GPS Personal Tracking
Employers have the same responsibilities towards staff who work alone as they have to all workers. Lone workers may be subject to additional risks, especially if they work outside normal hours or visit people in their homes.
The new Personal Tracking solution from VeriLocation works automatically in the background on BlackBerry and pocket PC devices with built-in GPS chip sets. Example models include; BlackBerry 8800, 8820, 8310 or XDA Orbit. So your team can work efficiently and effectively out of the office, safe in the knowledge that they can raise the alarm or be traced if a problem arises. Whichever device you choose, it is compact, discreet, easy to use and combined into a normal mobile phone and e-mail device. Click here to view the brochure.
Additional benefits:
- Up to 36 hour battery power
- Normal accuracy of 10 metres anywhere in the world
- Panic alarm option which, when activated, transfers through to a manned 24 hour monitoring station (additional charge)
- Geofence alerts – to notify colleagues when a worker has arrived or departed from a specific location
- User can choose 5, 2 or 1 minute tracking
- Based on VeriLocation’s proven web-based GPS tracking software
Just £20 per month (minimum 12 months) software available for download to your device
Why not take out a voice and data package with O2 through our sister company – DiALECT and subject to business tariff you can receive the Blackberry or XDA device absolutely free! (O2 Business 35 and above)
Key Features
Unique Street Mapping TOP
Based upon Ordnance Survey data, VL-Fleet provides unique street mapping with 100% name placement (Compared with other companies, which are typically 60%)
- 100% coverage of street names & buildings
- Street level accuracy available worldwide
- Interactive zooming & moving (to give required image)
Click here to view a comparison
Instant Live Track UpdateTOP
Real
time vehicle monitoring on any web browser
- Instant live track feature
- 5,2,1 minute updates available
- You can track and view multiple people simultaneously
- Unlimited concurrent users
Aerial ImageryTOP
- Real world image representation
- 50cm/pixel resolution
(4 times higher than Google earth)
- Unique street name overlay
- Unlimited use
at no extra cost
Odometer LogTOP
Car journeys can also be tracked, providing additional benefits:
- Tracks GPS mileage travelled
- Automatic update
- Easy expense claim reporting
Historical TrackingTOP
Allows historical journey searching
- Searchable by date
- Searchable by trip
- Searchable by individual
- Speed, direction, time and location can be determined
- Journey displayed on map
- Street naming by location
Geofencing and AlertingTOP
You can record specific locations so colleagues are automatically notified when a worker has arrived or departed from those locations.
- Automatic email alert where activated
- Multiple locations can be added
- Ability to reverse search by geofence e.g. to audit visits
Property SearchTOP
Searching Capabilities
- By post code, place name or street
- Individual business addresses & properties can be searched
- You can identify the closest person to a search locality (using Nearest 2 instant live track feature)
Search and RoutingTOP
Planning your journey. You can identify the:
- Shortest route
- Fastest route
- Route between people, geofences or map locations
- You can print off route sheets
Web Browser BasedTOP
You can access the system on any web browser.
- Flexibility
- Not restricted to any hardware
- Access anywhere
- Multiple access
- No additional software required
- Automatic updates are available
ReportsTOP
Detailed reporting is available, with a choice of reports
- By individual or team
- Any date range
- Output to PDF, spreadsheet, word or text file.
- Time sheet reports using VOSA templates – is this applicable?
Click here to open PDF of sample report
More about lone workers
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) describes loan workers as “those who work by themselves without close or direct supervision.” This doesn’t necessarily mean that they work by themselves all the time, but spend a large proportion of their time without close interaction with colleagues. Lone workers may be at greater risk of violence or accidents.
Lone workers include people who:
- Work away from their base, e.g. sales people, service engineers
- Visit other people in their homes, e.g. health care workers, social services
- Work outside in the community, e.g. environmental officers, probation officers
- Work outside normal hours or are the only person on the premises, e.g. shift or flexi-time workers, security workers
Improving communication helps to reduce risks and may reduce the feeling of vulnerability.
VeriLocation’s Personal Tracking Solution provides:
- A system for communicating back to base – using telephone, text or email
- A panic alarm to be used in case of emergency
- The facility to notify others when the worker has reached a specific location or returned home
The GPS tracking software runs in the background of a single, small and compact PDA providing a discreet and convenient solution.
Unison is Britain’s biggest trade union with more than 1.3 million members. Click here to view its Health and Safety Guide on Lone Working.
The GMB describes itself as Britain’s general union and has almost 600,000 members. Click here for the GMB Guide to Working Alone.