Safe to Trade Scheme purpose
The Safe to Trade Scheme (STTS) was launched in direct response to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, to help businesses instil consumer and worker confidence that that they can reopen and trade safely.
The Scheme will:
- Give the consumer and workforce the confidence that the business has been independently verified that it has gone above and beyond the Government guidance, and they have a system to continually monitor standards
- Allow consumers and workers to anonymously feedback and rate the performance of the businesses’ controls via the STTS rating webpage or online
- Create a Register of business names and addresses maintained by the Administrator – Shield Safety Group (SSG). The register can be provided to regulators, to assist in their requirement to risk rate businesses for official visits and focus on non compliant businesses
- Use compliance software and app to conduct and record ongoing checks and monitoring of controls
- Enable the management of the business to undertake COVID-19 eLearning
- Access a COVID-19 Advice Line staffed by expert Environmental Health Practitioners who will provide practical advice and support
- Perform a self-assessment, including use of COVID-19 risk assessment template, that is independently verified
- Provide the standard for the business to be audited against the Safety Charter
- Provide a comprehensive certification pack to support promotion of ‘approved’ status to customers and workers. The pack includes: a printed certificate, window stickers; plus a digital registered certification marque
