MATES SITE ACCREDITATION
How to become an accredited site
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Every construction site is eligible to achieve MATES in Construction ‘Accredited’ status.
For the site to be awarded ‘Accredited’ status it would meet the following criteria:
- all the available workforce including administration staff must have received General Awareness Training (GAT)
- the proportion of the workforce that has received General Awareness Training (GAT) must be maintained at a minimum of 80% as the workforce transitions in and out of the project or site
- the site must have a minimum of one CONNECTOR for every twenty workers throughout the different levels and contractors on site, and
- the site must have access to an ASIST trained resource. (This can be administered through MATES NZ).
When a site has achieved these criteria, they will qualify for accreditation which delivers the following:
- they will be presented with a Certificate of Accreditation by MATES in Construction, preferably at a site gathering
- they will receive a MATES in Construction logo that can be used on all communications
- signage can be used that states this is a MATES in Construction ‘Accredited’ site and one that takes its responsibility for workers mental wellbeing and safety seriously
- slides that can be incorporated into site inductions to let new workers know this is a MATES in Construction workplace
- ongoing support from MATES in Construction Relationship Manager/Field Officer and Case Manager to look after sites, conduct training activities, support and CONNECTORS and provide face-to-face and phone counselling to workers.