1. Ladders are not banned. Choose the right equipment for work at height based on risk assessment. If it’s right to use a ladder, use the right ladder and get trained to use it safely. 2. Use the right Ladder. Ladders are classified as BS2037/BS1129 Class 3 for domestic use and should NEVER be used in any workplace. EN131 is for trade and light industrial use and BS2037/BS1129 Class 1 for heavy duty and industrial use. 3. Use them safely. Make sure you have a ladder tall enough to do the job. Position it correctly at the right angle and tie in whenever possible. Do not overreach - your belt buckle should always be inside the sides of the ladder. Be especially careful when carrying out tasks that can apply unbalancing loads, such as drilling. 4. What is the acid test for ladders? Low risk and short duration. 5. How do you define short duration? Single tasks that take longer than 30 minutes in one position are not suitable for ladders. You can always undertake a series of tasks that take linger, but each individual task should not last more than 90 minutes. 6. And if it’s longer than 30 minutes for a single task? Consider if another type of work equipment would be more appropriate. 7. Take the right measures. Eliminate or minimise the risks before proceeding - use the Ladder Association risk assessment cards. 8. Plan ahead. Make sure the work is correctly organised and planned. Remember, you also need to plan for the possibility of things not going right. 9. Make sure you’re competent. A competent person is defined as someone who by virtue of qualification, experience and training is able to perform specific activity in a safe manner. 10. Training is key. Demonstration of competence is a key requirement of the current legislation and successful completion of the Ladder Association training course provides proof of competence.
ITS Worldwide are delighted to be working alongside Peri Ltd. Peri is the biggest provider and manufacturer of formwork and scaffold systems in the world and the Peri System Scaffold has just been given approval as one of the CISRS recognised system scaffolding products.
ITS Worldwide has been working closely with Peri Ltd and have developed a 2 day System Scaffold Product Training Scheme (SSPTS) course, this has been given approval by the Construction Industry Scaffolders Record Scheme (CISRS).
The CISRS has been the industry recognised scaffold training scheme for over 30 years and is the preferred scaffold training qualification. The course will be delivered at our Paisley Training centre, the 1st Training Centre in the UK to undertake this course.
We look forward to taking training enquiries and providing you with the best quality service. For any additional information on the Peri System Scaffold please find below the contact details for Peri in Scotland.
ITS Worldwide has now trained in 31 countries Worldwide. Since 2007 we have trained in Canada, Kuwait, Brunei, Singapore, France, Denmark, Doha and Brazil... to name a few.
We are the specialised training provider in a variety of industries which include Petrochemical Sites, Offshore Oil and Gas Rigs, Power Stations, Construction and Building Sites.
We are delighted to announce that ITS has been approved to become a registered ILA (Individual Learning Account) Scotland provider. After months of preparation we have been successful in our application to participate in the ILA Scotland Scheme.
ILA Scotland is a Scottish Government scheme that helps people to pay for learning that can be done at any time, place, pace and in a way to suit you. It is for people that have an income of £22,000 a year or less or who are on benefits.
Just joined up to Buddies today. I very recently started my own Beauty Therapy Business in central Scotland and am trying to get as much free advertising under my belt as I can. I've posted ads on free sites such as Gumtree and Netmums and have had a few bookings through those avenues but now feel its time to branch out and meet more potential clients through sites like this.
Found a good video for those interested in improving their keywords and analysing your competitors adclick spend it profiles free tools to help with your web analysis.It might help someone.
Google works on the relevancy of the word searched for and the content on your site. It appears to have moved away from using the keywords meta tag as a way of ranking sites, and there is a popular thought that they are no longer necessary for Google, but other search engines do use them. Instead Googles algorithm looks at the content of the site and takes into account word density, word flow, and amount of code. It also seems to like fresh content, not duplicate content. So try and vary the descriptions of your items if you are selling online.
Picasa you can get it here. It's free. There is now a beta version available for Mac users. Okay how do you resize an image for the web.
The first thing to know is that when you take a picture with your digital camera the picture is made up of millions of little pixels, this means that when you print them you get good quality prints. Well the web doesn't work that way. And it wouldn't work at all if we were all putting big pictures on it. We need to optimise them before we put them up on the web.
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