Skills Bootcamps
Skills Bootcamps for Scaffolding Training
The Scaffolding Association in partnership with City & Guilds Training are proud to offer an exclusive programme of Skills Bootcamps for Scaffolding Training, including Part 1, 2 and Advanced CISRS Courses.
Skills Bootcamps
Our Skills Bootcamps for Scaffolding Training are exclusively available in partnership with the Scaffolding Association and offer 70-100% funding for Part 1, 2 and Advanced CISRS Courses for both CITB and non CITB registered companies. The NVQ and Skills Assessments can also be booked separately.
Spaces are limited and available on a first come, first served basis, for members of the Scaffolding Association. Don’t miss out, enquire today!
Scaffolding Training
Skills Bootcamps
Our Skills Bootcamps for Scaffolding Training offer industry accredited, funded training to upskill your workforce. Courses include: Part 1 Metrix, Part 1 Layher, Part 2 Metrix, Part 2 Layher and Advanced.
CISRS Part 1 Metrix
Duration
10 day course.
Attendees
This CISRS accredited course for people who have held CISRS Trainee or Labourer card for 6 months.
Course Content
Objectives: To give the attendees such knowledge and skills to enable them to erect, alter and dismantle basic scaffolds.
Course Content
- Introduction, welcome and registration
- Legal Overview – Health and Safety
- SG4 Preventing Falls In Scaffolding & Rescue
- SG25 Access & Egress From Scaffolds
- SG6 Manual Handling
- Theory of TG20 Section 7 & TG4 Ties & Stability Measures for Scaffolds
- Theory & Practical on Erection & Dismantle of Independent Scaffold With Ladder Access Bay & Return
- Theory & Practical on Alterations to Independent Scaffold to Include Triangulated Buttress and Hop-up Brackets.
- Theory & Practical on Erection & Dismantle of Scaffold Structures Using Prefabricated Transom Units
- Theory & Practical on Erection & Dismantle of Birdcage Scaffold
- Theory & Practical on Erection & Dismantle of Tower Scaffold
- Theory & Practical on Erection & Dismantle of Putlog Scaffold
- Theory & Practical on Gin wheels & Rope knots Used in Scaffolding
- Theory & Practical on Alloy Tower Training
- End of Course Individual Practical Skill Test
- End of Course, Knowledge Test Paper
- Summary & Close
Certification
Successful delegates will receive a CISRS Part 1 Metrix certificate and CISRS Card endorsed.
CISRS Part 2 Metrix
Duration
10 day course.
Attendees
This CISRS accredited course is for people who have held a CISRS Part 1 certificate for a minimum of 6 months.
Course Content
Objectives:
To give the attendees such knowledge and skills to enable them to erect, alter and dismantle basic scaffolds.
Course Content:
- Introduction, welcome and registration
- Half-day fall prevention and rescue training (SG4)
- Health and safety awareness
- Performance standards (BSEN 12811 and TG20) and management of temporary works (BS5975)
- Basic independent tied scaffold
- Bridging with prefabricated beams
- Protection fans
- Truss-out scaffold
- Pavement gantry
- Loading bay
- Roof saddle
- Splay scaffold
- Edge protection
- TG4 tie testing
- Basic scaffold inspection
- Mobile aluminium tower training for Scaffolders
- Alterations (e.g. removing standards from a structure)
- 50 question test paper (plus a 25-question mock at the end of the first week)
- NVQ portfolio building
Certification
Successful delegates will receive a CISRS Part 2 Certificate.
CISRS Part 1 Layher
Duration
10 day course.
Attendees
This CISRS accredited course for people who have held CISRS Trainee or Labourer card for 6 months.
Course Content
Objectives:
To give the attendees such knowledge and skills to enable them to erect, alter and dismantle basic scaffolds.
Course content:
- Introduction, welcome and registration
- Legal Overview – Health and Safety
- SG4 Preventing Falls In Scaffolding & Rescue
- SG25 Access & Egress From Scaffolds
- SG6 Manual Handling
- Theory of TG20 Section 7 & TG4 Ties & Stability Measures for Scaffolds
- Theory & Practical on Erection & Dismantle of Independent Scaffold With Ladder Access Bay & Return
- Theory & Practical on Alterations to Independent Scaffold to Include Triangulated Buttress and Hop-up Brackets
- Theory & Practical on Erection & Dismantle of Scaffold Structures Using Prefabricated Transom Units
- Theory & Practical on Erection & Dismantle of Birdcage Scaffold
- Theory & Practical on Erection & Dismantle of Tower Scaffold
- Theory & Practical on Erection & Dismantle of Putlog Scaffold
- Theory & Practical on Gin wheels & Rope knots Used in Scaffolding
- Theory & Practical on Alloy Tower Training
- End of Course Individual Practical Skill Test
- End of Course, Knowledge Test Paper
- Summary & Close
Certification
Successful delegates will receive a CISRS Part 1 Layher certificate and CISRS Card endorsed.
CISRS Part 2 Layher
Duration
10 day course.
