Personas / General Operative
The site app that gets out of your way
Everything you need for today — nothing you don't.
Fast. Clear. Respectful. Built for the people who actually build the job. No paperwork. No confusion. Just what you need to do your job safely — in your language, on your phone, in the time it takes to put your gloves on.
The promise to the operative
No paperwork. No confusion. Just what you need to do your job safely. You're the one doing the work. Loadbearer gets out of your way.
Nine channels · every shift
Everything on your phone. Nothing that needs asking twice.
Induction status
Your current induction — valid, expired, or scoped to your hall and pod. Badge in at the turnstile in 1.4 seconds. No printed list. No guard scrolling a clipboard.
Today's tasks
What your supervisor has assigned for this shift — by pod, by activity, with the current RAMS attached. No reprinted method statements pinned to the welfare-unit wall.
Permits you're working under
Which permits authorise your work, by whom, until when. If a permit suspends or expires, you are notified before the supervisor has to find you. No ambiguity at the deck edge.
Sign-on / sign-off
Start your shift and end your shift on the record, with your pod and task logged. No paper timesheet. No missing-in-action if there's an emergency.
Toolbox talk
Today's talk on your phone, in your language — English, Polish, Romanian, Portuguese, Lithuanian. Acknowledge by tapping. The record goes back to the SHE register automatically, with your name and timestamp.
Safety alerts
Site-wide and pod-specific alerts pushed to your phone. Not posted on a board you walk past at lunchtime. On your screen, in your language, before the hazard reaches you.
Snags assigned
Snagging items your package is responsible for closing — with the photo, the location, the deadline, and the name of the person who raised it. No lost snag lists. No surprises at handover.
Plant booked
The plant and equipment booked to your activity — with the inspection status and the operator certificate logged. No arguments about whether the MEWP was inspected this week.
Training & competency
Your training record — current, expiring, and lapsed. With a notification when something needs refreshing, and a link to the free or levy-funded option. Your record is yours. It travels with you.
What you're entitled to · free, statutory, yours to claim
The training the industry already pays for, surfaced for the operative who is owed it.
Construction operatives in the UK are entitled to free or levy-funded safety training under CITB, IOSH, HSE-approved schemes, and industry charities like Mates in Mind. Most operatives never see the list. Loadbearer surfaces it on the operative's phone, in their language — alongside the record their employer holds against their name. Recommendations only; the operative books with the statutory provider, the employer-of-record approves, the competent person signs.
SSSTS & SMSTS supervisor courses
Site Supervisor and Site Manager Safety Training, funded for eligible CITB-registered employers via the Construction Skills Levy. Two- to five-day courses. Delivered by approved providers across the UK.
CSCS card & CITB Health, Safety & Environment test
The card every UK construction site requires. Renewals supported by levy-funded employer claims; the HS&E test fee is reimbursable for many subcontractor employers. The operative does not pay out of pocket if the levy claim is filed.
UKATA Asbestos Awareness · Category A
Mandatory under CAR 2012 Regulation 10 for any operative who may disturb asbestos-containing materials. Free Category A awareness e-learning is available from multiple UKATA-approved providers. Annual refresh.
Mental health & suicide-prevention awareness
Free 45-minute Start the Conversation programme delivered by Mates in Mind, the construction industry's mental-health charity. Available to every operative, regardless of subcontractor. Confidential follow-up via Construction Industry Helpline (free, 24/7).
Working Safely & Managing Safely
One-day Working Safely and three-day Managing Safely courses from the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health. Often funded by the principal contractor or subcontractor under the apprenticeship levy or CITB grant for eligible operatives.
Working at Height · Manual Handling toolkits
HSE publishes free guidance, toolbox-talk packs and competence frameworks for Working at Height (WAHR 2005), Manual Handling (MHOR 1992) and Construction Dust. Used by Loadbearer to draft the talk; reviewed and signed by the competent person before issue.
Your record · what your employer-of-record has logged
The training your subcontractor has on your name. Portable, exportable, yours.
A live view of the training the operative's employer-of-record has logged against their name — the record that follows them off this site. Below: the cooling pipefitter on Hall 2, employed by Apex Mechanical (fictional). One ticket has lapsed; the system has notified him, his supervisor, and his subcontractor admin. Cassidy reviews the gap before the next permit is issued.
The lapsed UKATA Asbestos Awareness ticket has triggered a 14-day notice on the operative's phone (in Polish), a notice to his supervisor at Apex, and a notice to Cassidy. He is hard-blocked from any permit involving asbestos-containing materials until the free Category A refresh is completed. Recommendation only; Cassidy signs the reinstatement, not the system.
"First time on a site where I told them about the handrail and the next day they came and told me, by name, what they had done."
— Cooling pipefitter · Apex Mechanical · Cranebank Hall 2 (fictional)