Health & Safety
Health & Safety
At Thames Valley Scaffold we recognise that we are not only judged by our financial competitiveness and our ability to deliver and install the scaffolds on time but that our staff are always working to the highest possible standards of health and safety. Thames Valley Scaffold staff are the public face of our company and the importance of this is instilled in them from the moment they join our team.
At Thames Valley Scaffold we are committed to safe working practices and are regularly audited by third party health and safety consultants to help monitor current working procedures and to develop future health and safety strategy.
Thames Valley Scaffold operate in sensitive locations such as schools, hospitals and care homes across Reading, London, and the South of England. All Thames Valley Scaffold team members are DBS checked by our third-party providers to provide peace of mind to our clients.
Ongoing Training
We have a regular and structured timetable for ongoing training, refresher courses and new training for all staff both manual operatives and office-based staff, all documentation is available upon request. Qualification evidence will also form part of the RAMS documentation. At Thames Valley Scaffold we take pride in investing in the ongoing training of all our team members and as such we have a highly qualified, dynamic, and friendly group of employees. You can be assured of the following:
- All CISRS qualified operatives to either Advanced, Part 2 , Park 1 or COTS level
- SSSTS qualifications for site supervisors
- A qualified first aider be on site
- Full PPE as standard, extra task specific PPE carried i lorries and vehicles
- Harness, fall arrest block, lanyard inspections records available upon request
- IPAF license holders for MEWP works
- Asbestos awareness certification
- LOLER training certification
- Ongoing training schedules for next stage qualification
- DBS Clearance
Insurances
- £10,000,000 Employers Liability Insurance
- £10,000,000 Public Liability Insurance
Risk Assessments and Method Statements
Upon successful tender of a project, a comprehensive task and site-specific method statement and risk assessment document will be produced which will be strictly adhered to during the erection and striking of the scaffold. This document will be produced by our in-house health and safety manager and in conjunction with external health and safety consultants where required. All our installation team are trained to identify any changes in circumstance that will require an amendment to the original risk assessment and method statements.
A thorough survey of the site prior to the commencement of works is essential in identifying potential risks and providing solutions to minimise this risk.
Below is an example of an overhead power cable on a property that was identified at the initial site visit
Thames Valley Scaffold liaised with Southern Electric to arrange this shrouding prior to our arrival on site, and preventing any delays to the schedule on this project in Reading
At Thames Valley Scaffold, the health and safety process begins at the initial site visit and continues through to us removing all the scaffold from site.