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We’re now registered with @ISNetworld We’ve already been maintaining compliance through @AvettaNews. This expands how we support partners who require ISNetworld for contractor approval. What this means: • Faster onboarding • Verified safety documentation • Alignment with large resort and municipal standards It’s another step in making Safe Slide Restoration easy to work with and ready for higher compliance environments. Learn more: safeslide.com/isnetworld-and… #ISNetworld #Avetta #WaterparkMaintenance #SafetyFirst

You might be the best contractor for the job, but if you’re not prequalified, you may never even get considered. More hiring clients are requiring contractors to register with compliance platforms like ISNetworld®, Avetta®, and Veriforce® before they can bid or work on projects. These prequalification platforms allow companies to review safety programs, insurance, training records, and compliance documentation to determine if a contractor meets their standards. For contractors, this means maintaining an accurate and complete profile is critical. Missing documents, outdated information, or poor responses can impact your approval status, and potentially cost you opportunities. When managed properly, these platforms can help you demonstrate your commitment to safety, build credibility with hiring clients, and open the door to new work. 👉 Question for contractors: Have you been asked to register with a prequalification platform yet? #ContractorCompliance #Prequalification #ISNetworld #Avetta #Veriforce #SafetyCompliance

This is a great point. ISNetworld is a big reason why independent Texas companies can’t get contracts with the RRC and others.

A lot of contractors in the oilfield are being told they **must sign up for platforms like ISNetworld or Veriforce just to be allowed to work. We’re told it’s about safety. But if you actually read their own material, you’ll see something interesting. @NickJFreitas @Oilfield_Rando @Tejanobrown @TXOGA @HawkDunlap @matlockfortexas ISN publishes ESG white papers that talk about things like environmental reporting, governance metrics, and social policies. Veriforce also markets ESG risk management solutions and discusses DEI under the “social” pillar of ESG. That’s not speculation. It’s on their own sites. So the question is simple: When did contractor safety platforms become ESG tracking systems? Because that’s a pretty big shift from what they were originally sold as. Once the industry centralizes contractor access through a digital compliance platform, whoever controls the platform can decide what gets tracked. Today it’s insurance forms and OSHA logs. Tomorrow it could be anything someone decides belongs under “governance.” But here’s the part people in the field already know: Paperwork doesn’t keep people safe. Safety comes from people who understand their equipment. People who know: •how the system actually works •what failure looks like before it happens •what a bad vibration or pressure swing really means You can have every box checked in the system and still have someone running equipment they don’t truly understand. Anyone who’s worked around compressors, plants, pipelines, or drilling rigs has seen that firsthand. The safest operations I’ve ever seen had one thing in common: The people running the equipment knew the physics of what they were operating. Not just the procedure. The physics. The failure modes. The consequences. But instead of investing in that kind of knowledge, the industry keeps moving toward outsourcing safety to compliance platforms. More subscriptions. More dashboards. More paperwork. Meanwhile the people actually running the equipment often get less real training, not more.That’s backwards. Safety isn’t something you outsource to a software platform. Safety comes from knowledge, responsibility, and ownership of the work. The oilfield was built on that. Maybe it’s time the industry remembered it.

Starting a welding company 25y welding. Can you buy a welding machine for less than 5k yes and mostly agree with 1, 2 &3. It does have a spectrum from small repair/fab to, does the work being performed needing a QMS/HSE and regulatory framework. For instance the application process for an NBIC "R" stamp process requires that you get an insurance company for me that is Bureau Veritas and application is a $2500 deposit with additional costs that will by the time this process is complete will be in the neighborhood of 5k~. That insurance policy will have to go on your application for the NBIC "R" stamp that will be an additional 5k~ once complete. Also in order to do business with the type of clients in my Industrial group you have to be a part or many compliance companies like ISNetworld which is for a small company like mine I just paid $1,075 for the application or they will not do business with your company and I haven't even begun to speak about the machines and consumables and other associated tools, bandsaws, hand tools and WPS's, PQR's training and safety equipment cost. Along way of saying that yes you can but you have significant challenges and headwinds to overcome. My best piece of advice for potential fab shop start ups, is to find companies who are in that space and work for them see what they are doing work your way around learn the environment and your future competition and then deploy your business. You are absolutely correct in the cold calls. Travel around to fab/cnc shops see if they need any extra help be a resource, try to specialize in something and perfect that process and you will make it. Look to suppliers for the other fab companies welding suppliers, metal suppliers and ask who they have the largest volume with (if they are willing to disclose) and reach out to them to see if they can kick you some extra work. Many places would rather have an ace in the hole to keep their existing relationships happy and going without having to turn down work or delay starting because they are short on manpower or equipment. 5k can work, difficult but doable and should be done. PS if you have made it this far Im in the Detroit Mi if anyone needs some help or guidance feel free to reach out always willing to discuss welding/fab topics I love this stuff. Great post Zane!

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Arkema amplía el uso de @isnetworld a México para mejorar aún más la supervisión de los contratistas. insurgentepress.com.mx/arkem…

Heidelberg Materials is switching compliance platforms from Avetta® to ISNetworld®. JJ Safety helps contractors gain compliance. jjsafetyllc.com/isnetworld/h…

Apotex Inc. is the newest member to join ISNetworld®'s network of hiring clients. JJ Safety helps contractors gain compliance. jjsafetyllc.com/isnetworld/a…

COMANCO is fully compliant with @ISNetworld & @AvettaNews making us a top choice for mining companies that prioritize safety and contractor reliability. Our verified records help clients reduce risk, speed up onboarding, and stay compliant on-site. ✔️ Pre-qualified ✔️ Mining-ready ✔️ Proven 🔗comanco.com/blog/isnetworld-… SAFETY ★ QUALITY ★ SERVICE #MiningContractor #ISNetworld #Avetta #MiningSafety #PrequalifiedContractor #MineConstruction #Geosynthetics #COMANCO

When ISNetworld starting asking me about our company’s DEI policies to be INCLUDED IN OUR SAFETY PROGRAM SCORES. Not sure what that does for safety but as soon as I put a bullshit policy in there our score went from low 70’s to a 99

Hitachi Energy is the newest member to join ISNetworld®'s network of hiring clients. JJ Safety helps contractors gain compliance. jjsafetyllc.com/isnetworld/h…

Cornerstone Chemical Company is the newest addition to join ISNetworld®'s network of hiring clients. We help contractors get compliant. jjsafetyllc.com/isnetworld/c…

Ozarks Coca-Cola/Dr. Pepper Bottling Company is the newest addition to ISNetworld®'s network of hiring clients. jjsafetyllc.com/isnetworld/o…

Chemtrade Logistics Inc. is the newest addition to join ISNetworld®'s network of hiring clients. JJ Safety helps contractors gain compliance. jjsafetyllc.com/isnetworld/c…