Working safely and efficiently
Health, Safety and Wellbeing on-site are InstaGroup priorities. Our attention to forward planning ensures every project is carried out safely as well as efficiently.
InstaGroup covers the moral and legal liability of team members when they are working on-site, effectively taking on responsibility for our element of the construction. We directly employ all of our managers and supervisors to add a further layer of professional accountability to every job.
Ongoing training and up-to-date competence
Our entire workforce, from operative to manager, is trained to work safely and competently.
After qualification, we ensure training is ongoing. All team members must attend updated technical and safety courses for at least two weeks a year, every year, on top of any separate job-specific courses we require.
- Cradle and batten installers are all trained to NVQ-level to test and fit Fire Batts to safely compartmentalise buildings.
- InstaGroup is IFC accredited and can sign off its own passive fire protection work with no other trade required.
- All of our operatives are BPEC qualified to install wet and dry underfloor heating.
- InstaGroup team members can train others in skills such as PAT testing, Face Fit testing and Manual Handling.
- We always include trained First Aiders on teams.
- We include trained Fire Marshalls on teams.
- Mental Health First Aiders are on all of our teams, and we employ qualified Mental Health trainers.
Our Mental Health First Aid Programme
InstaGroup makes the mental and physical welfare of workers a priority. We instigated our own Mental Health First Aid programme in response to the high rates of stress and suicide in the construction industry. Our qualified team members can provide crucial support when it’s needed, and we offer counselling. Our Mental Health First Aiders are also qualified to train others.
We go above and beyond for safety
When working on-site we go beyond every professional regulation and legal requirement.
Whether our workers are installing acoustic flooring, working at height, commissioning underfloor heating, operating machinery or just making a hot drink, we ensure their safety has been considered.
Health, Safety and Wellbeing on-site
- De-risks contracts
- Limits liabilities
- Looks after the mental and physical wellbeing of workers
- Ensures we work safely with other trades, including M&E
InstaGroup standards are led from the top
Senior board director John Reed leads InstaGroup’s commitment to Health, Safety and Wellbeing. John’s ‘hands-on’ dedication ensures safety comes first when we’re working on-site.
John is a Fellow of the Institute of Occupational Safety & Health and a Fellow of the Chartered Association of Building Engineers. He is trained to Level 7 in Construction Senior Management NVQ – the highest standard achievable.
John undergoes all safety training himself so he can fully understand every process, every technical operation, every product and every piece of machinery. He knows everything our teams know, so he can check our workers are operating safely and correctly on-site.
InstaGroup Health, Safety and Wellbeing accreditations
We follow fully audited and robust quality management procedures. We hold all relevant accreditations, including Achilles and CHAS.
IOSH – Institute of Safety & Health
1 Chartered Member, 2 Grad Members
CIOB – Chartered Institute of Building
2 Chartered Members
FCABE – Chartered Association of Building Engineers
1 Fellow
IIF Trainers
Incident Injury Free, trained by Lendlease
MHFA
10 trained Mental Health First Aiders
Passive Fire Protection
All managers, supervisors and operatives are trained
IFC Third Party Accredited PFP Installers
Accredited to sign off our own fire protection works. The only flooring company to have this.
IOSH Certificated
4 Safety at Work trained (5-day course)
SSSTS
Safety Training Scheme – supervisors and site supervisors
SMSTS
Safety Training Scheme – managers and site managers
Manual Handling Trained and Certificated
All managers, supervisors and operatives are trained
First Aiders
All managers and supervisors are trained
Fire Marshals
All managers and supervisors are trained
IPAF
4 managers and operatives trained in using scissor lifts and cherry pickers (working from height)
PASMA
5 managers and operatives qualified in building aluminium towers ( working from height)
NVQ Level 3 Occupational Works Supervisors
Gold Card – CSCS Construction Skills Certification Scheme
All supervisors are qualified
NVQ Level 6 Occupational Health and Safety
Black Card – CSCS Construction Skills Certification Scheme
3 senior managers are qualified
NVQ Level 6 Occupational Works Management
Black Card – CSCS Construction Skills Certification Scheme
All managers are qualified
NVQ Level 7 Construction Senior Management
Black Card – CSCS Construction Skills Certification Scheme
3 senior managers are qualified
SEATS
Site Environmental Awareness Training Scheme
4 managers and supervisors are qualified
Banksman Trained
50% of supervisors and managers are trained
BPEC
All managers, supervisors and operatives are independently trained in fitting underfloor heating