Target Group:

Mature Career Changers wanting to enter the industry, Trainee scaffolders and scaffolders working in the industry with no qualifications who want and by law need a recognised qualification to start a lucrative career in the industry. This is the minimum qualification required by industry!

 

Aims:

The aim of the training is to provide candidates with the working knowledge and skills in the methods of the safe erection and dismantling of basic scaffolds.

 

Objectives:

At the end of the instruction the candidates will be able to:

• Safely erect and dismantle:
• - An independent scaffold with a return
• - A mobile and static tower
• - A putlog and a system scaffold with a return
• - A birdcage scaffold
• Inspect and erect ladders
• Inspect and fix gin wheels
• Tie knots and hitches common with scaffolding

 

Course content:

• Health & Safety legislation & regulations
• Understand types of scaffolds
• Types of scaffold components
• Estimating basic scaffold quantities
• Understanding drawings
• Basic scaffold erection exercises
• Basic scaffold alteration exercises
• Basic scaffold dismantling exercises
• Inspection report procedure

 

Safety Requirements:

PPE must be worn at all times throughout the instruction.

 

 

Target Group:

Trainee scaffolder’s who have had a minimum of 6 months experience as a Basic 1 scaffolder.

 

Aims:

The aim of the training is to provide candidates with a working knowledge of the methods of safe erection and dismantling of basic scaffolds.

 

Objectives:

At the end of the instruction the candidates will be able to:

• Safely erect and dismantle:
• A heavy duty independent scaffold with bridge
• A cantilever drop scaffold
• A truss out scaffold
• A chimeny scaffold
• A protective fan
• A pavement gantry
• Fix netting and sheeting to scaffolds

 

Course content:

• Health & Safety legislation & regulations
• Understand types of scaffolds
• Types of scaffold components
• Estimating basic scaffold quantities
• Understanding drawings
• Basic scaffold erection exercises
• Basic scaffold alteration exercises
• Basic scaffold dismantling exercises
• Inspection report procedure

 

Safety Requirements:

PPE must be worn at all times throughout the instruction.

 

 

Target Group:

Scaffolders who have had a minimum of 12 months on site experienced as a basic scaffolder after completing the Basic 2 Course. Aims:

 

Aims:

The aim of the training is to provide candidates with the necessary knowledge of methods of the safe erection and dismantling of complex scaffolds.

 

Objectives:

At the end of the instruction the candidates will be able to:

• Erect scaffolds to design drawings and specifications
• Erect and dismantle:
• Tubular Hanging Scaffold
• Raking & Flying Shore Scaffolds
• Temporary Roof Scaffolds
• System Scaffold Falsework
• Fix netting and sheeting to scaffolds

 

Course content:

• Health & Safety legislation & regulations
• Understand advanced scaffolds
• Types of scaffold components
• Estimating quantities
• Understanding drawings
• Advanced scaffold erection exercises
• Advanced scaffold alteration exercises
• Advanced scaffold dismantling exercises
• Inspection report procedure

 

Safety Requirements:

PPE must be worn at all times throughout the instruction.

 

 

Other scaffolding courses include:

Safe Use of Ladders & Steps Mobile Access Tower Inspection Low level Access Equipment Scaffold Inspection 1 Day Scaffold Inspection 2 Day Advanced Scaffold Inspection System Scaffold Appreciation System Scaffold 2 Day System Scaffold 3 Day System Scaffold Inspection System Scaffold Stair Tower

Safety Harness Use and Inspection Fall Arrest Equipment & SG:4 Roof Work Safety Appreciation Soft Landing Bags Safety Decking Abrasive Wheels Manual Handling Health & Safety Awareness Instructional Techniques Presentation Skills

 

We also offer construction courses in:

•Roofing •Plumbing •Plastering •Carpentry •Electrics •Gas Fitting •Handyman and many more

Please contact us for further information on 0870 766 2247