Liverpol region based Scantec expands SQEP service

Leading North West recruitment specialist Scantec has recently expanded its SQEP service. SQEP, which stands for suitably qualified experienced personnel, ensures that workers are thoroughly checked before being placed with clients. Scantec applies the SQEP checks to every worker they recruit as part of their registration process.

Paul Gibbens, Divisional Manager of the Skilled Trades division at Scantec says that the quality of SQEP checks used in the recruitment industry can vary enormously. He said: “Our SQEP checks are exceptionally rigorous. Our reputation hangs on the quality of our personnel, so we want them to be the best.

“Here at Scantec we run multifaceted checks which cover everything from qualifications, safety cards and references, through to DNA testing, medical questionnaires and worker classification. It is extremely time consuming - these checks will take up two to three days for every candidate on our books - but the very fact that the tests are so thorough and detailed has won us a lot of business. The feedback from our clients has been very positive.

“Confidence in the rigour of our recruitment process is absolutely crucial to the clients we serve. Our services include placing people in the nuclear industry, for example. Clients need to know that they are getting someone who is not just qualified to do the job on paper, but who is reliable and has a track record of delivering quality in their work. The quality and depth of our SQEP checks, which we run in-house, really set us apart.

“The feedback we have been getting from our personnel is equally as positive. They recognise that ultimately the standard of our SQEP checks make them infinitely more employable. We currently have 140,000 skilled candidates on our files, and that number is growing all the time. Both the workers and the businesses and industries who will ultimately employ them see the inherent value in what we’re doing ”

Scantec Personnel is one of the UK’s leading independent recruitment agencies and supplies temporary and permanent staff to a variety of sectors. Initially serving the petrochemical, shipbuilding and oil and gas industries, Scantec has since successfully developed into other sectors including nuclear and power, defence and MOD, energy, process, pharmaceutical, food, engineering, civil & building and professional services. Scantec Personnel supplies high calibre personnel in a fast, efficient and professional manner.