Ye right

[stonedrose1]

No, when I worked for a certain large uk wide scaffolding firm last year, one of the managers got his mate in. The guy was a forklift driver or something.
Got him the start with a van and other perks and the firm paid to put him through the supervisor's course.
A forklift driver supervising guys with years of experience on a MAJOR project in Glasgow.
The mind boggles.

 

[scaffy 1980]

Thought that was you pete.....he he.

 

[Havespannerwilltravel]

I read the requirements for attending the scaffolding supervisors course that was kindly posted by aom on another thread.
It says you need to have a head for heights.
Everyone knows that a decent supervisor or manager should keep both feet firmly on the ground.

 

[aom]

Exactly, your back swing tends to collapse if you lift so much as a heel of the ground.

I personally never had an issue about non scaffs supervising scaffs, had it plenty over the years.