Employee Qualifications

Laois employ a strong team of over 100 staff, all of our scaffolders are fully trained to either Solas CSCS or CITB standards and we invest heavily in continuous employee training and further education. We endeavor to take our employees from general operatives to advanced scaffolders with a variety of in-house training initiatives with a strong focus on Health and Safety.

Laois Scaffolding Hire Ltd. are members of the Construction Industry Federation (CIF) and National Association of Scaffolding Access Contractors (NASAC) and are also members of the CIF Safety Committee. We are currently seeking auditing for Safe T Certification and in the process of preparing for ISO 9001 Certification.

Our skilled employee qualifications include the following:

• Company Inductions for new employees
• CIF Covid-19 Inductions
• Solas Safe Pass Certificate
• Manual Handling Training – tailored to scaffolding (in-house)
• NEBOSH (Safety staff) Certificate
• Scaffolding Basic and Advanced CSCS Training
• Working at Heights Training (in-house)
• First Aid Training
• Safe use of P.P.E. and Full Body Harnesses and Lanyard Inspection Training (in-house)
• Abrasive Wheel Training (in-house)
• Teleporter/Forklift Operator CSCS Training
• Mobile Elevated Work Platforms ( MEWP) CSCS Training
• Scaffolding Material Inspection Training
• Banksman CSCS Training
• Aluminium Tower Assembly Training
• IOSH Membership
• ECDL Training
• Heavy Goods Vehicle Licence
• Truck Mounted Cranes Operation Licence
• BM Trada – Inspection of Boards
• Sign Lighting a Guarding Training