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contractors. These are commonly Working Groups including a glossary and FAQ,
referred to as hire, sales and quick wins, potential longer-term
manufacturing companies. opportunities, grants and incentives,
Members must complete the working well a draft policy statement and useful
NASC Code of Practice (CoP) links. This guide is available from the
product audit. NASC website.
l Designer membership Committee sub-groups on sustainability and The Fleet & Transport Working
Open to all UK businesses which fleet issues have made a significant start Group has two objectives: provide
provide designs to the access and members with information and
scaffolding industry. To qualify guidance relating to fleet matters,
for membership, designers or such as licences, driver hours,
principal designers employed by the loading and unloading and vehicle
business must provide evidence of inspections, and represent the
appropriate levels of qualifications members’ interests in a lobbying
and experience. capacity.
l Services & Ancillary The Group has also been tasked
Products membership with maximising the NASC and
Open to businesses that provide its members’ return from the
services and ancillary products. Confederation’s Gold Affiliate
l Information membership Membership of Logistics UK, which
New! Turn to page 7 for full details. A working The NASC’s Current Affairs is now beginning to bear fruit.
l International Information group on fleet Committee has recently created two A webinar was held last
membership and transport has topic-led sub-groups to help meet month to give members a better
two aims
Open to companies based outside the brief in specific areas. These understanding of what they can
of the UK who work within the working groups have been tasked gain through their free membership
access and scaffolding industry with providing guidance, support of Logistics UK and a flow of useful
but do not carry out contract and direction on sustainability and resources is now being sent to the
scaffolding or supply main environmental issues and fleet and Group by Logistics UK each month.
scaffolding products. transport issues.
l CISRS Training Provider Both groups have hit the ground Find Out More
membership running. The Sustainability & Request a free NASC Information
Open to CISRS accredited Environmental Working Group has Pack by emailing us at enquiries@
training providers. initially been focused on providing nasc.org.uk. The Pack contains free
The NASC has recently useful and accessible guidance digital versions of core NASC Health
taken a number of steps to to members about how they can & Safety guidance as well as the
increase member-to-member reduce their carbon footprint and latest copies of NASC publications,
engagement across the network work towards net zero. including the NASC Yearbook and
NASC Safety Report, as well as
of membership categories. It has recently produced an easy- NASC and CISRS site posters.
Turn to page 6 to find out more. to-use guide to net zero carbon,

Stand-out safety statistics released

This month the NASC will publish its operatives – record 81 incidents, the members but also as a means of better
2022 Safety Report. This edition will second lowest on record. understanding the causes of incidents,
contain accident statistics and analysis The NASC is the only scaffolding crucial in the pursuit of putting plans
relating to the 2021 calendar year. member organisation to publish its in place to help prevent them from
The 2021 Safety Report saw NASC reported accident statistics. It does so happening in the future.
Contractor members – employing to demonstrate the exceptionally high Read the NASC’s annual Safety
a combined workforce of 16,084 safety standards of its NASC Contractor Report at www.nasc.org.uk

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