Understanding Belgium's Temporary or Mobile Construction Site (TMB) Regulations

If you're organizing events in Belgium, it's important to know about the Temporary or Mobile Construction Site (TMB) rules. These rules, which are specific to Belgium, say that anyone working at a TMB, like when setting up or taking down a festival, needs to have basic safety training. The only exception is if they can prove they already have this knowledge. As an event organizer, it's your responsibility as an event organizer to check that all the people working on your site has the correct certification.

What Are the TMB Regulations?

The TMB regulations apply to places where certain building jobs are done. This includes putting together and taking apart temporary things like stages, tents, and booths. So, event setup and takedown often fall under these rules. 

The main rule is that everyone working at the TMB must have basic safety training. This training teaches important things like:

• What dangers are present at the work site
• How to prevent accidents
• How to work in a safe and healthy way 

How to Make Safety Training Easy to Check with Accreditation

As an organizer, you have to check that everyone working at the TMB has had the right safety training. Here's a simple look at how an accreditation system can make this easier for you:

Old-fashioned Ways: Problems

• Collecting by Hand: The old way is to ask for training certificates (like by email). This takes a lot of time, mistakes can happen, and records get messy.
• Slow Checking: Checking if each certificate is valid takes time, which can slow down getting crew and suppliers started.
• Things Not in One Place: When documents are in different emails and folders, it's hard to find and manage safety information quickly, especially when time is short at events.

What Accreditation Systems Do

• People Upload Themselves: An accreditation system lets suppliers and crew upload their safety training documents directly. This means organizers have much less paperwork.
• All Data in One Place: All safety documents are stored together in one database. This makes it easy to find information for checks or inspections.
• Automatic Checking: Good systems can automatically check if certificates are uploaded.

Who is Responsible and What Happens if There are Issues

The event organizer is ultimately responsible for safety at the TMB. This means you have to make sure everyone follows the rules and take action if they don't. If the rules aren't followed, there can be penalties, such as official warnings, stopping work, or even having equipment taken away. 

In short, the TMB rules are very important for keeping events in Belgium safe. While checking training in the traditional way can be difficult, accreditation systems provide a strong and simple way to manage safety training, leading to safer and better events.