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News Issue 6 January 2015
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PSSA
Member News.
Cova Security Gates
continuing to invest in
their work force
Following a full review of their health
and safety program, Cova Security
Gates have engaged two specialists in
the Health & Safety sector to further
their duty of care to all employees.
Alcumus Compliance, a market leading
compliance and certification service,
now supports Cova Security Gates in
managing their exposure to risk and
ensuring compliance with the latest
Health and Safety legislation.
Alcumus delivers an assessment
process and ‘Competent Person’ ser-
vice, ensuring site visits and reviews
are made and that health and safety
risks are kept to a minimum. Alongside
this, Cova invested in Alcumus SYPOL,
their CMS based COSHH (Control of
Substances Hazardous to Health)
management system to give an
effective way of delivering fully
compliant, and task based assessments
across the business. Each assessment is
individually tailored to meet the needs
of a particular person or job
specification, from the Service
Administrator right through to the
Fabricator, each COSHH assessment is
reviewed by an occupational hygienist
and health and safety consultant.
Human Focus supply tailored health
and safety training accredited by
RoSPA. This training forms the
foundation of Cova’s health and safety
training program, meeting the
National Core Competence
Benchmark and used by leading lights
in the construction industry. The
training is tailored to each job role,
ensuring that Cova employees are
given targeted training for the tasks
they do.
All employees carry training smart
cards that give them access to their
records wherever they are working,
this allows them to demonstrate to
clients and main contractors their
Health and Safety competence, giving
those who Cova work with confidence
in their drive for safer working
practices.
“As a company, we are proud of the
steps we are taking to minimise
accidents in the work place and will
continue to do so, to ensure that all
Cova employees are working in a safe
and risk free environment.” Jon Trott,
Process Compliance Manager.
Above:
Cova Facilities
AWolverhampton academy is enjoying
two brand new multi-purpose sports
pitches installed by ETC Sports Surfac-
es using city sports fencing specialist
Zaun’s products.
The new multi use games area with
hockey tarmac and larger floodlit 3G
artificial grass pitch (AGP) give stu-
dents at the North East Wolverhamp-
ton (NEW) Academy on Marsh Lane,
Fordhouses, attractive pitches on
which to play football, hockey, tennis
and basketball.
NEW Academy is committed to
achieving excellence through
endeavour for students from 11 to 18
years. The new pitches will inspire the
youngsters to play outdoor sports in a
safe enclosed all weather surface area.
The AGP is ideal for private, club and
academy use as it needs very little
maintenance throughout the year and
is less slippery after rain.
Zaun supplied 3m high Duo8 dou-
ble wire panel sports fencing, with
hockey mesh on the lowest 225mm
to withstand high velocity hockey ball
impacts in place of traditional timber
hockey boards.
The highly durable fencing is
‘graffiti-proof’ and offers high rebound
similar to a hard surface that causes
balls to bounce back at almost the
same angle they strike the fence.
New Pitches
for
Wolverhampton
Academy