1. MEETING THE INDUSTRY’S SKILLS CHALLENGE IN THE NEW TRAINING LANDSCAPE 4 November 2015

2. Goes Smart Beric Davis Managing Director – Reference Point Ltd

3. Benefits of Going Smart 3 SkillCard Goes Smart Makes it Harder to Fake Cards Data Stored on the Card can be Updated Lost and Stolen Cards can be Cancelled Makes it Easy to Record what Cards have been Read and When Means Skillcards can be used for Secondary Purposes Fully Compatible with CSCS Smartcards

4. How Do SmartCards Work? 4 SkillCard Goes Smart Data is Stored in a Microchip on the Card The Card can be read with a Contact or Contactless Reader The card can be read Offline or Online When the card is read Online, the data is Synchronised with the Skillcard Database

5. Options for Reading Cards 5 SkillCard Goes Smart PC or Laptop connected to a smartcard reader, running “Go Smart” (Can be download free of charge from www.skillcard.org.uk) Android Smartphone or Tablet with NFC (Go Smart app can be downloaded free of charge from Google Play) Recent models of Windows Smartphone with NFC such as Lumia 735 and Lumia 830 (Go Smart app can be downloaded free of charge from the Windows Store)

6. Secondary Uses of Cards 6 SkillCard Goes Smart Access Control (e.g. HRS and Atec) HAV Monitoring (e.g. Reactec) Skills Audit (e.g. Home Builders Federation) Capturing Time and Attendance data (free App available from Google Play) Registering Card Holder Attendance at On-Site Training (free App available from Google Play) Storing additional Training and Qualifications: Contractor’s own system (e.g. BAM Nuttall) SkillSight – a free online system that enables Contractors and Training Providers to add their own training to cards (www.SkillSight.co.uk)

7. Thank you for listening Beric Davis 01753 279927 Beric.Davis@Referencepoint.co.uk