The fibre industry is going through a revolutionary change to provide gigabit capable full fibre networks to homes and businesses across the UK. This Group has been established to represent the organisations delivering and managing these networks to share, support, create and promote best practices, standards and requirements to improve compliance and build a positive culture for the sector and the communities we work within. The Group is committed to preventing harm or loss for those that work in the fibre sector or may be affected by our activities and operations.
Terms of reference
SHIFT stands for Safety and Health in Fibre Telecoms and is referred to in this document as the Group.
Publication Date: November 2021
Purpose
SHiFT Group Mission
- To formulate and adhere to uniform standards of safety to ensure the continued well-being of all Fibre Industry personnel.
- To educate the public, suppliers, government agencies and clients on policy priorities and continued progress toward safer standards by sharing best practice and guidance.
- To promote and encourage diversity within the industry.
- To provide a unified voice for the UK Fibre Telecom Industry
Principles
The Group and each respective member shall abide by the following principles:
- To provide information for sharing and learning without prejudice to others
- Respect the opinions and views of other members
- Engage in topics and provide support and information for discussions
- Participate in determining a majority agreement of standards or guidance
- Endeavour to implement those agreed standards within their own organisation
- Promote those standards across the wider industry and supply chain
Objectives
- Identify, discuss, develop and promote industry best practice, guidance or minimum standards in relation to health, safety, welfare, wellbeing, quality and environmental related matters
- Exchange information on industry related challenges to identify key trends and develop solutions to address
- Establish incident and event reporting metrics for measuring performance within the Group
- Prepare a Group strategy or framework to provide clarity in the delivery of objectives, actions, determine targets and timelines
- Establish metrics for the industry to measure performance and targets for improvement and publish
Membership
An annual membership fee of £1000 per year is charged to cover the expected running costs of the group i.e. maintaining a website, meeting arrangements and provisions, marketing, operational support etc. The amount to be paid will be reviewed annually.
