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VCU

VCU (Veiligheid en gezondheid Checklist in Dutch) stands for Safety and Health Checklist for Temporary Employees. VCU is intended for temporary employment and secondment agencies that send staff to SCC-certified companies. These are typically companies that carry out high-risk activities or work in high-risk environments. This includes construction and maintenance work carried out on building sites, in factories, workshops, or at industrial installations.

What are the benefits of VCU certification?

  • Increase employees' safety awareness, leading to a reduction in absenteeism and workplace accidents

  • Gain a competitive edge when bidding for contracts with VCU certification and its recognised logo; an advantage over competitors without it

  • As a staffing and secondment agency with VCU certification, you comply with important health & safety laws and regulations

  • Staffing and secondment agencies with VCU certification are subjected to periodic independent assessments, ensuring structured care for safety, health and the environment in accordance with the VCU checklist

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VCU (Veiligheid en gezondheid Checklist in Dutch) stands for Safety and Health Checklist for Temporary Workers. It is a certification for staffing agencies sending personnel to VCA-certified companies. It ensures that your agency meets critical safety standards and regulations when assigning workers to high-risk environments, such as construction sites and factories.

A VCU certification raises your employees' safety awareness, reduces absenteeism and accidents. Additionally, it gives you a competitive edge when acquiring contracts, showing that your agency complies with essential occupational health and safety regulations.