Subcontractor Onboarding and Safe Entry Assessment
Assessment before a subcontractor or owner-driver starts work for you.
What it proves at audit
Heavy Vehicle Accreditation criteria this document produces evidence for. Check your readiness.
Why operators use it
We use PRIME-05 to decide, before work begins, whether a proposed transport provider or approved individual pathway can safely enter a defined customer-delivery interface, what conditions/restrictions apply and what must be verified before first work, without using a generic document list as proof of compliance.
Engaging a subcontractor can change the people, vehicles, schedules, delivery sites, loads, handovers, information flows and control/influence that shape transport safety. A supplier name, certificate or signed declaration does not show that the provider understands actual work, has suitable controls or can safely enter a particular customer/site interface. PRIME-05 makes that entry decision visible, factual and risk-proportionate.
From the companion guide that comes with this document.
Related documents
Procedure for managing safety where your work meets customers, sites, contractors and other parties.
Matrix tracing each customer or contract requirement to its source, evidence and verification.
Crosswalk that maps external audit requirements to your SMS evidence using present, suitable, operating, effective.
Register of customer, site, authority and technical documents that affect your work.
Register of approved subcontractors and owner-drivers, with scope and review dates.
Induction and release record for contractor drivers new to a customer, site or task.