Category: blog
The good old Days
Over the 40 years I have worked in Reinstatement, I can say that there was a time where Health and Safety was nearly non-existent, and looking back now I can say how much it has improved over the years. I started to work on site in a time when the
QualifiedFor.com – Workforce Qualification Management just got a whole lot easier!
With workforce Qualifications, Training and compliance becoming an ever-hotter topic, Jon Hunt talks about the new SWS’s Qualification Management Software, the reception from the Utilities industry, and how it is helping to drive better skills management in a sector where workforce training is paramount. Ensuring your staff have the proper
Business continuity through COVID 19
by Richard Smith February 2020 was much like any other month, except for news of a virus spreading throughout Asia and heading west. It wasn’t the first virus and would not probably be the last. I don’t think that anyone suspected that within four weeks the nation would be in
Tales from the Street 2 – Technology Impact and Communication
My name is Tony Penfold, I am a founder member of SWS. I have been engaged within the sector for years and I have many stories to share with you. Please check the First Chapter of Tales from the Street here. I started working as an asphalt labourer in 1983
The Benefits of Training
by Cat Hull Your employees are your greatest resource and investing in their professional training and development may be crucial to keeping them. I believe the saying goes “Train people well enough so they can leave, treat them well enough so they don’t want to.” Richard Branson Staff who feel
How Technology is Evolving in the Utilities Industry
By Rob Marshall Utilities have always invested heavily in technology and digital innovation wanting to be ahead of their competitors and top of the leaderboards however it probably goes un-recognised. There is still a lot of technology to be discovered including IoT (Internet of Things), AI (Artificial Intelligence) and AR
SWS are attending Utility Week Live Online – 24/25/26 November 2020
by Jim Butler At this time when face-to-face contact remains limited, Utility Week Live’s new online event will provide the team from SWS with a unique opportunity to reunite with the UK’s energy, gas and water industries. We would have been at UWL 2020 with our physical stand, so we
Protecting your business and staff with QualifiedFor
by Jim Butler Here at SWS, our tools support a sector that rightly demands high levels of, compliance, health and safety, quality and productivity. , our newly launched smart qualification & skills management tool delivers the assurance that your staff have the proper qualifications and meet current training standards. These
Work management – What’s in your cupboard?
The same is true of a Works Management System. At SWS Group we’ve often used the phrase “the system is like a cupboard – you can only get out what you put into it”. What we mean by that, is that if you want to bake the best chocolate brownies
ISO 27001
by Jim Butler SWS are delighted and proud to announce that we are now certified to the ISO 27001 information security standards. The ISO 27001 standard provides the framework for an effective Information Security Management System (ISMS). It sets out the policies and procedures needed to protect our and our clients’ organisations