Hi Alan

I have done the Scaffold Inspection Training Scheme (SITS) CISRS (basic Scaffold Inspection) which allows me to inspect and sign basic scaffold.

This was done at the National Construction College

Alan,

Ask your main contractor what other courses there are out there?

Their main gripe may be to do with the scaffolding you use - the SITS course for some reason is mainly tube & fitting. Although in my opinion if you can inspect a T&F structure you can inspect a system.

A

Indeed the two day Scaffold inspection course gives you tools to conduct a scaffold inspection but if you feel you are not competent, or feel unsure then don't even attempt to inspect. Get a competent scaffold inspector perhaps from the scaffold company who originally erected the arrangement to inspect upon your behalf, it's an extra cost I know but worth it. Don't forget to get the scafftag signed and dated plus enter the details onto the scaffold inspection register.

One needs to ask the question, are you competent enough following the two day course to inspect a complex scaffolding on a bridge such as on the Forth Rail bridge or even over a busy motorway, food for thought there eh?