Passport: What You Need to Know

Passport is now in its second year of implementation with more workers and contractors joining every month....

 

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Future of Competency Management for the Australian Rail Industry

A new contract has been awarded for the Rail Industry Worker Program (RIW), the ARA's national competency management system...   

 

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Tarmac’s Innovation in Smartcard Technology Drives Fleet Safety

Tarmac rolls out 'OneCard' mobile workforce management solution nationally across HGV drivers...   

 

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Single Technology Improving Health and Safety Across Construction

Reference Point delivering high-quality, robust mobile workforce management systems, providing unrivalled visibility across the entire supply chain...   

 

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Highways England Launches Its Health & Safety Passport System

The scheme introduces an industry-wide common health and safety induction and is a significant step toward ‘One Industry One Card,’ with its supply chain...   

 

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HS2 Adopts SkillGuard to Help Protect Workforce Across Entire Project

HS2 Limited is the latest organisation to start using SkillGuard to help keep their workers safe. Now that preparatory work has begun on this exciting rail transformation programme...  

 

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Technology Improves the Safety of Rail Track Workers in the UK

Rail Safety Week focuses on rail safety for all, with events and activities to encourage us all to think about our own safety and that of others when we are on or near the railway...

 

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