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Training > Timber grading > Scaffold board inspection

Safety is a key aspect when producing, stocking or hiring out scaffold boards.

 

It is important for companies to understand how to grade and inspect used boards to ensure they are maintained to a high standard and most importantly safe to use.

 

This one-day course is aimed at anyone involved in the production, stocking or hiring out of scaffold boards. It will present an overview of the grading rules, evaluation methods and correct methods of storage as well as practical exercises in your own yard. 

Course content

  • Full description of the grading rules
  • An understanding of the BS 2482:2009 grading principles
  • Comprehensive description of defects in softwood
  • Evaluation methods
  • Specifications including dimensions and tolerances
  • Marking
  • Issuing scaffold boards to site
  • Inspection techniques
  • Correct methods of storage 
  • Practical exercises in your own yard

To find out more or to book a course, please contact Phil O'Leary on +44 (0) 1494 569635 or email .

                                       
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