Question: What are the best practices for keeping my outside workforce safe?

Answer passage (source: UK):
page_title: Construction and other outdoor work
section_headers: 7. Managing your workforce
7.2 Work-related travel
section_content: In this section

7.1 Shift patterns and working groups
7.2 Work-related travel
7.3 Communications and training

7.2 Work-related travel
7.2.1 Cars, accommodation and visits
Objective: To avoid unnecessary work travel and keep people safe when they do
need to travel between locations.
Steps that will usually be needed:


Minimising non-essential travel –consider remote options first.


Minimising the number of people travelling together in any one vehicle, using fixed travel partners, increasing ventilation when possible and avoiding sitting face-to-face.


Cleaning shared vehicles between shifts or on handover.


Where workers are required to stay away from their home, centrally logging the stay and making sure any overnight accommodation meets social distancing guidelines.


7.2.2 Deliveries to other sites
Objective: To help workers delivering to other sites such as markets or
customer premises to maintain social distancing and hygiene practices.
Steps that will usually be needed:


Putting in place procedures to minimise person-to-person contact during deliveries to other sites.


Maintaining consistent pairing where two-person deliveries are required.


Minimising contact during payments and exchange of documentation, for example, by using electronic payment methods and electronically signed and exchanged documents.



Reviewer feedback on this answer:
There is good information about keeping a workplace safe, but there is really nothing about outside workplaces.  The information can be useful though.
This is an acceptable answer because it provides advice as to how employees can stay safe on the job. It is not excellent though because it doesn’t seem to mention much about employees who work outside in specific, other than for deliveries.

Reviewer ratings:
Acceptable
Acceptable

Answer passage (source: UK):
page_title: Guidance Staying safe outside your home
section_headers: When at work, follow the advice given to you by your employer
section_content: Employers have a duty to assess and manage risks to your safety in the
workplace. The government has issued guidance for employers and businesses on
coronavirus. This includes guidance on how to make adjustments to
your workplace to help you maintain social distancing.
It also includes guidance on hygiene, as evidence suggests that the virus can
exist for up to 72 hours on surfaces. Therefore, frequent cleaning is
particularly important for communal surfaces like:

door handles
lift buttons
communal areas like bathrooms
kitchens
tea points

You can see the guidance for employers and businesses on
coronavirus on gov.uk and can ask your employer if you have
questions.

Reviewer feedback on this answer:
There really isn't a lot of information here.  The information is about keeping workplaces safe, but really doesn't mention outside workplaces.
This is an acceptable answer because it provides advice as to how employees can stay safe at work. I did not label it as excellent though because it doesn’t mention enough about outdoor workers in specific.

Reviewer ratings:
Could be Improved
Acceptable

Answer passage (source: UK):
page_title: Guidance Staying safe outside your home
section_headers: Work from home if you can
section_content: With the proper equipment and adjustments, many people can do most or all of
their work from home. Your employer should support you to find reasonable
adjustments to do this. However, not all jobs can be done from home. If your
workplace is open and you cannot work from home, you can travel to work.

Reviewer feedback on this answer:
There really isn't a lot of information here.  The information is about working, but doesn't specifically mention outside workplaces.
This is a bad answer because it does not provide any advice as to how employees can stay safe at work, indoors or outdoors.

Reviewer ratings:
Could be Improved
Bad