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Scaffolders Safe Slinging and Lifting Course. A one-day course In their recent South Yorkshire inspection campaign, 65% of
which provides the knowledge, understanding and practical businesses inspected were found to be in some form of breach
skills to safely lift scaffold materials on an operational site. of Health & Safety law, resulting in 3 prohibition notices and 31
This course is designed for scaffolders who intend to improvement notices.
conduct safe practical lifting operations and/or manag- To help you prepare for an HSE inspection and ensure all
ers who need to plan lifting operations using the Span- aspects of your Health & Safety covered, we have created a
Set Safe Lifting Kit and SpanSet ScaffGrip products. helpful, step-by-step free guide, including the most common
www.spanset.com mistakes identified by inspectors. This can be downloaded
from our website.
Citation If you’d like to chat about how Citation can help with the HR
The Health & Safety Executive (HSE) has confirmed they will and Health & Safety side of your business, just give them a
continue to carry out spot checks on businesses across the call on 0345 844 1111, or fill in their call-back form and they’ll
country to review their Health & Safety measures. Not meeting get right back to you. Please quote ‘National Access and Scaf-
these standards could result in a fine of up to £10,000 and the folding Confederation’ when enquiring to access your member
closing of your doors. benefit and preferential rates. www.citation.co.uk

CISRS Accredited Training

Centre News

Walsall College
New NASC Information Member Walsall
College has launched a bumper training
schedule at Construction College Midlands
(CCM) to help the construction industry
continue to bounce back post-pandemic.
Formerly National Construction College
Birmingham, the site was acquired by Walsall
College in December 2020. With scaffold-
ing seen as a safety critical industry, CCM
remained open throughout 2021, providing a
suite of CISRS training programmes, in order
for construction and redevelopment projects
to stay on schedule.
The college offers the full range of CISRS
programmes, from new entrants on COTS
courses, through to the Advanced Scaffolder Caption: Construction College Midlands, Kings Norton, Birmingham.
training, supervisory programmes and scaf-
fold inspection courses. They can also offer For further information about train-
SSSTS and SMSTS courses, which continued ing courses, visit www.constructioncol-
to be delivered throughout the lockdown via lege.co.uk, call 01922 663600 or email
remote delivery sessions. info@constructioncollege.co.uk.