Attendees
This CISRS accredited course is for people who have held a CISRS Part 1 certificate for a minimum of 6 months.
Course content
Objectives:
- To give the attendees such knowledge and skills to enable them to erect, alter and dismantle basic scaffolds.
Course Content:
- Introduction, welcome and registration
- Half-day fall prevention and rescue training (SG4)
- Health and safety awareness
- Performance standards (BSEN 12811 and TG20) and management of temporary works (BS5975)
- Basic independent tied scaffold
- Bridging with prefabricated beams
- Protection fans
- Truss-out scaffold
- Pavement gantry
- Loading bay
- Roof saddle
- Splay scaffold
- Edge protection
- TG4 tie testing
- Basic scaffold inspection
- Mobile aluminium tower training for Scaffolders
- Alterations (e.g. removing standards from a structure)
- 50 question test paper (plus a 25-question mock at the end of the first week)
- NVQ portfolio building
Certification
Successful delegates will receive a CISRS Part 2 Layher certificate.
CISRS Advanced Course
Duration
10 day course.
Attendees
This CISRS accredited course for people who have held CISRS Scaffolder card for 12 months.
Objectives
Objectives:
To give the attendees such knowledge and skills to enable them to erect, alter and dismantle advanced structures.
Course content:
- Introduction, welcome and registration
- Half day fall prevention and rescue training (SG4)
- Health and safety awareness
- Performance standards (BSEN 12811 and TG20) and management of temporary works (BS5975)
- Tubular drop scaffold from steelwork
- Cantilever drop scaffold
- Two chord raking shore
- Three chord raking shore
- Dead shore
- Flying shore
- Temporary roof scaffold
- Stairways
- Ramps
- Advanced scaffold inspection
- Mobile aluminium tower training for Scaffolders
- Risk assessments
- Method statements
- Communication skills toolbox talks
- Anchor tie testing (TG4)
Certification
Successful delegates will receive a CISRS Advanced Certificate.
What are Skills Bootcamps?
Skills Bootcamps offer free, flexible courses of up to 16 weeks. They are available for adults aged 19 or over who are either in work, seeking a new role or recently unemployed and live in England. They give people the opportunity to build up sector-specific skills which are relevant to gain employment.
Skills Bootcamps – Beginner Courses
As part of the Lifetime Skills Guarantee, the Government has invested into a series of ‘Skills for Life’ Bootcamps, to provide a range of flexible training options targeting specific industries and aimed at equipping individuals with necessary skills for working in sectors with high job demand, providing learners with job-ready skills
Eligibility to enrol on a Skills Bootcamp depends on factors including age, employment status, and residency status.
For more information visit: Find a Skills Bootcamp – Guidance – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Criteria
The key thing is that the training must have a positive impact on your current or future job role. This is usually in the form of one of the following:
- Offer of a new job or an apprenticeship
- A new or enhanced role
- The company obtaining new opportunities/contracts
- New responsibilities
- Increased pay as a result of the training
You may be eligible to apply for a Skills Bootcamp if you:
- are aged 19 or over
- have the right to work in the UK
- live in England
- meet residency requirements – the training provider can check this
If you claim Universal Credit, you can apply and continue to claim benefits.
Some Skills Bootcamps have additional eligibility criteria. Contact the training provider to check if you’re eligible and apply for the course.
Funded by the Department of Education
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Centre Locations
Gatwick
Mitre Court, Fleming Way, Crawley, West Sussex, RH10 9JY
Our electrical training facilities at Mitre Court and Explorer 2 are just 2 minutes south of Gatwick Airport. They are comfortable, light and airy environments in which students can learn a wide range of practical and theory based skills.
Leeds
Phoenix House, Hawthorn Park, Coal Road, Leeds, West Yorks, LS14 1PQ
Phoenix House has raised the bar for electrical training centres in the UK. It’s situated east of Leeds, just off of the M1 / A1. This makes it easily accessible from Leeds, Sheffield, Hull, York, Harrogate and all over Yorkshire.
Workington
Blackwood Road, Lillyhall, Workington, Cumbria, CA14 4JJ
As one of our 3 engineering and nuclear training centres in Cumbria, our Workington training facility provides a comfortable, light and airy environment in which learners from across the region can learn a wide range of practical and theory based skills.
Purley
Fairbairn Close, Purley, London CR8 2EJ
Our Purley training centre offers Safety Critical, Track Engineering, Small Plant, Signalling & Telecoms, Health & Safety, CITB and Electrical training for learners across South London.
Cardiff
Coleg y Cymoedd, Nantgarw Campus Parc Nantgarw, Heol Y Coleg Cardiff CF15 7QX
In partnership with Coleg y Cymoedd, our training centre in Nantgarw is located just 8 miles from Cardiff city centre and offers a comprehensive programme of open courses for learners in the surrounding areas.
Furness
Gen2 Furness Skills Centre Lightburn Trading Estate Ulverston Cumbria LA12 7NE
Centrally located in Lightburn Trading Estate, our Gen2 Furness Skills Centre offers a large range of training courses and workshops to learners across Cumbria.
