NASC to launch new Scaffolding Product Innovation Award
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The NASC is launching a new biennial Scaffolding Product Innovation Award – celebrating the very best developments in new scaffolding materials and products from leading industry suppliers.
The process for award submissions will be revealed in June, on the NASC website, across social media platforms and via e-shots. And the inaugural award will be presented at the confederation’s AGM in Amsterdam on November 25th (and thereafter every two years) – following an independent judging process, featuring a panel of leading access and scaffolding experts in the UK.
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NASC launches new £30,000 Qualifying The Workforce programme
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The NASC has launched a ‘Qualifying the Workforce’ in-house programme offering member companies funding from a £30,000 central pot for up to 240 training placement payments.
The NASC scheme has been introduced to reward members for their commitment to CISRS training and maintaining the high level of qualified staff required to retain NASC membership.
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NASC launches TG20:13 consultation process
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The NASC has launched a consultation process for users of its industry recognised good practice guide for tube and fitting scaffolding, TG20:13
First CISRS OSTS centre opens in Nepal through Safety & Access
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The CISRS Overseas Scaffolder Training Scheme (OSTS) has accredited its first centre in Nepal through training providers Safety & Access and Aecor Nepal.
CISRS Scheme Manager, Dave Mosley has recently returned from an audit visit in Kathmandu to check that the facilities at the purpose built Aecor Safety & Access centre are up to the exacting standards required to be a CISRS OSTS training provider. And now the centre is open for business and set to start scaffolder, scaffold inspection and scaffold supervisor training imminently.
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The alarming costs of accidents in the workplace
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While some costs of a workplace accident are obvious, it can often be the hidden costs that are the most damaging – and the most enduring.
Scaremongering about health and safety is a counter productive process. It carries the potential to frighten, alienate and panic facility managers, causing poor decision making, or even a denial of the issue.