FORS Workshop Going for Bronze Overview

Going for Bronze – the objectives Understand the requirements for gaining FORS Bronze certification Identify the most common examples of non-conformity with the Bronze Standard and how to avoid them Learn how to implement the necessary standards in your organisation Learn how to make the most of FORS and how to progress through the accreditation levels

Why join FORS? FORS can help you to stand out from the crowd and prove to current and prospective customers that you are an operator that works to standards above the legal minimum TfL procurement policy Competitive advantage Help you win work Networking events

FORS Standard Bronze - Quality operator Good operators demonstrating lawfulness and best practice Bronze - Quality operator Quality operators actively committing to improve safety, environmental impact and efficiency Silver - Actively committed Exceptional operators providing evidence of improvements in safety, environmental impact and efficiency Gold - Evidencing improvements

FORS standard Bronze Audit every year Silver Gold *Please note that the validity of Bronze accreditation for Gold members is changing from three years to two years from 1 January 2018. From this date, the change will affect members applying for Gold for the first time, and existing Gold members as and when their current Bronze accreditation expires.

Audit process

Key areas of the FORS Standard There are four key areas to this standard: Management Vehicles Drivers Operations

Going for Bronze – can help you to... Understand the requirements for gaining FORS Bronze certification? Identify the most common examples of non-conformity with the Bronze standard and how to avoid them? Learn how to implement the necessary standards in your organisation? Learn how make the most of FORS and how to progress through the accreditation levels?