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QualifiedFor.com – Workforce Qualification Management just got a whole lot easier!
With workforce Qualifications, Training and compliance becoming an ever-hotter topic, Jon Hunt talks about the new SWS’s Qualification Management Software, the reception from the Utilities industry, and how it is helping to drive better skills management in a sector where workforce training is paramount. Ensuring your staff have the proper
Tales from the Street 2 – Technology Impact and Communication
My name is Tony Penfold, I am a founder member of SWS. I have been engaged within the sector for years and I have many stories to share with you. Please check the First Chapter of Tales from the Street here. I started working as an asphalt labourer in 1983
The Benefits of Training
Your employees are your greatest resource and investing in their professional training and development may be crucial to keeping them. I believe the saying goes “Train people well enough so they can leave, treat them well enough so they don’t want to.” Richard Branson Staff who feel you are investing
How Technology is Evolving in the Utilities Industry
Utilities have always invested heavily in technology and digital innovation wanting to be ahead of their competitors and top of the leaderboards however it probably goes un-recognised. There is still a lot of technology to be discovered including IoT (Internet of Things), AI (Artificial Intelligence) and AR (Augmented Reality). We
SWS are attending Utility Week Live Online – 24/25/26 November 2020
At this time when face-to-face contact remains limited, Utility Week Live’s new online event will provide the team from SWS with a unique opportunity to reunite with the UK’s energy, gas and water industries. We would have been at UWL 2020 with our physical stand, so we are looking forward
Protecting your business and staff with QualifiedFor
Here at SWS, our tools support a sector that rightly demands high levels of, compliance, health and safety, quality and productivity. , our newly launched smart qualification & skills management tool delivers the assurance that your staff have the proper qualifications and meet current training standards. These aspects of the
Work management – What’s in your cupboard?
You know the feeling; you own the latest mixer, bowls, trays and scales, and fancy baking your favourite sweet treat for your work colleagues – chocolate brownies! You start measuring out the ingredients only to find that you’ve got the wrong flour! You could try to wing it – sure,
ISO 27001
SWS are delighted and proud to announce that we are now certified to the ISO 27001 information security standards. The ISO 27001 standard provides the framework for an effective Information Security Management System (ISMS). It sets out the policies and procedures needed to protect our and our clients’ organisations and includes all
Lockdown Capabilities
One of our clients’, is a joint venture contractor working for a water utility providing water and sewerage network repairs and maintenance. They recently discussed with us how they were able to react rapidly and efficiently to continue to provide their services and reports effectively to their utility customer and
COVID 19 & SWS Group Ltd
The COVID 19 (Coronavirus) pandemic is creating unprecedented and mounting challenges for UK businesses, households and organisations seeking to maintain our vital public services. SWS Group are a leading builder and supplier of utility works management software that supports our clients in their repair, maintenance and installation activities for the