For Australian trade & mining employers

The Crew Risk Scorecard
How exposed are you, really?

Thirty questions, two minutes. You will get a score out of 100, a risk band, and the one part of your setup that is costing you the most.

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Answer yes or no. No maybes, and no scoring yourself generously. The number is only useful if the answers are honest.

If a question does not quite fit your business, answer for the closest thing that does.

Supply

Can you get people at all, 30 points

1Every skilled trade role you have open right now has at least three suitable candidates in play.

2You filled your last skilled trade vacancy within 90 days of advertising it.

3You have a list of candidates you could call today if someone resigned tomorrow.

4You have filled a skilled role in the last 12 months without lifting the advertised rate.

5You can take on a new contract without first checking whether you can find the people.

6You have a source of skilled tradespeople beyond job boards and word of mouth.

7You have not lost or delayed a job in the last 12 months because you could not crew it.

8You know how many skilled roles you will need to fill over the next 12 months.

Can they actually do the work, 25 points

9The tradespeople you hire can diagnose and repair faults, not only install to spec.

10You test practical skills before hiring, rather than relying on a CV and an interview.

11Your last three hires were productive within their first month.

12You rarely send a second person out to finish a job the first could not.

13You verify licences, tickets and qualifications through a formal assessment.

14Your supervisors are not spending their time redoing other people’s work.

15You would rehire every tradesperson you took on in the last two years.

Do they stay, 20 points

16Your skilled tradespeople typically stay longer than three years.

17You have not lost a qualified tradesperson to a competitor in the last 12 months.

18Your apprentices stay on after they qualify.

19You know why each of your last three leavers left.

20Your overtime bill has not risen in the last 12 months.

21Your existing crew are not regularly working extra hours to cover gaps.

22You would describe your team as fully staffed right now.

Are you planning or reacting, 25 points

23You have a written hiring plan covering the next 12 months.

24You know which roles you will need, at which site, and when.

25You start recruiting before someone resigns, not after.

26You have looked into sponsoring an overseas worker and understand what it involves.

27You know what labour market testing requires and hold records that would satisfy it.

28Someone in the business owns hiring as an actual part of their job.

29You track how long each role stays open and what it costs you.

30Your growth plans are not limited by whether you can find people.

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