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Posted By Homer
Scaffold inspections should be conducted by an appropriately qualified person, this is the guidance available from HSE...no problem but when do the become qualified, we currently use our Site Managers who have atended a basic inspection course, it doesn't turn them into scaffolder but allows them to spot faults.
Would appreciate a precise answer as this is a big problem at the moment.
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Posted By Martyn Hendrie
Scaffold inspections should be carried out by someone who is competent to do so.
My recollection of the case law on competence to inspect (from college days many years ago) related to the competence of a man to inspect lifting chains and I see no reason the same tests would not apply to someone inspecting a scaffold.
The person should have sufficient theoretical knowledge and training together with actual experience (of inspecting in your case scaffolds) that would allow them
-to recognise what they should find(i.e. a scaffold that has been correctly erected);
-the detect deviations from the "perfect" standard: and
be able to assess the significance of the difference between what the found and what they should find. (e.g. is the fault minor with minimal safety implications or a significant fault that makes the scaffold unsafe to use.
I hope that this is of assistance.
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Posted By Karel Simpson
Hi,
I have faced this issue recently and I am attending the CITB Scaffold Inspection course (2 days) next week, our company accepts this as being competent.
Regards
KS
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Posted By Arran Linton - Smith
I recall the proposed idea of assessing scaffolding inspection competence being developed into an NVQ, rather than the current 2 day course where you have develop your own competence after completing this.
Under the current scheme how can you prove you are competent and where is the proof that a senior scaffolder is competent to inspect scaffolds?
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Posted By Terry Dodds
I have attended a scaffolding inspection course and feel confident in my ability to inspect scaffolding.(There are not that many parts to a bog standard scaffold anyway) My problem was I was spending in excess of two hours a week carrying out inspections. The answer was employing an inspector from the scaffolding company to carry out the inspections at a cost of several thousand pounds per annum. Result inspection takes about twenty minutes, does it get done any better I don’t think so.
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Posted By Scott Fisher
I recently attended the 2 day CITB course and feel pretty confident with carrying out scaffold inspections and have now booked the same course for 10 members of our staff. All I would say is beware of companies offering a 1 day course, as I sat in on one to evaluate it and it was really basic. With the recent cases of scaffold collapses in the press you really need to ensure that the training delivered is to a good standard and forget the cost difference.
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Posted By P.R
Hi folks
Don't forget the "experience" element as well. Courses are fine for the basics, but a course alone does not make one competent. I have attended the CITB 2 day course and while it was an extremely good course, I made sure that the first few scaffolds that I inspected, were in the accompaniment of a competent experienced scaffold inspector.
Regards Peter
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