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Boels is the partner for every challenge. We know what is most important for your project, also when it concerns safety, training and certification. Together with Business Unit Manager of Boels Training, Funs Hermans, we visited SYNRG and CNSTRCT, who are based Den Bosch and Rotterdam and specialise in project design, construction, conversion and maintenance in the retail, corporate, residential, recreational, healthcare and mixed-use segments.
Strong cooperation
SYNRG and CNSTRCT are affiliated and have worked with Boels Rental for quite some years now. The partnership began when Boels became supplier of rental equipment for their retail conversions. But this cooperation has intensified further in recent years and Boels now has preferred supplier status for rental, machine and safety training, and certification.
Complete and flexible services
Boels does more than guarantee the right equipment at the right time and place, it also ensures that its customers are certified to operate the equipment safely. Guaranteeing safety at work, being a good employer and the trend that ‘prevention is better than cure’ mean that more employers are seeing the benefits of safety training. In addition, the labour inspectorate is also stepping up its efforts to monitor the legal compliance with the laws and regulations that promote the same safety. “The changing laws and regulations mean that many of our customers are happy to have Boels Rental as a partner who advises them on this and, where necessary, helps them immediately with appropriate solutions”, says Funs. The IPAF aerial platform training represents the highest quality standard recognised in the EU. Professionals who obtain the certificate are allowed to operate aerial work platforms outside the Netherlands.

Safety is key!
Safe and correct use of the machine is the main focus of the training course. Under the watchful eye of the Boels trainer, course participants of SYNRG and CNSTRCT skillfully maneuver the orange Boels aerial platforms around cones and scaffolding. Lara Peek works as HSE coordinator on behalf of both companies.
“We work a lot with aerial work platforms on our projects and everyone thinks they know how to operate them safely. In real life, however, that knowledge is rather disappointing. To guarantee the safety of our staff and in order to meet future laws and regulations, we decided to invest in this training program”, Lara explains.
Minimal ‘disruption’ to the daily operation
Boels Training schedules training sessions in teams of eight. ‘’This is proving very efficient because it works on a tight schedule. This way, there is minimal ‘disruption’ to the daily operation”, Lara says.
Tailor-developed first aid course
In addition to IPAF aerial platform training, Boels Training also provides first aid courses on location. But not the standard version. HSE coordinator Lara suggested tailoring the basic first aid training to the operation of both companies. We attach great importance to ensuring a safe workplace, both here in the office and on the construction site. But I quickly noticed that most attention went to performing CPR, which is also vital of course, but almost none was given to dressing wounds, for example. Knowledge that is more often needed in our line of work. We wanted the best of both worlds and Boels came up with a tailored first aid course that fit our specific needs.”
“Our strength is that the broad knowledge and large network of Boels allow us to be incredibly customer-focused” Funs Hermans, Manager of Training.
Boels keeps you going!
The strength of Boels is that the broad knowledge and large network of Boels Rental allow us to be incredibly customer-focused. Combined with our huge fleet of various proprietary machines and our national coverage of training locations, we simply have a lot of options. Whether at a Boels training facility or at the customer’s ‘own home’, we always look for the most suitable solution. The training sessions are set up to cause only minimal disruption to the daily operation, so that the customer’s work or projects can always continue. Boels keeps you going, also when it concerns safety courses, (machine) training or certification.