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Best Practices to Prevent EquipmentTheft
A. ORGANISATION:
Educate and instruct your employees and regularly review your internal procedures to ensure they remain effective. (Train new employees and regularly check existing employee’s knowledge on your company’s anti-theft measures).
1) Educate and instruct your clients and their employees (promoting anti-theft culture through information and documents).
2) Check the trustworthiness of your business partner (think of ‘illegal appropriation’!).
3) Check the trustworthiness of the transportation company you are using
4) Keep the equipment’s documents in a secure place.
5) If you perceive something suspicious and out of usual working practices, inform your
superiors immediately and contact the police.
6) Act fast in the event of a theft: Contact the police and an appropriate monitored security
provider, bring a charge against the (unknown) thief/thieves; inform your insurer; have
your equipment documents ready.
7) Write down a detailed description of your equipment (classification, serial number, etc.)
and complete it with high-quality pictures.
8) Join and work together with associations (like the ERA and or National Rental
Associations) involved in plant theft fighting.
B. LOCATION:
9) Provide secure containers where the equipment can be stored overnight.
10)Safeguard the construction and company site with guard service, barriers/security
fencing and/or video surveillance systems.
11)Ensure your equipment keys are kept in a safe place. Develop internal delivery
procedures for all equipment keys and security devices.
12) Securely position, Lock and link smaller equipment together.
C. PLANT EQUIPMENT:
13) Mark and register your equipment with an approved system such as the recognised, official CESAR marking and registration.
14)When new equipment is bought, examine all the identifiers and anti-theft devices. Securely record all details: numbers and locations of theseidentifiers.
15) Make use of mechanical anti-theft devices (wheel clamp, gear shift lock, etc.). 16) Make use of mechanical or electronic anti-theft and recovery devices.
Your machines are your assets – keeping them safe will save you money!
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