wat health and safety tickets do i need to be a timer framer?
Asked by whooie
im a fully qualified carpenter/joiner with bench joinery skills in the UK,im looking to move into the timber frame industry as either a frame maker /shell erector or bench hand..now ive been told i need a banks mans ticket and a pasdloe gun ticket.is this true ? and if so what other health and safety tickets would i need?

Best Answer:
Huuie This is odd advice you have been receiving; the core legislation appertaining to you will be the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 and almost certainly Construction Design Management Regulations 2007. There are certain testing frequencies you will need to abide by such as in LOLER for non person lifting equipment Requiring annual testing, and LEV (local exhaust ventilation) 14 monthly. PUWER (provision and use of work equipment regs) will relate to your equipment, PPE (personal protective equipment) Electricity at Work regs, and a few others of notable inclusion. Run a search on these and you will see what I mean in greater detail. If you are a lone worker then whilst the above will still apply it won't be so demanding as if you employed and then you get more that 4 of you and its sec 2 (3) for a H&S policy statement, and so on including reg 3 management regs for Risk Assessments. Again and so on. Generally a 'banks man duties are to be able to assist the crane driver unloading large items, a basic days training will be all you require but most CO's have a banks man with them or use auto-pilot (external operation and banks man themselves. Regarding the nail gun you may be thinking of an explosives licence; these are compressed air and aside from PPE & training to use so you don't hurt yourself or anyone else that may be affected by your oomissionsyouwon't have any major concerns. H&S laws in ttheUK are not difficult to abide by; the biggest single issue is their 'descriptive' nature; we like prescriptive it makes life easier. I'd suggest you have a word with a localised specialist H&S consultant to set you up correctly in theirs instance. For dedicated advice try www.IOSH.co.uk and their forums, there’re many chartered H&S practitioners there that would be delighted to give you specific (or should that read prescriptive advice:-) Curtis