Our Accreditations

The Railway Industry Supplier Qualification Scheme (RISQS) is the supplier pre-qualification service used by buyers of all products and services throughout the GB rail industry.

Orion is audited annually and accredited to supply both Sentinel Registered and Non-Sentinel Registered contingent labour for Trackside and Passenger and Freight Rail Vehicle. We currently hold a 5* pass rate.

ISO 9001 is the internationally recognised Quality Management System (QMS) standard that can benefit any size organization.

ISO 9001 is not only recognised internationally as the world’s most widely adopted Quality Management System (QMS), it’s also a powerful business improvement tool.

Our Reading office ISO 9001 accreditation has been audited by the British Standards Institute (BSI) since 2003. We have never had a non-conformance raised against us.

IPC J-STD-001 is an individual level certification based on a standard published by IPC titled "Requirements for Soldered Electrical and Electronic Assemblies". The standard lists requirements for the manufacture of electrical and electronic assemblies and includes materials, methods and verification criteria. The standard emphasizes process control and sets industry-consensus requirements for a broad range of electronic products.

To the best of our knowledge we are the first UK employment business to train and permanently employ two of our own staff to IPC J-STD. Our certified IPC recruitment specialists can test and qualify candidates in our dedicated trade test facility.

Constructionline is the UK’s most connected and progressive provider of procurement and supply chain management services, making contracting simpler and helping customers achieve more. 

Constructionline is the UK’s largest procurement and supply chain management service for the construction industry.

Since Orion became a supplier to the construction industry, having the Constructionline accreditation means that we no longer need to repeatedly fill in standard pre-qualification forms for every construction tender.

What's more, with 8,000 buyers already using the Constructionline database to source contractors and consultants, Constructionline will be a great tool to market our organisation.

A 3* Best Companies accreditation is awarded to organisations that excel at understanding the importance of workplace engagement and genuinely values its people.

With a BCI score of 738 or higher, the 3 Star accreditation reflects ‘extraordinary’ levels of workplace engagement. The accreditation tells our clients, partners, investors and employees that our organisation understands the importance of workplace engagement and genuinely values our people.

We have received the accreditation 2 years in a row, alongside The Sunday Times Best Companies award.

The REC represents businesses through its corporate membership and individuals through the Institute of Recruitment Professionals (IRP). All corporate members abide by a code of professional practice and individual members abide by a code of ethics and professional conduct.

Jobs transform lives, which is why they are building the best recruitment market in the world.

Recruitment plays a crucial role in shaping and growing the UK labour market, ensuring businesses find the right talent and people find the right jobs.

Being a member of the REC means being among the best. The REC represents more than 3,500 recruitment businesses and more than 10,500 individual recruiters through its Institute of Recruitment Professionals. Only REC membership offers the tools needed to build a compliant and productive recruitment business.