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Kerr Compressor Engineers strengthens health and safety practices with Avetta

‘Avetta membership helps us differentiate ourselves from other compressed air companies and suppliers. Our continued investment in our people, training and processes provides us with the confidence that we don’t always have to compete based on cost alone.’

– Cameron Kerr, Director, Kerr Compressor Engineers

Kerr Compressor Engineers partnered with Avetta to centralise compliance, enhance safety audits and boost credibility – driving significant growth in the UK’s extraction sector.

To strengthen sustainable business practices, Kerr Compressor Engineers joined the Avetta network and immediately achieved compliance with several market-leading companies in the UK’s quarrying and extraction industry.

No longer competing on price alone when submitting project proposals and quotations, Kerr Compressor Engineers utilises their Avetta certification to demonstrate their proactive efforts to minimise risk in the supply chain and streamline compliance through supplier training, documentation, risk assessment and centralisation of their numerous accreditations and certificates.

Business challenges

Scottish clients in the quarrying, aggregation and extraction industry seek suppliers and contractors that are trained to undertake specialised tasks and have demonstrated a supply chain that actively minimises its risk of accidents. Procurement teams for the major quarrying companies in the UK maintain a list of qualified suppliers that are awarded projects, making an Avetta membership key for Kerr Compressor Engineers to continue working with these large companies in the UK extraction industry.

‘Our clients pride themselves on the number of accident-free days they have on record. Any accidents reflect both on the client and the supplier, and we mirror the clients’ pride and stringent procedures to minimise and eliminate the risk of accidents on site.’

– Thomas Cullen, QHSE & Projects Manager, Kerr Compressor Engineers


Solutions delivered

With Avetta’s certification, Kerr Compressor Engineers were able to display the critical assurance to existing and potential customers that they are dedicated to achieving and maintaining compliance. As an Avetta supplier, Kerr can uphold end-to-end supply chain safety through the implementation of:

  • Quality management system: Avetta’s highly configurable Avetta Connect platform allowed Kerr Compressor Engineers to establish a rigorous quality standard for its services and quantify improvements by using analytics.
  • Environmental, social and governance management: Kerr Compressor Engineers established supply chain standards for sustainability, while measuring and demonstrating improvements on long-term environmental goals.
  • Health and safety audits: Avetta membership enables Kerr Compressor Engineers to identify key risk areas through comprehensive health and safety audits to ensure workplace safety.
  • Learning management system: Kerr utilises the Avetta Connect platform to train its employees adequately. Training records are properly maintained and regularly audited to uphold any fault traceability.
‘An Avetta membership sends a signal to the client that our suppliers and specialist engineers are suitably trained, competent and have completed the paperwork.’

– Cameron Kerr, Director, Kerr Compressor Engineers

Benefits experienced

Since partnering with Avetta, Kerr Compressor Engineers has seen significant improvements across its business:

  • More than double the sales turnover since 2012, with large-scale industries in the quarrying and extraction sectors
  • Achieved a 130% increase in sales over the last 8 years with a major Scottish company in this sector
  • Increased client visibility into Kerr’s offerings, insurance coverage and more
  • Improved efficiency and time savings, while removing the need for paperwork through cloud-based training and documentation
  • Avetta Marketplace helped Kerr source and secure discounted insurance coverage for current and future needs


About
Kerr Compressor Engineers
Domain
Manufacturing
Services
Compressed Air Systems, Blower and Vacuum Solutions and Nitrogen Generation
Customer Type
Supplier
Avetta Products
Avetta Connect

Kerr Compressor Engineers is a UK-based leader in compressed air services, specialising in energy-efficient systems and sustainable practices for quarrying and extraction industries.


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