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SCAFFOLDING, TRAINING & INSPECTION 

Health and Safety Services Scaffolding Specialists for 40+ years.

Our team all have a scaffolding background with the Director of the company an Advanced Scaffolder working for the top companies in the UK, Europe, and the Middle East

 

Health and Safety Services specialize in Scaffolding  Inspections, Assessments, and Training.  Health and Safety Services offer weekly Inspection service by one of our core staff or do you need to skills test scaffolders we can provide this service for you.

 

Health and Safety Services can provide the training for your own staff to carry out weekly mandatory Inspections for those long term standing scaffolds by having your own certified Inspectors that will reduce your overall costs.

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Health and Safety Services offer the following Training and Scaffolding Inspection packages:

One (1) day practical training for Aluminum Tower Erection and Dismantling

Portable Aluminum Tower erection training will be based on your type of tower that you currently have and use on a regular basis. The training will include:

 

  1.  Understanding of tower scaffolds

  2.  Maximum heights of tower scaffolding for safe use inside and outside

  3.  Safe erection and dismantle of aluminum towers

  4.  Inspection and First Use of the tower

  5.  Recording and filling out the scaffold register

1.5 Days practical training for scaffold Inspection System and Tube and Fitting Scaffolds

If you are a company that uses scaffolding on a regular basis you will know that the scaffolding has to be inspected by a competent person after first erection and then every 7 days after that. Health and Safety Services understand that the cost of scaffolding inspections can be high especially if you are a small business. After many years as a scaffolding provider and trainer at Health and Safety Services understands the need for Inspection and how to manage this in a cost-effective way.

 

Our tailored service will ensure that you comply with the Law and meet those regulations but in a cost-effective way. As scaffold users you understand the need for inspections and ensuring that your staff are safe on those scaffolds. As a responsible business owners or scaffold users the ability to carry out Inspections your self can reduce costs and improve the bottom line or profit margins.

Health and Safety Services offer the following training and certification for Scaffold Inspectors:

  1. Understanding of all basic types of scaffolds

  2.  Legal Requirements and Registers

  3.  Safe to use scaffolds

  4. Pitfalls and failures of scaffolds (what to look for)

  5.  Inspection and First Use or checking that your contracted inspection company has carried out the inspection to meet legal requirements

  6. Scaff Tagging Green/Red

A Three (3) Days Theoretical (Class based) and practical training for Advanced Scaffold Inspection tube and fitting scaffolds, complex hanging scaffolds

If you are a company that uses scaffolding on a regular basis you will know that the scaffolding has to be inspected by a competent person after first erection and then every 7 days after that. Health and Safety Services understand that the cost of scaffolding inspections can be high especially if you are a small business. After many years as a scaffolding provider and trainer at Health and Safety Services understands the need for Inspection and how to manage this in a cost-effective way.

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Our tailored service will ensure that you comply with the Law and meet those regulations but in a cost-effective way. As scaffold users you understand the need for inspections and ensuring that your staff are safe on those scaffolds. As a responsible business owners or scaffold users the ability to carry out Inspections your self can reduce costs and improve the bottom line or profit margins.

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Finding a competent company for your high-rise scaffoldings or complex types of scaffolding can be difficult in these times when most companies are using system scaffolding? Health and Safety Services can develop your inhouse team to understand how and what is required to be inspected to meet you’re your legal requirements. 

Health and Safety Services offer the following training and Certification for Advanced Scaffold Inspectors:

1. Understanding of all types of scaffolds

  • Hanging

  • Shoring

  • Temporary Roofs

  • Complex beam scaffolds

 

2. Legal Requirements and Registers

3. Safe to use scaffolds

4. Pitfalls and failures of scaffolds (what to look for)

5. Inspection and First Use or checking that your contracted inspection company has carried out the inspection to meet legal requirements

6. Scaff Tagging Green/Red

Skills Testing for Scaffolders

Over the years scaffolding has been classed as semiskilled and little investment has been made for semiskilled workers. Scaffolding has been one of those areas that has not been recognized as a trade.

 

The leaders in the market are CITB Construction Industry Training Board. Many scaffolders do not get the opportunity to attend the 2-week courses due to costs or time away from the work place but they are experienced and have been doing the job in some cases for 10’s of years.

 

In order to qualify for CITB CISRS Cards your scaffolders have to have a level of experience? But how do they get that experience to meet the basic requirements. Over the years NVQ & SVQ have offered scaffolding qualifications at the same levels as CITB but this still does not get them that CSCS card? that some organisations demand?

 

As responsible employers your duty of care to provide training to your own staff and to have a suitably trained and competent staff who have the level of experience with a level of competency by contracting with Health and Safety Services we can bridge that gap. Our trainers are all Advanced Scaffolders with 20 to 40 years’ experience,

 

Health and Safety Services can offer your company a fully experienced Scaffolding Trainer to carry out skills testing. Why should you skills test? By skills testing your staff you can identify those who will become team leaders, develop your training needs or new staff and meeting the level of competency to take the CITB CISRS Card Training.

Skills Testing for Scaffolders

Level one (1)

  • Safely and correctly erect independent and putlog scaffolds with returns, towers and birdcage scaffolds, in tube and fitting or proprietary systems where applicable

  • Observe regulations governing the safe erection, inspection and dismantling of scaffolds and work methods to be adopted

  • Determine the material requirements for independents and putlog with returns, towers, and birdcage scaffolds in tube and fitting or proprietary systems where applicable

  • Lay out materials, set out the scaffolds and overcome obstacles to erect the scaffold safely

  • Ensure that scaffolds are constructed to statutory regulations following the safe systems of work set out in Safety Guidance Note 4 (SG4)

  • Interpret simple drawings

  • Understand the basics of tie testing

  • Make alterations to scaffolds (eg dropping lift height on independent).

Level Two (2)

  • Correctly and safely erect truss-out, pavement gantry, loading bay, splay, protective fan, pre-fabricated beams and roof scaffolds.

  • Observe regulations governing the safe erection, inspection and dismantling of scaffolds and work methods to be adopted.

  • Determine the truss-out, pavement gantry, loading bay, splay, protective fan, use of prefabricated beams and roof scaffolds in system or proprietary systems where applicable.

  • Construct scaffolds to statutory regulations TG20 and BS EN12811-1, and follow the safe systems of work set out in the Safety Guidance Note 4 (SG4)

  • Practical setting of anchors for tie testing

Level Three (3) Advanced

  • Correctly and safely erect cantilever drop, two-way shore, dead shore, staircase, ramp, tubular drop and temporary roof scaffolds in tube and fitting

  • Observe regulations governing the safe erection, inspection and dismantling of these scaffolds and the work methods to be adopted

  • Carry out procedures for producing, interpreting and using risk assessments and method statements

  • Use scale rules and scale drawings

  • Determine the material requirements for cantilever drop, two-way shore, dead shore, staircase, ramp, tubular drop and temporary roof scaffolds in tube and fitting

  • Lay out materials, interpret design drawings, set out scaffolds and overcome obstacles to erect the scaffold safely

  • Construct scaffolds to statutory regulations, TG20 and

  • BS EN12811-1, and follow the safe systems of work set out in the Safety Guidance Note 4 (SG4)

  • Practical setting of anchors and tie testing

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