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Industry reacts to high cost of CPD
from AccessPoint Issue 02
by AccessPoint
Scaffolders across the country are questioning the change in renewing CISRS skills cards.
Contractors allege that from 1 July 2017, the CISRS skills card renewal process will fail to recognise existing continuous training, instead requiring scaffolders wanting to renew to attend a two-day Continuous Professional Development (CPD) course, potentially costing them hundreds of pounds per person.
Ian Redpath at JDM Scaffolding said: “This action has been pushed through by members of the NASC. There has been no consultation with the wider industry. We already TBT (tool box talk) all our staff and give regular training ever year to encourage our staff to gain additional qualifications. So CPD is already happening and there is no recognition of this.
"A Basic Inspection course lasts three days. How can CPD be achieved and a qualification given in only two days? The idea of more training is good, but the way it’s being done is wrong.”
Steven Darren of Synergy Scaffolding said:
