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Upgrade And PUWER Health And Safety Improvements Announced In Royal Mail The Royal Mail have announced that they are currently planning to upgrade their CFC (Culler Facer Cancellers) in the Operation, and that CWU ASRs and local Reps will be fully engaged and consulted locally.
The CFC Unsupportable Equipment Management Project or CFC UEM Project was approved this year, to upgrade Royal Mail's CFCs to prevent failure in the operation due to obsolescence and to improve health and safety through the installation of PUWER (Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations) guarding. The upgrades include a new control panel, new data transmission system, some small components and the new guarding. The upgrade work will provide for both an improvement in the safety features and the upgraded systems will avoid failures due to obsolescence. It should be noted that there is no added functionality, no quality improvement or increased throughput on the CFCs as a result of these upgrades. In terms of timeline, here are the key high level milestones:- Testing in Unit 2d Swindon (non-Operational area) - September – December 2011 This is taking place in Swindon, the Pilot Site, and the Project Manager has assured CWU Health, Safety & Environment Department that our Reps and Members will be keep involved in the deployment process both at the Pilot site and nationally. Source: CWU
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Writing in letter to branches, LTB1001/11, Dave Joyce CWU National Health, Safety & Environment Officer says: