CISRS Operatives (COTS) Training Scheme

Objectives

Designed to provide the industry knowledge and health & safety skills to work safely around scaffold operations.

Who should attend?

Operatives who carry out labouring/driving duties in support of scaffold operations.

Content

• Introduction and welcome
• General responsibilities
• Basic scaffold terminology (components and application)
• Servicing of equipment, tube, fittings etc.
• Boards and stock - quality control
• Health, welfare, hygiene and housekeeping
• Electrical safety
• Fire prevention and control
• Noise and vibration
• Work at height
• Accident prevention and reporting
• Slips, trips and falls
• Personal protective equipment
• Site transport safety (including loading and unloading)
• Equipment and tools
• Manual handling (including practical element)
• Lifting equipment using rope and wheel