David Finkelstein is president of Credential Verification Service in Rockville, Maryland. CVS ID cards provide real-time validation of employee training records. He can be contacted at 301-637-4528 or dfinkelstein@instantcard.net. For more information: www.credentialverificationservice.com
Ensuring that workers do only jobs they’re trained for is critical in industrial safety. An untrained worker who botches a job can do a lot of damage.
But in the rush to get things done, proper vetting can get overlooked. How can supervisors in the field know for sure about whether a particular worker is qualified to do a specific task or operate a certain piece of machinery? It’s challenging on the factory floor and even more so in the field.
