Insurance

Almost no Australian companies do it. Yet prequalifying your contractors before they start work can be the difference between litigation and a slap on the wrist. It also enhances your control over workplace safety.

When you have an understanding of your contractors' insurance status, WorkCover registration and HSE compliance, you are able to proceed with confidence - or take the required steps to help them become compliant.

The Problem with Pre-Qualification
It's difficult. Obtaining this information directly from your contracting companies is not only time consuming, it's unreliable. Furthermore, the amount of companies that are non-compliant is shockingly high. One of Australia's largest property developers found that 91% of their contracting partners were non-compliant when they installed a pre-qualification system.

What Pre-Qualification needs to achieve
A good pre-qualification system should provide you with a reliable gatekeeper, so you can feel confident when contractors come onto your site. It allows you to always be on top of your contractor obligations.

In order to achieve this, your contractor management system should include the following:
ABN Check: A good contractor management software system will connect to ASIC when the contractor enters their ABN and return their company name.
Insurance Check: By entering the contractors insurance details into your contractor management system, you can track expiry dates and stop them from entering the site if their insurance runs out. Uninsured contractors can a be a very expensive liability.
WorkCover Registration Check: Again, you should be able to enter information into the system for automatic tracking.
HSE Check: The ability to create a questionnaire allows you to determine a contractors compliance.