PASMA Training
PASMA Training either at Industrial Training Services in Essex or at your site either in London, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire, Kent, Surrey & Suffolk.
Mobile Access Towers
Commonly referred to as mobile access towers or mobile scaffold towers, PASMA structures are manufactured from prefabricated components where the principal structural materials are aluminium alloys or fibreglass.
The erector must be competent in erection and dismantling of mobile scaffolds; and must always read and follow the manufacturer’s instruction manual and never attempt use the equipment beyond its limitations.
Industrial Training Services are an accredited training provider for PASMA (Prefabricated Access Suppliers and Manufacturers Association).
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Why do you need PASMA training?
The work at height regulations 2005 requires that the assembly, dismantling or alteration of mobile access towers should only be undertaken by a competent person. PASMA training can be carried out at our centre or on customer premises.
Open public training courses take place at our fully equipped PASMA training centre on a regular basis. Our administration team will arrange for private PASMA training at our PASMA centre or at your own location when this may be preferred.
Course Content
The standard PASMA training course covers:
- Introduction to Mobile access towers
- PASMA scheme
- Working at height
- Mobile access tower components
- Tower assembly
- Tower stability
- Safe use of towers
- Repositioning towers
- Tower Inspection
- Care and maintenance
- Tower dismantle
- Regulations and standards
- Assessment
Course Outcome
PASMA training ID card:
On successful completion of a PASMA scaffold training course with Industrial Training Services; all delegates will receive a certificate of competence and the PASMA ID card which is recognised by the Health and Safety Executive.
To obtain the PASMA training card: an operator will have to pass both the written and the practical PASMA course examination and will be considered competent to perform the tasks listed on the reverse of the PASMA training Card in respect of prefabricated scaffold towers certified to the BS/EN standard.
PASMA training is widely recognised as the industry’s leading body in the UK to set goals and continuously improve the safety of aluminium scaffold access towers by improving product standards as well as providing training for scaffold tower users.
Legality
A PASMA training course covers the following legislation:
Health and Safety at Work Act 1974
Working at heights
The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations
Construction Design Management Regulations (CDM)
Manual Handling Regulations
(PUWER) Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations
Operators, supervisors and managers will leave with a good understanding of the regulations that apply to the safe operation and use of the type of PASMA scaffold tower for which they are trained, inspections and the need to keep a record of the checks carried out by the erector and how to erect the PASMA scaffold tower as per the manufacturer recommendations.