And likewise, their incompetent counterparts can also be found at all levels of the industry (including many large companies with decent reputations outside of the scaffolding community).

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It is true also that scaffolders - and construction workers in general - are consistently treated appallingly across the UK and a lot of the world - often by construction 'professionals', who have little or no technical understanding of scaffolding, nor any real understanding of safe-systems-of-work (SSOW) or the accepted hierarchy of control measures when carrying-out works at height.

Given that the construction industry has a huge skills shortage, it is a culture that is nothing short of a fucking scandal.

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Perfectly put..scaffolders have to jump through more hoops than a collie at crafts..!..when in actual fact people wouldn't be able to do their job's without us..👍☘️

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Whenever there is a safety breach (however minor) those same contractors ask "Why don't the lads care?" to which my response is often "Why the fuck should they? You haven’t invested anything in them, and you want to treat them like a throwaway commodity".

The media and wider industry then portrays construction operatives as overweight, shaven-headed idiots, with shit tattoos and their arse hanging out.

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Some of these professionals are scaffolders. Contrary to another popular misconception within the wider industry, being a CISRS Scaffolder (Advanced or otherwise), CISRS Inspector or CISRS Supervisor does not necessarily make you competent at any of those industry roles.

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We have created an industry where capable individuals are often ignored or belittled, and those with a little knowledge or understanding (usually by generic qualification) are often wheeled-out as the experts.

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The truth is however, that there is little culture of scaffolding inspections not being carried-out (maybe except for domestic properties) but there is a huge problem with the quality of those inspections.

The industry has made huge strides in both safety and innovation since I started in 1991, giving both scaffolders and employers the confidence to move-away from the accepted "FUCK OFF, we can do what we like" - to well-beyond what is sensible & industry related - and in an age where we are forcing transgender issues over basic safety issues in site inductions (HS2 take a bow) forcing scaffolders to work with heavy, long sleeve trousers and shirts in 35°C heat 'because it's ‘Network Rail policy' - regardless that those scaffolders are working next to a main road, and at least 200m from a railway line (HS2 again) to aggressive and stifling alcohol and drug policies across the industry, where often excellent & skilled workers are banned from site because they smoked a spliff at a party, weeks prior.

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Essentially it led to me writing about how scaffolders, and scaffolding contractor (and builders) are perceived by the wider industry, the media and in popular culture; a reworked version of which is here:

It is also true that there are some absolutely fantastic industry safety professionals, with both a mixture of scaffolding and non-scaffolding backgrounds. These individuals can be found at all levels of the industry in companies both big and small.

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There are indeed also some fantastic companies doing great things within the industry - many of them showing their skills and competence on this very platform. They invest in their employees and offer the benefit of proper employment and progression, and care deeply about safety and their staff.

Some would argue that SG4 guidance allows the use of tunnelling, or other methods employing personal fall protection over collective. I say fuck off,  and ask who decided that industry guidance trumps legislation?

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Nevertheless, these 'innovations' are typically promoted as 'progressive safety' when in reality, they only serve to do a disservice to the end user.

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A good example of this is the use of safety harnesses. Scaffolders are often praised by safety professionals for 'clipping on' during standard scaffolding works - although those with any real knowledge of scaffolding operations would question why a scaffolder would need to deploy his or her harness, when erecting or striking an independent scaffold (save for maybe installing an AGR from a safety step).

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If, like me, you have significant experience of working at height, you would appreciate how dangerous it can be. Scaffolders typically use hundreds of individual components during a shift, and often work in extreme conditions in a job that is both physically and mentally challenging.

What the wider industry fails to understand or accept however, is that those individuals are often just shuffled-around, and placed onto another site the following day (often for the same PC). Your scaffolder is now angry, and probably doesn’t give a fuck about you, or the firm.

Last year I wrote a LinkedIn article about a dangerous scaffold that had been erected in south London, and my subsequent dealings with the HSE.

They get no holiday pay, no employment benefits or security, no pension, they often pay for their own training, their own tools, often their own PPE, sometimes they even pay just for the privilege of receiving their wages! Yet are treated and are expected to behave like employees, and they then lose their job instantly and without recourse, because they went on a lads weekend to Amsterdam 6-weeks ago, and smoked a bit of weed.

A scaffolder with 20-years experience who fails a historic test for cannabis. is often replaced with a less experienced operative - even though he or she would be legally allowed to drive a 40-tonne lorry along a motorway at 50mph.

Another example is electronic scaffold tags. These tags alert you if a scheduled inspection has not been carried-out within the time frame given. These often foster complacency for the hirer of the scaffold, and gives the impression of 'no alert - no problem'.