This course is suitable for all those responsible for employees using a scaffold, those who manage scaffold activities or those with a scaffold being erected at their workplace.

All companies using scaffold have a duty to ensure that it is erected and used in accordance with the statutory requirements and current best practice at all times.

This one-day course will give delegates the knowledge to manage all scaffold activities on site. This course will not give the ability to carry out TG20:21 compliant scaffold inspections.

SSG offer this course over one day as a classroom course.

Note: If delegates wish to inspect scaffolding as part of their course, they should attend the full two-day ‘Managing and Inspecting Scaffolds’ course available .

Day 1 - Managing Scaffold Activities

• Laws applicable to scaffold structures
• Suitability of scaffold companies and scaffold personnel
• Specifying a scaffold
• Scaffolders safe system of work (NASC SG 4)
• Requirements for scaffold inspection
• System scaffolds
• Introduction to NASC TG20:21
• NASC e-guide
• Tube and fitting standard configurations and bespoke designs

Delegates are assessed through active participation on the course. On successful completion of training, delegates will receive an SSG attendance certificate.