Between 5,000 and 10,000 workers, including lighting technicians, stage constructors and video and sound specialists, will be asked to complete a training course to gain their safety passport.
The training course is one of several introduced into many business sectors by Safety Pass Alliance (SPA), based in Southam, Warwickshire.
Tim Roberts, health and safety co-ordinator for the Festival, said: "We are keen to promote a pro-active safety culture for the Festival, and we feel the SPA safety passport is an appropriate health and safety qualification for contractors and their employees working at the Festival site.
"We have run trial courses for about 200 core staff, and now we are gearing up to deliver the passports to several thousand people over the next year or two.
"Looking forward it will be a mandatory requirement for certain kinds of job, but it won't affect volunteer stewards like fire marshals who get their own training."
Ray Gibbs, SPA's managing director, said: "We developed a scheme specifically for the live entertainment industry two years ago and it is now gaining a wide acceptance in this sector. The drive to raise safety standards in this sector has largely been due to the initiatives taken by the Production Services Association."SPA's safety passport follows the Health and Safety Executive's guidelines and contains information specific to the live entertainment industry, such as regulations covering noise at work, and working at heights.
Ray Gibbs added: "We developed the first safety passport scheme 10 years ago and have introduced it into a wide range of business sectors - from general manufacturing to quarries, and from underground railways to the petroleum sector. We have achieved solid results in all sectors with major companies reporting dramatic reductions in their accident rates."
(Jim Evans)
