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Read MoreThe BESA Competence Assessment Scheme provides independent accreditation of our members’ technical competence and commercial capability.
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Read MoreThe BESA provides practical assistance to its members in managing, developing and training their workforce and in establishing terms and conditions of employment.
Read MoreIn its role as an employers’ organisation, the BESA is responsible for ensuring the relevance to members’ needs of collective agreements with the sector’s recognised trade union.
Read MoreThe BESA is committed to ensuring that its members are fully compliant with all relevant health and safety legislation, and that they remain up-to-date with current industry best practice.
Read MoreBESA has been providing best-in-class technical guidance and standards to the building engineering services sector for over 100 years.
Read MoreThe BESA is committed to ensuring that its members are fully compliant with all relevant health and safety legislation, and that they remain up-to-date with current industry best practice.
Read MoreThe BESA technical team is on-hand to give expert advice, guidance and practical support that address key technical issues as well as deliver access to standards, specifications and guides to good practice.
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Read MoreUp-to-date information on a range of events of interest and relevance to building engineering services contractors, attendance at many of which are free of charge.
Read MoreBESA is proud to celebrate the achievements of upcoming talent within the building services industry.
Read MoreThe BESA North East Awards will take place in Newcastle on 16 March 2018.
Read MoreThe BESA Awards of Excellence celebrates the industry's best future engineers within the building services sector.
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Read MoreA dedicated area to focus on how we in the building engineering services sector can learn from and improve following the Grenfell Tower tragedy.
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Read MoreA dedicated area to focus on how we in the building engineering services sector can learn from and improve following the Grenfell Tower tragedy.
Read MoreThe BESA Competence Assessment Scheme verifies members' compliance with recognised industry and legal requirements, and ensures that your clients can be confident that their project is in safe hands.
Through a simple but rigorous process, BESA validates all members by scrutinising commercial capability, workforce commitment and technical competence.
Successful compliance with BESA’s Competence Assessment Scheme is mandatory for membership, and ensures that as a BESA member you can demonstrate that you work to the highest standards.
There are also a lot of business benefits to be gained.
The rigour of the BESA Competence Assessment process demonstrates your professionalism and commitment to quality providing you with a competitive edge over other businesses
The health and safety assessment in particular gives you all the evidence you need to satisfy most tender pre-qualification requirements, putting you one step ahead of your competitors
Reduce duplication – complete the online Health & Safety Assessment and receive SSIP recognition at no additional cost to your business
Qualify for other schemes – through completing the Competence Assessment process, you meet the core health and safety criteria for other schemes such as Competent Persons, and Refcom Elite
Receive discounted registration for key industry services such as Constructionline and Exor
The Competence Assessment process satisfies the mandatory health and safety requirements and Building Regulations governing the industry sector
Completion of the Competence Assessment process signals, technical competence, a financially healthy business, good customer service, investment in your workforce and a fair deal for clients and sub-contractors
By completing the Competence Assessment process and being a member of BESA, you are also able to access a whole range of other membership benefits such as discounted technical publications, preferential commercial insurance rates and free technical advice.
The BESA Competence Assessment Scheme is straightforward. In a nutshell, there are two main elements to the process:
The online health and safety assessment is an annual requirement. However, the frequency of the office and on-site technical audit depends on how long you have been a BESA member and your post-audit performance.
Click the relevant button below to find out more about the requirements for your business:
Process for a new member (and for one further year after joining)
Process for an established member
Typically the full audit process takes 3 months to complete from start to finish
The online Health & Safety assessment will take 15 minutes, If you are SSIP registered as you are then classed as ‘deemed to satisfy’. If you are not SSIP registered it will take around between 3 hours to complete – don’t forget though, that by completing the full assessment, you will qualify for SSIP registration at no additional cost to your business.
The office and on-site technical audit typically takes no more than a day to complete
You will receive regular and timely email notifications throughout the process alerting you to when you need to take action, confirming the stage you are at in the process and when you should next receive an update.
We want to ensure that members feel supported as they go through the assessment process. With that in mind, we have put in place a range of help and guidance resources to make the process as simple as possible:
The BESA Guide to The Competence Assessment Scheme gives information on the site based technical audit, an overview of what is involved and practical help to satisfy the site visit part of scheme
Guide to the BESA Competence Assessment SchemeFor advice and guidance about the overall process, contact us on 0207 313 4900
BESA Health & Safety Assessment System Video is 90 second video that explains the Health and Safety Assessment process and benefits to your business.
BESA Health & Safety Assessment System Members’ Quick Guide BESA Health & Safety Assessment System - Full GuideFor support and guidance, contact our Health and Safety Advisors, Paul Kenny or Jean Mounsey on 01768 860452 or email hssupport@besca.org.uk
The BESA Guide to The Competence Assessment Scheme gives further details of the site based technical audit including an overview of what is involved and practical help to satisfy the site visit part of scheme
And don’t forget, your BESA Regional Manager is experienced at taking members through the process, they are always on hand to help.
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