Scaffolding Association

The Scaffolding Association strives to continuously improve competence and minimise risk across the industry, by:

• Supporting the whole of the industry through a competence based accreditation scheme, in line with the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015
• Collaborating with procurement partners and other interested parties to ensure that the right information is available to enable the safe commissioning of scaffolding projects
• Providing accessible, robust technical guidance for scaffolders and their clients
• Encouraging high standards of training and competence across the industry
• Ensuring that technical information and guidance is available to all

The Scaffolding Association has the following objectives:

• To protect and encourage quality and fair competition in the marketplace through a competence based accreditation scheme
• To promote quality and training through category-specific accreditations
• To provide clear guidance and training to procurement officers, principal contractors and site managers, enabling better decision making
• To ensure scaffolding companies are only commissioned to undertake work for which they are fully qualified and competent
• To help new and existing scaffolding companies expand their services through access to the appropriate information, training and support
• To raise awareness of the essential role of scaffolding design and designers in improving standards and safety within the industry
• Campaign for the introduction of compulsory Continuous Professional Development (CPD) for the scaffolding industry
• To be a representative body to put the views of the scaffolding industry to Government departments and agencies, Parliament, The European Commission and Parliament, and other relevant organisations
• To be a research and statistical centre, to aggregate and publish statistics, and to provide analysis on scaffolding and other relevant market information
• To be a technical centre providing commentary, guidance and advice on legal and other regulatory developments of relevance to scaffolding
• To provide a forum for the exchange of non-competitive information
• Engage and partner with relevant advisory and regulatory organisations and other trade associations to drive strategy and future direction of developments with the scaffolding industry