Employee Qualifications

Laois employ a strong team of over 100 staff, all 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 proud to be nominated to represent NASAC on the CIF Safety Committee. We are currently Safe T Certified 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
• Scaffolding Basic and Advanced CSCS Training
• Mobile Elevated Work Platforms (MEWP) CSCS Training
• Teleporter/Forklift Operator CSCS Training
• Banksman CSCS Training
• Manual Handling Training – tailored to scaffolding (in-house)
• Working at Heights Training (in-house)
• Full Body Harnesses and Lanyard Inspection Training (in-house)
• Safe use of PPE (in-house)
• Abrasive Wheel Training (in-house)
• First Aid Training
• Scaffolding Material Inspection Training
• Aluminium Tower Assembly Training
• BM Trada – Inspection of Boards
• IOSH Membership
• ECDL Training
• Heavy Goods Vehicle Licence
• Truck Mounted Cranes Operation Licence