About this course
The CISRS Scaffolding Supervisors course provides comprehensive training for personnel responsible for first-line supervision of scaffolding operations, covering health and safety, performance standards, supervisory skills, commercial management, and risk assessment, culminating in a CISRS-endorsed certificate and supervisor card.
What you will learn
The course provides a complete overview of scaffolding operations and practical management skills. Key topics include:
- Health and Safety: Legal overview, HSE ACOPs, Safety Guidance Note 4 (SG4), Work at Height Regulations, and Health and Safety management.
- Performance Standards: British and European Standards (BS EN 12811-1), NASC Safety and Technical Guidance, TG20, SG6.
- Employment Basics: Employment law, recruitment, managing disciplinary procedures, conflict resolution, and absence management.
- Supervisory Skills: Planning, organisation, resource allocation, effective supervision, commissioning and handover, statutory scaffold inspections, communication, toolbox talks, briefings, and meetings.
- Commercial Essentials: Estimating, contracts, valuations, payment disputes, sales awareness, and NASC commercial guidance.
- Temporary Works Supervision & Risk Management: Risk assessments, method statements, and project work on estimating materials and logistics.