Homegrown Timber (Rail) Limited - Workforce

Homegrown Timber realises the value invested in its human resource. We are committed to maintaining and improving the health and safety of all our personnel. All personnel are subject to our policies that monitor and manage Health & Safety, Quality and the Environment.

These commitments can be found in the attached policies;

We sponsor all personnel who work for us, all our personnel work only for Homegrown Timber (Rail) Limited on the railway infrastructure. The following are examples of the mechanisms used to ensure all personnel comply with our standards and those of Network Rail and legislation:

All management and operatives have (as a minimum) Personal Track Safety (PTS AC & DC) competence and site supervisors also have Controller of Site Safety (COSS) certification.

HTR sponsor in excess of 115 Personal Track Safety (PTS) certificated personnel of which a number are also holders of the following competencies:

In addition to railway competencies HTR employ personnel who are National Proficiency Training Council - NPTC certified chainsaw, tree climbing and aerial rescue operatives, personnel certified for Chapter 8 road working activities e.g. for signage and cordoning work areas, car parks, paths etc., and personnel certified for First Aid at Work, Emergency First Aid, Pesticide application and PA1 and PA6 herbicide application.

Our experienced craftsmen and professionals undertake all management and services in a safe and environmentally friendly manner. HTR ensure that personnel employed on their sites have had the required training and certification and conform to appropriate Codes of Practice (e.g. Arboricultural & Forestry Advisory Group - AFAG), Network Rail and Railway Group Standards and are competent in the activities that are allocated to them.

HTR only select competent and approved training providers, we also have arrangements in place to identify the competence requirements for tasks undertaken, the recruitment and induction of employees, the training of employees and the assessment of employees' competence.
Our competence management system meets all the requirements set out in published Network Rail specifications.

For track safety and engineering competences:

The competence, the assessment and verification of competences and provision of training requirements are in accordance with published Network Rail specifications.