OpenAssurance

How much of this do you see?

OpenAssurance argues that workplace assurance information is recreated more often than it needs to be. This survey asks whether that matches your experience, and how much it costs you. It takes about three minutes.

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About your organisation

Three questions, so that answers from different kinds of organisation can be told apart.

Which best describes your organisation's main role?

We supply services or labour to other organisations We engage contractors or suppliers Both of the above We assess or prequalify other organisations We provide assurance, competency, or contractor-management software We provide training, assessment of people, or qualifications Industry body, regulator, or government agency Something else

If you supply services or labour

Skip this section if it does not apply to you. Estimates are fine.

Have you turned down or walked away from work because of the cost or effort of getting prequalified?

Yes We have considered it No

If you engage contractors or suppliers

Skip this section if it does not apply to you.

How do you check a contractor's health and safety capability before engaging them? Choose all that apply.

Our own questionnaire or process One prequalification scheme we nominate Any of several schemes A management-system certification Conversation, references, or past experience We do not check formally

If a supplier already held a verified assessment or record, and you could confirm it was authentic and current without joining another platform, would you accept it?

Yes Yes, for lower-risk work Possibly No Don't know

What would you need to see in order to rely on it? Choose all that apply.

Who issued it That it is still current The criteria it was assessed against What evidence was reviewed Whether there was a site visit A score or grade A way to confirm it with the issuer

Do you ask contractors to enter their workers' qualifications into a system you nominate?

Yes For some work No

If you assess organisations, train people, or provide software

Skip this section if it does not apply to you.

Could you give your customers a record that someone else could verify without becoming your customer?

We already can With moderate work It would be difficult It is not something we would do Don't know

What would make an open exchange format worth supporting? Choose all that apply.

Our customers asking for it Buyers or government requiring it A low cost to implement A clear, stable specification Governance that no single provider controls Nothing would

For everyone

Which of these would you most like fixed first?

Repeating substantially the same prequalification Re-entering worker records in other organisations' systems Checking that a qualification or licence is genuine Keeping records current across several systems Something else None of these is a problem for us

Is there anything else we should know?Please do not name products, companies, or people. Nothing written here is ever published word for word.

If you would like to talk

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Your contact details are collected and held by Scott McLeod, who started the OpenAssurance initiative. They are used only to ask you more about your answers to this survey, are not shared with anyone, and are deleted within 12 months. You can delete your response at any time, contact details included, using the removal code you are shown when you submit.