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SCC Certification – Safety Certificate Contractors

Conformity Mark SCC and SCP

SCC - Safety Certificate Contractors

In industrial parks and large factories, external contractors are regularly used for technical services or work . The contractors' external employees are not familiar enough with the work processes and other conditions to be able to recognise potential sources of danger. This can result in risks that can lead to operational disruptions and, in the worst case, even to considerable personal injury, environmental damage or damage to property.

Certification in accordance with SCC regulations is aimed at companies that work as contractors in large factories and industrial parks. However, it is generally suitable for all manufacturers and service providers, both nationally and internationally.

TÜV NORD offers you as a contractor a corresponding certification in accordance with the SCC regulations (Safety Certificate Contractors) as proof that essential occupational health and safety requirements are met. The certificate proves to your clients that you fulfil the basic (occupational) safety, health and environmental protection standards (SHE). The certificate is therefore an indispensable prerequisite in many industries, both nationally and internationally, in order to be considered when awarding contracts.

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Target group

The target group for SCC certification includes companies that work as contractors in large factories and industrial parks and have to fulfil essential occupational health and safety requirements. This certification is suitable for manufacturers and service providers that operate both nationally and internationally and wish to demonstrate compliance with safety, health and environmental protection standards to their clients in order to be considered when awarding contracts.

Why is SCC certification useful? Your advantages

  • Optimisation of management processes and increased efficiency of work processes
  • Contributing to the prevention of employee illnesses or accidents
  • Reducing the possibility of environmental or material damage
  • Avoidance of operational disruptions and reduction of financial burdens
  • Increasing qualifications in occupational safety, health and environmental protection for employees and managers
  • Fulfilment of customer requirements and increase in (international) competitiveness as an entry ticket to the market
  • High legal certainty and security of evidence through documented implementation of relevant issues
  • Promotion of safety awareness among employees

Three variants of SCC certification

The size of your company and the service you provide will determine which of the three options is right for you:

SCC* is a certification with a limited scope of questions for companies with up to 35 employees that do not use subcontractors for technical services.

This form of certification focuses on the assessment of SHE management activities directly at the workplace. This includes an on-site visit with an assessment of the level of occupational health and safety during the performance of your contractor activities at the client's premises.

Prerequisite for SCC* certification

  • Application of the safety, health and environmental protection management system (SHE) for at least three months.
  • The 27 mandatory questions of the SCC* checklist are positively fulfilled.
  • Determination of the accident frequency according to SCC and compliance with or falling below the limit values specified for certification.
  • Standardised training of your staff and managers with successfully completed SHE examination.

SCC** is the unrestricted certification for companies with more than 35 employees and for companies with fewer than 35 employees that use subcontractors for technical services.

In addition to the assessment of SHE management activities directly at the workplace, the focus of this form of certification is the implementation of these activities in your company (head office). This includes an on-site visit with an assessment of the level of occupational health and safety during the performance of your contractor activities at the client's premises.

Prerequisite for SCC** certification

  • Application of the safety, health and environmental protection management system (SHE) for at least three months.
  • The 40 mandatory questions and at least five of the possible nine supplementary questions on the SCC** checklist are fulfilled positively.
  • Determination of the accident frequency according to SCC and compliance with or undercutting of the limit values specified for certification.
  • Standardised training of your staff and managers with successfully completed SCC examination.

SCCp is the unrestricted certification for companies with more than 35 employees and for companies with fewer than 35 employees that use subcontractors for technical services and that also have to fulfil special requirements from the petrochemical industry or refineries.

In addition to the assessment of SHE management activities directly at the workplace, the focus of this form of certification is the implementation of these activities in your company (head office). This includes an on-site visit with an assessment of the level of occupational health and safety during the performance of your contractor activities at the client's premises.

Prerequisite for SCCp certification

  • Application of the safety, health and environmental protection management system (SHE) for at least three months.
  • The 44 mandatory questions and at least three of the possible five supplementary questions on the SCCp checklist are fulfilled positively.
  • Determination of the accident frequency according to SCC and compliance with or undercutting of the limit values specified for certification.
  • Standardised training of your staff and managers with successfully completed SCC examination.

The SCC checklist

The SCC checklist contains all the test criteria that are important for the assessment during an audit and for the final certification decision. Detailed information on the SCC regulations can be found on the Homepage of the programme owner VAZ e.V.

The audit process for SCC certification

1

Step 01

Enquiry, offer preparation & explanation

2

Step 02

Commissioning & individual scheduling

3

Step 03

Audit: Understanding the organisation & determining readiness for certification

4

Step 04

Identifying potential for improvement

5

Step 05

Fast four-eye check & certificate creation

6

Step 06

External TÜV certificate

7

Step 07

Continuous further development of the management system & competitiveness

Frequently asked questions

FAQ about SCC

The SCC checklist to be used contains a defined number of relevant questions, depending on the variant to be selected. Each individual question is assigned the objectives, the minimum requirements to be implemented and the documents to be maintained, as well as the persons to be interviewed/observed during an on-site audit. The questions are divided into the following 12 topic blocks:

Chapter 1: SHE: Policy, organisation and management commitment
Chapter 2: SHE hazard assessment
Chapter 3: SHE training, information and instruction
Chapter 4: SHE awareness
Chapter 5: SHE project plan
Chapter 6: Environmental protection
Chapter 7: Preparation for emergency situations
Chapter 8: SHE inspections
Chapter 9: Company medical care
Chapter 10: Procurement and testing of machines, devices, equipment and working materials
Chapter 11: Procurement of services
Chapter 12: Reporting, registration and investigation of accidents, near misses and unsafe situations.

The aim is to reduce the number of accidents in the long term. The SCC regulations therefore place a special focus on accident statistics according to UH (SCC). For initial certification, an accident frequency rate UH (SCC) of 40 must not be exceeded. For recertification, the determined value must be reduced by 20 per cent in the following three years.

Certification in accordance with the SCC regulations involves a two-step process: firstly by inspecting documents and secondly by visiting your company premises. The on-site inspection and the document inspection can ensure that your SHE management system fulfils the requirements of the regulations.

As part of the certification process, a representative number of your projects - i.e. on-site activities at your client company - will be visited. The projects selected for the audit (construction sites, workplaces, production areas) should reflect characteristic project types. The aim is to be able to observe and interview as many employees as possible at work.

According to the SCC regulations, your operational employees (employees and managers) must have successfully passed an SHE examination. In order to ensure a uniform standard of training, the examination content and test criteria are set out in the SHE examination question catalogue.
Operational employees are directly involved in the provision of services.

SCC certification can be carried out individually, but can also be combined with other certifications such as ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001 or ISO 50001combine. Talk to us about the advantages and possibilities. We will be happy to inform you.

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