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SCP Certification – Security Certificate for Staffing Agencies

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SCP certificate: your competitive advantage in temporary employment services

The Safety Certificate for Personnel Service Providers (SCP) is specifically designed for the temporary staffing sector in accordance with the SCC regulations. By obtaining SCP certification for their health, safety and environmental management system (HSE), these temporary staffing agencies demonstrate their commitment to responsibility and quality to their clients.

This helps to effectively prevent potential operational disruptions and workplace accidents resulting in personal injury, environmental damage or property damage, thereby reducing accident rates.

SHE training enhances your employees’ skills, as working in different organisations requires the ability to assess potential hazards, even without prior knowledge of processes or infrastructure. 

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Target group

The target group for SCP certification comprises recruitment agencies that supply staff to other companies in accordance with the Temporary Employment Act. This certification is aimed at companies that wish to offer their clients additional assurance through the qualified and security-focused selection of their employees, with a view to being recognised as preferred partner organisations.

Your benefits from SCP certification

  • Simplified market entry
  • Improved (international) competitiveness
  • Legal certainty and compliance
  • Training in occupational health and safety and environmental protection for your staff and managers
  • Increased safety awareness among your employees
  • Enhanced reputation
  • Improving management and work processes
  • Prevention of illness or accidents among your staff
  • Prevention of environmental and property damage
  • Avoiding disruptions to operations – within your company and at your clients’ premises
  • and the resulting reduction in follow-on costs

The requirements of SCP certification

To obtain SCP certification, you must have implemented a Health, Safety and Environmental (HSE) management system for a period of at least one quarter. Your managers and staff must have completed the relevant standardised training and passed the HSE examination. In addition, an interview will be conducted with one of your temporary staff members as part of the audit.

Your SCP checklist

The ‘Security Certificate for Staffing Agencies’ checklist comprises 35 questions, of which at least 29 mandatory questions and three of the supplementary questions must be answered correctly in order to obtain the certificate. The questions are divided into seven subject areas:

  • HSE: Policy, organisation and management commitment
  • HSE risk assessment
  • HSE training, information and instruction
  • HSE awareness
  • HSE project support
  • Occupational health support
  • Reporting, recording and investigating accidents, near misses and unsafe situations

The audit process of SCP certification

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Step 01

Enquiries, quotations & explanations

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Step 02

Booking & personalised scheduling

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Step 03

Audit: Understanding the organisation & assessing readiness for certification

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Step 04

Identifying areas for improvement

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Step 05

Quick dual-check & certificate generation

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Step 06

A TÜV certificate that makes a good impression

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Step 07

Continuous improvement of the management system and competitiveness

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Climate change – additions to management system standards

In a joint statement issued in February 2024, the International Accreditation Forum (IAF) and the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) outlined the amendments to various management system standards. The statement emphasises the importance of addressing climate change within these management systems.

The amendments affect clauses 4.1 and 4.2 of the respective standard. The aim of the amendments is to ensure that organisations take climate change issues into account in relation to the effectiveness of management systems, in addition to all other aspects.

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Frequently asked questions

FAQ on SCP

The checklist is divided into seven sections, each containing relevant questions. For each individual question, the objectives, the minimum requirements to be met, the documents to be maintained, and the persons to be interviewed or observed during an on-site audit are specified.

1. HSE: Policy, organisation and management
commitment 2. HSE risk assessment
3. HSE training, information and instruction
4. HSE awareness
5. HSE project supervision
6. Occupational health support
7. Reporting, recording and investigation of accidents, near misses and unsafe situations

The aim is to reduce accident figures in the long term. For this reason, the SCC regulations place particular emphasis on accident statistics in accordance with UH (SCC). Accident statistics in accordance with the SCC regulations must also be maintained for SCP certification. However, compliance with a specific accident frequency rate (UH (SCC)) is not a prerequisite for SCP certification.

Our auditors assess the suitability of your health, safety and environmental management system for SCP certification. To this end, documents relevant to health, safety and the environment are reviewed in advance, followed by interviews and observations, amongst other things, during an on-site visit. An interview with a temporary worker should be conducted at the place of work.

The aim of the staff appraisal is to enable you to observe and interview your employees whilst they are working. The regulations recommend that audits be carried out at the temporary workers’ places of work.

According to the SCC regulations, your operational staff (employees and managers) must have successfully passed an SGU examination. To ensure a consistent standard of training, the examination content and assessment criteria are set out in a binding manner in the SGU examination question catalogue. Operational staff are directly involved in the delivery of services.

The TÜV NORD Academy offers both HSE training and examinations for your operational staff as well as for your operational managers.

SCP certification can be obtained on its own, but can also be easily combined with other management systems (e.g. ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001 or ISO 50001). Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions.

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TÜV NORD CERT is an internationally recognised and reliable partner for testing and certification services. Our experts and auditors possess in-depth knowledge and are all permanently employed by TÜV NORD. This ensures independence, neutrality and continuity in the support we provide to our clients. The benefit for you is clear: our auditors accompany and support the development of your business and provide you with objective feedback.

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