I Know the name of the man who put it together, in fact I know the person who put it together........I also know that the SIS was not put together with scaffolders in mind, They are more than welcome to attend the course in order to gain evidence of achiving the industry's standard for carrying out an inspection of a basic scaffold.
The inspection course was designed to give those people that are legaly responcible for the safe condition of the structure enough information to be able to identify when the scaffold does not meet industies requirments( minimum british standards.
Unfortunatly we have been going through a long period of time where standards are being up dated to remain in line with Europe and to be usable, this is causing a lot of confusion and yes some of the people that are delivering the CISRS inspection course and not making the candidates aweare of the new chenges, but unfortunatly in most cases it is the scaffolders that are mis-informed and because both they and the piers are continuing to work outside on the minimum requirments on a daily basis when they attend these courses they resist accepting that they may be wrong.
The HSE has a free information line where the most upto date information can be obtained, I wonder how many scaffolders call it.....?
Out of interest what was the information that was given out that was wrong..?
All of these courses should have " any questions" at the end of each topic where any of the candidates are welcomed to challenge any of the information.
Most if not all the people I know that deliver these courses will have a copy of TG20:08 on their desk along with the british standards for fittings, Boards, Ladders and do not quote facts that they can not show the correct answer to in writing.
