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Read MoreThe BESA Competence Assessment Standard provides independent assessment of our members’ technical competence and commercial capability.
Building safety has never been more important. An essential part of being able to ensure our built environment is safe for all communities is to ensure they are designed, built, and maintained to the correct standards by competent and compliant firms. As the trade association for the mechanical building engineering services sector, we represent firms committed to building safely.
Members of BESA must meet industry compliance, regulatory, legal, and technical requirements through assessment of their competence. This guarantees clients' peace of mind that contractors delivering their projects are technically competent, have a skilled workforce and deliver high-quality services.
Through a simple but rigorous process, BESA validates all members by scrutinising business management capability, workforce competence and technical compliance.
Successful completion of BESA’s Competence Assessment Standard 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 range 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 - BESA Membership is the badge of quality!
BESA members continue to be specified as trusted organisations through clients such as insurers, councils and retailers, principal contractors, end-users and supply chain.
Qualify for compliance schemes – through completing the Competence Assessment Standard, you deem to satisfy the audit criteria for other schemes such as Competent Persons, Vent Hygiene Elite and REFCOM Elite
Receive discounted registration for key industry services and lots of other exclusive BESA member offers, saving your £££s
Completion of the Competence Assessment process signals, technical competence, health & safety compliance, 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 guidance and advice on technical, legal, H&S and employment affairs matters.
The BESA Competence Assessment Standard is straightforward.
New members are assessed on joining and at the end of their first year. Following that, assessment is done every 3 years to monitor and re-verify competence or more frequently if required.
The CAS audit is a two stage process:
We have created some handy guides and videos to help you through the process which you can access by following the links below:
And don’t forget, your Membership team is experienced at taking members through the process, they are always on hand to help. Call them on 0345 646 1044
BESA CAS Audit Guide BESA's Interactive Guide to Completing the Business Management Review (BMR) BESA's 'How to Videos' for completing the Business Management Review (BMR) Technical Abilities Video Example Golden Rules for Recording Technical ActivitiesDirector at A. F. Connell Ltd
Audits can sometimes be a daunting process, particularly remotely which can sometimes detract from the personal touch, however this was certainly not the case with BESA who have embraced and adapted their services to suit their customer’s needs during these changing times
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