Key influencers

Our Be Safe by Choice programme is really starting to show results, and a lot of that is thanks to our key influencers.

We have seen a steady rise in the number of observations and close-call reports since we started our behaviour-based safety programme in May 2012. Each of these reports gives us the chance to make sure an accident doesn’t happen and offers an opportunity to improve what we do. That is why we reward staff who raise such concerns.

Helping to improve safety performance

Our key influencers are safety champions selected from our workforce. They are an important part of Be Safe by Choice: they help to improve safety performance throughout all our work areas.

Each person has been recommended by their manager, and, following an interview with our HSQE adviser, attended an intensive three-day key-influencer course. The course equips people with skills to manage unsafe behaviour before accidents happen, and they are then supported to work with their colleagues throughout the organisation. Regular meetings with other key influencers and with managers help to support them in keeping everyone safe. Our key influencers lead the way in raising observation reports to share best practice and increase safety levels.

Some of our key influencers are also mental health first aid champions. They have been trained to spot signs of mental ill health and given the skills to support positive wellbeing for themselves and others.

If you work for VGC and would like to apply to be a key influencer, please speak to your labour manager.

To apply for a job with VGC, please register for work.

 

Name	Working on	Qualified as a key influencer	Photo
Alan Taylor	North Lincs resignalling	Nov 2012
Bereket Kidane	Bond Street	Jul 2017
Binyam Gebresilassie	Tideway East	Apr 2014 Mental health training: May 2018
Damien Walsh	London Underground Integrated Track Team	Jun 2015
Denis Ahmed	London Underground Track Partnership	Jul 2017
Eamon Keogh	Crossrail Farringdon	Jun 2013
Emmanuel Adetayo	London Underground Integrated Track Team	Jul 2017
Gheorghe Catana	Kier Wheatfield Way	May 2018
Guillaume Grimbeek	London Underground Integrated Track Team	Apr 2014
Kaleem Shahid Aziz	London Underground Track Partnership	Sep 2016
Leontin Matei	Eurovia Stotfold	May 2018
Matthew Barker	M1 jn 19 Skanska	Sep 2016
Mohammed Hasan	Tideway East	Jul 2017
Moyo Gisanrin	London Underground Integrated Track Team	Jun 2013
Opeyemi Osiyemi	London Underground Integrated Track Team	Sep 2016 Mental health training: May 2018
Rishi Khera	A14	Jul 2017 Mental health training: May 2018
Saqieb Farooq	Crossrail Whitechapel	Sep 2016 Mental health training: May 2018
Sean Kayser	London Underground Integrated Track Team	Jul 2017 Mental health training: May 2018
Steven Wallace	TXM Nexus	Sep 2016
Vlad-Alexandru Birtalan	Volker Highways Windsor	Aug 2012

 

 

The British Safety Council audit noted: “VGC’s behaviour-based safety programme ‘Be Safe by Choice’ has improved staff participation in health and safety management”.

Read more about Be Safe by Choice.

If you work for VGC and would like to apply to be a key influencer, please speak to your labour manager. To apply for a job with VGC, please register for work.